About this Event
Set in 1863, Bad Company’s story begins near the midpoint of the American Civil War.
Barry Brown is Drew Dixon, a teen who heads West with his family’s blessing to avoid being drafted into the Union Army.
He dreams of becoming a silver baron. Instead, he winds up getting mugged in Missouri.
He then falls in with a gang of youths led by the mugger, Jake Rumsey (Jeff Bridges).
Their young westbound gang also includes brothers Loney and Jim Bob, the less than courageous Arthur Simms and the very young Boog Bookin.
But living off the land proves more difficult than any of them imagined. And the young thieves soon become the victims when they cross paths with Big Joe (David Huddleston) and his more experienced gang.
It’s only one of the obstacles, Jake, Drew and their comrades are about to face.
Later classified as an 'acid western', it is our opinion that Bad Company is better seen as a coming of age western, seeing our two young protaganists attempt to survive in the harsh brutality of the old west.
Directed by Oscar winner Robert Benton the writer of Bonny and Clyde and Superman, Bad Company sits in the gritty, realistic lineage of McCabe and Mrs Miller and The Wild Bunch.
Join the Lonesome Dove Cinema Club to watch this rarely screened, off beat western.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Beanbag Cinema, 5 Exchange Place, Belfast, United Kingdom
GBP 7.50
