karen pelletier
victoria
Canada
22 Jan 2003
216.232.81.77
i have always enjoyed Tom Selleck over the years, but haven't seen much from him lately, I am really looking forward to his new movie "Monte Walsh"

Marian Cavanaugh
Alto, Mi
USA
22 Jan 2003
67.24.172.206
Tom, It's been a long time since I've watched a movie that I liked as well as 'Monte Walsh'; I didn't want to go to the kitchen and miss a single minute of it. I had to watch it a second time to tape it, so I can someday watch it with my Grandchildren. You always put a lot into your films, and make them a joy to watch; I always look forward to your next movie. Thank you for being a part of my life.

Antonio Di Donato
Salt Lake City, UT
USA
22 Jan 2003
206.126.161.133
As the rising sun has been given light and warmth to endless lands forever, so Westerns have enlightened the imagination of many children and grown ups as well. I think only so few lived in the West because only few tough people could handle it. But it is our duty to keep the good tradition alive!!! Mr Tom Selleck always delivers great westerns and he is surrounded by wonderful artists who make their movies particularly pleasant and entertaining.

Carrie Wright
League City, Texas
USA
22 Jan 2003
24.174.36.90
Love westerns.Wish life could go back to be simplier. Liked that time period. Would rather see westerns than some of the movies today with all the nudity and laguage.Tired of the world becoming all concrete.

Mike & Donna Randolph
Charleston, WV
USA
22 Jan 2003
66.168.160.68
I grew up on westerns and I feel they are the only thing that is truly American. More westerns are need because the youth of today are losing the most important thing we grew up with in the 50's and 60's and that was values. So please try to get more westerns on TV or at the theaters. Thanks, Donna & Mike (English Rose & Shanghi Mike SASS members)

Kevin M. Groeger
Carteret, NJ
USA
22 Jan 2003
12.89.171.146
The TNT movie "Monte Walsh" was so good I actually sat and watched it all three times it was on the premier weekend! I enjoyed your western movies in the past and it is hard to believe you are still getting better. The story was well told, the actors conveyed all of the emotion in each character so that I was drawn to watch repeatedly. The melancholy of the passing of such a culture of honor and brotherly love among the cowboys made the story moving, but the sudden deaths at the end brought tears. Thank you Tom, you certainly must have a heart of love for such folks and stories, because you definitely hit a bullseye with this role. When an actor is so familiar to me for other roles (especially Magnum) it isn't easy to be convincing in a new one. But you were Monte Walsh, through and through, as real as life! Thanks for putting your good heart to work in such excellent roles. Keep it up! I wish you much future success. God Bless you!

Norman Ford III
United States
22 Jan 2003
216.11.111.57
Listen up Hollywood. Stop making these stupid westerns "Dances with wolves, Wyatt Earp, American Outlaws, Texas Rangers" to name a few. The good ones "Unforgiven, Tombstone, Conagher, Lonesome Dove, Wild Bill (overlooked)" to name a few. Clint Eastwwod, Tommy Lee Jones, Jeff Bridges, Harrison Ford, Sam Elliott, Val Kilmer, Danny Glover, Blair Underwood, Powers Boothe, Brad Pitt, Brad Johnson,the Carradine Brothers all born to play western characters. Directors Clint Eastwood, Walter Hill, Simon Wincer and George Cosmatos made some the best in recent years.

Jim Waddle
Abilene, TX
USA
22 Jan 2003
216.134.54.50
As expected Mr. Selleck and his cast did an excellent job. When you know there's a western coming on TV with Mr. Selleck you unplug the phone and send the kids to a neighbors house! Great Job!
Editor's Comment: Unplugging the phone is a great idea, but why not keep the kids around and let them enjoy westerns too? We must spark interest in the western within the next generation.  Keep the kids involved!

Tony Mayfield
Williamson, Ga
USA
22 Jan 2003
24.240.21.93
I think westerns bring back a time when honor meant something. All you needed was you word and it was more binding than a signature on paper. A lawyer was someone that wasn't considered unless you had a will or someother piece of legal matter to straighten out. We need westerns to show a simpler time, an honorable time.

Sharon Shepherd
Riverside, Ca
USA
22 Jan 2003
66.215.70.71
Please bring on more westerns. I will make time to watch them on TV or actually go to the movies to see a western. (I stay home and read otherwise) Love Tom Selleck in any western he is in as he is so believable I can get into the movie.

Bob Lavington
Emporia, Ks
USA
22 Jan 2003
216.212.40.70
Tom, Loved your [Monte Walsh] movie, my wife and I watched it twice to take in all the detail. Good job and keep those westerns coming. We have enjoyed all your movies.

Mr. Al. Comrie
Ontario
Canada
22 Jan 2003
216.209.111.170
Tom, I am truly pleased to see that you wish to star in westerns. You "have" what Randoff Scott and Gary Cooper had! You bring it forth much better! You In my opinion are a true Louis L'amour char! A job "Very Well Done"...I would love to see more of your down under films. But these westerns are something that I will keep watching over and over.. I truly hope to see you in more...Please continue to make them. I have heard from a lot of other people, the same thing.

Bob Ax
Plymouth, Indiana
USA
21 Jan 2003
216.241.134.206
Tom---I sure loved both Crossfire Trail and Monte Walsh. I've done some traveling, hunting and flyfishing in the West and have met some real cowboys. You and your cast have certainly captured their style and spirit in these new movies ! Throughout Crossfire Trail and Monte Walsh I kept telling my wife how realistic the cast, settings, accoutrements, dialogue and firearms were. Bravo to you on a fine pair of films; can't wait to see more !

Vall Miller
Portland, OR
usa
21 Jan 2003
64.158.120.193
Mr Selleck, I want to thank you for reviving the Great American Western! It's long overdue. Your newest western, Monte Walsh, is terrific. All I can say is, when will the next one be out, and can you get Brad Johnson from Crossfire Trail, to costar in another western with you? The detail in this movie was terrific! Right down to the firearms, and clothes the actors wore. I appreciate your attention to details. Thanks for another great western!

Jeremy Fortner
Stockbridge, GA
USA
21 Jan 2003
216.78.62.94
Tom, Congratulations on Monte Walsh. Great movie. I'm glad you care enough to make historically accurate westerns. I can't wait for your next one. Thanks for giving us something worth watching. Thanks also for being such a good spokesman for the 2nd amendment. I've always enjoyed your movies and shows. Westerns seem to be a natural for you. I sure would like to see a sequel to Quigley. I'd also like to see you team up with Sam Elliott again.

Lawrence C. Davis
Chattanooga, Tn
USA
21 Jan 2003
199.3.198.129
Monte Walsh-a great movie-watched it 3 times. Tom Selleck & Sam Elliott last of great cowboy stars. Need to team up again.

Linda Sever
Fort Collins , CO
USA
21 Jan 2003
129.82.62.11
After reading the storyline on Monte Walsh, I was very excited to see the movie. As usual, Tom Selleck and company have successfully provided us with top quality entertainment, the caliber that we have come to expect from this outstanding artist. At the risk of repeating myself from my Dec. 9 comment, it is truly a shame that most of the really good westerns are "made for TV" movies only. Monte Walsh also typified my statement that: It's bad enough that ranching and agricultural life are becoming extinct occupations, don't compound this loss with ignoring the existence of this way of life by not making quality westerns. I applaude Tom Selleck for his perseverance in bucking the flow and showing Hollywood that Crossfire Trail and Monte Walsh is what the western-loving public wants. My thanks to Tom Selleck, his talent and choices, and his selection of really good people to make these quality productions.

Diane Dinnel
Hutchinson, MN
USA
21 Jan 2003
12.218.17.67
Ordinary people cannot go to the moon, they cannot recreate the dinosouars, but we can always be cowboys, and we all want to. This country is known for Westerns. We have developed in less than 250 years from a wild land, to a land of great cities. But we never could have done it without the cowboys. And everyone at some time or another has envisioned themselves as a cowboy in the "old west". We need to remember the past, and to fantasize about it. We do that with westerns. I wish there were more out there to choose from. It seems that Hollywood is so into making a "great money-producing movie" that they have forgotten what started them in the first place. Real people with a dream to see what they want to see. We want westerns, we always have, we always will. They are a real part of our history, and our future, as well as our time now. How else can we realize a dream, even if its only for a short time on a vacation.

Bob Clontz
Idaho Falls, ID
USA
21 Jan 2003
151.169.1.28M
Monte's saddle is period correct and I was wondering who made it.
Editor's Reply: Jerry Croft (Deadwood, South Dakota)

Deborah Tate
West Palm Beach, FL
USA
21 Jan 2003
64.158.55.112
Tom and Crew, thanks for an outstanding vehicle. The characters were fleshed out beautifully and the script was tight, fresh and real. You were totally believable as despairing yet determined cowboys. Our whole family loved the film both times we saw it.

Ray MARSH
Ashford, Kent
England
21 Jan 2003
195.93.49.13
Cowboy films, well made, are a tonic for the rest of us mortals. Keep them coming Hollywood

Dianne Ziegler
McBain, MI
21 Jan 2003
207.89.241.201
I really enjoyed the Monte Walsh movie excellent job A+. Tom Selleck & the cast did an outstanding job. We need more western movies like Monte Walsh, Silverado, The Sacketts, Rio Bravo. Please bring more westerns to television.

Anne
Tahlequah, OK
USA
21 Jan 2003
192.173.33.83
Thank heaven Tom will "always have a western in development". Tom has ingeniously surrounded himself with the best stable of writers, directors, fellow actors, and specifically, the authenticity of costumes and props. He is a master at capturing the true mind set of the American cowboy. You can't do that unless you are one.

Larry Tuttoilmondo
Santa Fe,Tx
USA
21 Jan 2003
129.109.52.13
I was born in the '50's and grew up with westerns. It's time to bring back the cowboy on the screen. I loved Monte Walsh. Thank you Tom Selleck and everyone affiliated with the making of this movie.

O'Lita Nahooikaika
Sumter, SC
USA
21 Jan 2003
66.57.174.130
I loved the movie Monte Walsh, Tom Selleck reminds me of a modern day John Wayne. Always a good story line. Thanks for continuing to make Westerns. I was raised in West Texas where my ancestors were Texas Rangers, we should never let that way of life be forgotten. Thanks

Esa Huttu
Tampere
Finland
21 Jan 2003
193.167.70.41
We need westerns here in North Europe, too...

JASON MARTIN
MULBERRY, FL
USA
21 Jan 2003
66.14.106.155
Hats off to Mr. Selleck, his co-stars and all those who had a hand in making this movie. I am a huge believer in the Code of the Cowboy, it's how I was raised and how I have chosen to raise my three children. There aren't many movies made anymore that support the ideals of honor, loyalty, integrity and pride so much as a movie like MONTE WALSH. I owe those involved the greatest of thanks. God Bless cowboys, those that have come and gone, those that still live the dream and those who will continue to carry the flame into the future.

Levi Eaton
Piedmont, SD
USA
21 Jan 2003
208.168.188.69
The western way of life is still going strong in South Dakota. The western movies are as good as they were 20 years ago.

Donald Suluuq Ferguson
Kotzebue, Alaska
USA
21 Jan 2003
209.165.173.83
I'd like to see Tom Selleck team up with Sam Elliott for another Western movie! I truly enjoy the both of the them, especially in the westerns they've done. I'd like another two or three more movies, please. Also, a Quigley sequel would be nice (with Sam Elliot!). Thanks.

Bud Thomason
Hillsboro, OR
USA
21 Jan 2003
12.213.120.249
Monte Walsh intrigued my wife and me. I am past 80 years of age and spent the first part of my life on a 40,000 acre cattle ranch. The scenes in this movie are so real and well handled, that I hope more of the same comes from Tom Selleck and TNT. I taped these two Westerns and will return to enjoy them several more times. Thank you Tom Selleck and company.

Todd Newport
Prescott, AZ
USA
21 Jan 2003
24.116.65.69
Tom, I am so glad that your love for the Western is allowing the Western Fan to still enjoy new features like Monte Walsh. I am the President of the Zane Grey's West Society & of course would love to see you in a ZG western film. It is so important to keep the spirit of the West alive. I was lucky enough to meet Ben Johnson several years ago & no one epitomized the Western like he did for me (He spoke highly of you then). Well it is time for you to fill those large boots & I think you have, not only for me but for many other people all over the World. Thanks, and keep them coming!

Charles Imberg
Mesa, AZ
USA
21 Jan 2003
68.104.133.25
I hope western movies can make a comeback. If they do, much of the success can be attributed to Tom Selleck.

Charlotte Lehan
Wilsonville, OR
USA
21 Jan 2003
4.65.244.79
Re: New Monte Walsh. It's not that I didn't like it or that I don't think Tom Selleck isn't a great western actor because I think he is great and I loved him in Quigley, Saber River, and others. It's just that I thought he was too young, vigorous, and un-gray to compete adequately with Lee Marvin for the role of Monte Walsh. Lee is Monte.

Bill Runkle
Lafayette, Ind
USA
21 Jan 2003
06:26:42
205.188.209.109
The movie was like a great book you hate to see come to a end , but as u read it you know sooner or later it will, But as long as there are movies being made like this, the past will always still live on , I give this one a rating of AAAAA+++++

Elkdog
Boise, ID
USA
21 Jan 2003
198.81.27.7
Not only have I been looking forward to a good western, but good acting. I look for authenticity, the animals they use and the care in how they use them in the films. Scenery, language and of course the plot. Montilious Walsh and his friends came out of a time capsule that locked horns. Old West meeting the new west. ...God bless Mr. Selleck and his family for being stewards of this earth's animals and making a decent film that you can proudly add to your family video library.

Charlotte Lehan
Wilsonville, OR
USA
21 Jan 2003
4.65.244.79
Love the western genre from Tall Men to Monte Walsh to Silverado to Lonesome Dove. Give us more of the good stuff. From a small town mayor and serious High Chaparral fan.

Audra Edwards
Brierfield, AL
USA
21 Jan 2003
64.12.96.237
I appreciate Monte Walsh and you, Mr. Selleck in a way that I can appreciate no other movie.... He did it for the life; not many understand that simple concept. Watching the movie with my dad was a special time for us both. It reminded us that there are still others out there who appreciate the thrill of good horses, open range, and chasing a cow or two. You really can't understand a cowboy unless you've lived with one, and you guys came closer to anyone depicting the heart of the cowboy way of life. Thank you for a special "tip your hat" to my father and men like him.

Steven Massey
Coweta, OK
USA
21 Jan 2003
205.188.209.109
You know Tom, being a cowboy is not just in the dress, or boots,or even the horse. It comes from the heart. If your not a cowboy in heart your not a cowboy. Your movies come across from the heart. Keep them coming, you are up there with the best. The Sacketts are always good stories.

Bev Broughton
Fresno, Ca
USA
21 Jan 2003
64.12.96.237
Tom, what a remarkably beautiful and memorable film; in fact, I can't historically think of a more emotionally moving and perfectly acted Western and I've seen them all! Please continue in this genre and give us all something worthwhile to look forward to...your heart and generous goodness illuminated the screen! Carry on!

Larry Palmer (Pappy Maverick)
Norco, CA
USA
21 Jan 2003
24.205.153.87
Like Willie Nelson "My heroes have always been cowboys". When I was a little boy I consistently traded my often "uncowboy" presents to other kids for a cap-gun, lariat, stick horse or anything cowboy. Fifty years later I began living my boyhood dream. I bought a horse, moved to horse country (my horse lives just out back), went to Wyoming and rode with members of SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) on the Outlaw Trail. I've held cowboy movie gatherings at my home, shown High Noon or some other classic and always had a full house. Make more cowboy movies, Hollywood. As the Stetson cologne commercial says "There never was a man that didn't want to be a cowboy".

Wesley E. Lumry
Wichita, Ks.
USA
21 Jan 2003
198.81.27.7
I grew up going to the Saturday Western movies. To my way of thanking, there is no better movie to be made than a Western that portrays our country as correctly as possible. In order for this to happen all things need to be correct ( guns, horse tack, clothing and language of the time. Thank You for allowing me to comment.

BERT MILLAR
NORTH RIDGEVILLE, OHIO
USA
21 Jan 2003
172.163.137.27
MY WIFE AND I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MONTE WALSH. IN THE FINAL SCENE WHEN MONTE JUMPS [his horse] OVER THE CAR WAS HE HEADED FOR MISSIONARY RIDGE, AS HIS FRIEND THE FENCE MENDER DID? JUST CURIOUS....THIS WAS AN EPIC TALE, THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT.
Editor's note: No, Monte was not headed for Missionary Ridge to do himself in. As Monte had said, he wouldn't spit on his life, so perhaps you could look at the jumping scene as a metaphor for Monte's way of overcoming the obstacles of progress, and from there he moves ahead with his life... for even today the working cowboy lives on.

G Ted Burbridge
Antioch, IL
USA
21 Jan 2003
68.72.168.111
Monte Walsh was a spectacular movie. I was deeply moved by it. I was born and raised, until age 12, on a ranch in Colorado. My Dad was a cowboy and a rodeo champion for most of his life. My oldest Brother still is, at age 70+. Thank you.

Tom
Houston, TX
USA
21 Jan 2003
67.10.54.167
PLEASE, PLEASE more Westerns like Monte Walsh. Cast, scenery, horses, ALL top notch.

Robert W. Stout
West Chester, OH
USA
21 Jan 2003
12.14.224.51
Everyone else has said it so well, but I have to join in with my own, "BRAVO"!! The source (Jack Schaefer's novel), the production team and ALL the actors have created one of the finest evocations the American West and the passing of an era that I have ever seen. From my late grandfather, father and brother to me, Westerns are a deep part of a family tradition. I am proud to have grown up in the "golden age" of TV westerns, been around horses, and (thanks to my dad) been introduced to a couple contemporary Western artists in my youth. There were parts in Monte Walsh, though, that captured the essence of it so well I felt I was actually inside a Remington or Russell painting. A big fan of Will James as well, it just captured for me the cowboys' life as well as ol' Will did. Fantastic job, Tom Selleck. Keep it up. Nobody films the West as well as Simon Wincer. My wife & I agree (WOW): the only thing missing was Sam Elliott! Maybe next time. Time now to rewind and watch it all again. Thanks to TNT for keeping the Western alive and well.

Ronny Whitley
Helena, AL
USA
21 Jan 2003
216.143.57.8
I shoot with a CAS club in Alabama and we discussed "Monte Walsh" the Sunday before the show was to be aired. We all love our westerns and were watching "Crossfire Trail" before our shoot and decided that if it wasn't for Tom Selleck, westerns would indeed be few and far between. The period correctness of your movies is perfect. using a lever action shotgun in "Monte Walsh" was a classic touch. The Schoefields in "Crossfire Trail" are perfect. Please continue to make the period correct movies that we have all come to enjoy seeing you in. John Wayne with a '92 Winchester in "The Searchers" is a stretch but he still made it a great movie. I realize some people will not notice the weapons and clothes used in the movies, but you may be surprised to find out how many people do notice. SASS has been a great vehicle to the "Baby Boom" generation by allowing them to live their dreams of cowboys.

John W. Peirce
GladeHill, VA
USA
21 Jan 2003
152.163.189.234
Tom - My complements on how you sit a horse, how you cowboy, & how you make a movie. Monte Walsh was a treat worth waiting for: please keep them coming, for I fear a great part of our history & who we are as Americans is in danger of slipping away.

William Hodges
Spotsylvania , Va
USA
21 Jan 2003
63.159.56.41
I have watched the original TNT movie Monte Walsh and in general I have enjoyed it. But it does bother me when firearms and their use are portrayed inaccurately. On at least two occaisions in the movie, when a person was shot, the force of the bullet flew that person through the air in the opposite direction. This is NOT possible with real firearms firing real bullets unless the shooter was flung through the air as well. Guns and gunfighting are plenty exciting by just sticking to the true laws of physics instead of dressing them up for TV. Just look at Mathew Quigley and you'll know what I mean. As a collector and shooter of real guns I am quite certain that Mr. Selleck knows this, so what bonehead screwed up and lessened my enjoyment of an otherwise good movie?

Wesley Egli
Muncy, PA
USA
20 Jan 2003
64.78.82.7
The "WESTERN" film for me captures every thing we're looking for; heroes, villains, mystery, romance, action and fantastic landscapes which can be found nowhere else on earth. We need to take the "Hollywood" out of WESTERNS, and put more authenticity into these films, such as Tom Selleck does in the TNT production "Monte Walsh!

St. Croix Falls, WI
USA
20 Jan 2003
167.68.0.65
Yes, we definitely need more western films. The half hour sitcom, is not what I like to see. You need a real story about people who struggled to make the west a real place to live. Tom Selleck certainly is the best, when it comes to westerns.

Mike Burgess
Traverse City, Michigan
USA
20 Jan 2003
207.140.225.199
Really liked Monte Walsh. I so wanted to ride along through that country with him. ... Guess I should've been a cowboy. Nice job Tom Selleck. My wife says that you are the perfect cowboy (and she is very taken with you). I am trying to collect all your western movies on DVD. ... Thanks again Mr. Selleck. I look forward to purchasing this movie and am waiting for your next success.

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