Prairie Fever

Prairie Fever
VHS cover
Directed byStephen Bridgewater
David S. Cass Sr.
Written bySteven H. Berman
Produced byH. Daniel Gross
Michael Moran
StarringKevin Sorbo
Lance Henriksen
Dominique Swain
CinematographyAl López
Edited byJennifer Jean Cacavas
Music byJoe Kraemer
Production
companies
Grand Army Entertainment
Larry Levinson Productions
Distributed byBlockbuster
Release date
  • March 29, 2008 (2008-03-29)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Prairie Fever is a 2008 American Western direct-to-video film directed by Stephen Bridgewater. It stars Kevin Sorbo, Lance Henriksen and Dominique Swain.[1]

Plot

Preston Biggs, former sheriff of Clearwater, escorts three women suffering from prairie fever to Carson City: Lettie tried to kill her husband; Abigale, too fragile for prairie life; and Bible-quoting Blue just snapped on her farm. They are joined by a gambler named Olivia. A gang of outlaws is chasing them. [2]

Cast

Production

The film is Sorbo's first Western.[3] The film has been described as a "medium-budget Western".[4]

Reception

"In this clichéd western, plays a drunken ex-lawman who's asked to escort three troubled mail-order brides across harsh terrain. These so-called “prairie fever"-afflicted women (among them a showy Dominique Swain) give an unusual slant to an otherwise archetypal mix of characters and events, but frustratingly the plotline only deals superficially with the roots of their anguish.", according to Radio Times.[5] The Video Source book gave the film two stars out of 5 [6] The film has been called a "period Western with the traditional good guys and varmints."[7] A brief review at Dove, although rating the film negatively, found it unusual and appropriate for family-audiences.[8]

References

  1. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (January 4, 2013). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6372-5.
  2. ^ Allrovi.com Archived July 18, 2012, at archive.today
  3. ^ Silva, George Batista Da (April 28, 2015). Catálogo Do Cinema Faroeste - Vol. 2 (in European Portuguese). Clube de Autores.
  4. ^ Silva, George Batista Da (December 15, 2016). 100 Anos De Faroeste (in Brazilian Portuguese). Clube de Autores.
  5. ^ Radio Times guide to films 2013. Internet Archive. London : BBC Worldwide. 2012. ISBN 978-0-9567523-2-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ The video source book : a guide to programs currently available on video in the areas of : movies/entertainment, general information/education, sports/recreation, fine arts, health/science, business/industry, children/juvenile, how-to/instruction. Detroit : Gale/Cengage Learning. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4144-3510-7.
  7. ^ Marill, Alvin H. (October 11, 2010). Movies Made for Television: 2005-2009. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7659-0.
  8. ^ "Prairie Fever". Dove.org. Retrieved September 18, 2024.