The Casterbridge Claim. "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" Michael Winterbottom directs what is in essence a Western version of Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge. It's Sierra Nevada, California, 1867 and the pioneer town of Kingdom Come is thriving under the strict but effective rule of Daniel Dillon (Peter Mullan). Dillon came by way of a gold claim many years earlier…
Everything has a price.
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.
Top Cast
Peter Mullan
Daniel Dillon
Milla Jovovich
Lucia
Wes Bentley
Donald Dalglish
Nastassja Kinski
Elena Burn
Sarah Polley
Hope Burn
Shirley Henderson
Annie
Julian Richings
Francis Bellanger
Sean McGinley
Sweetley
Tom McCamus
Burn
Duncan Frasier
Crocker
Barry Ward
Young Dillon
Karolina Muller
Young Elena
Trevor Allan Davies
Member of Saloon Band
Randy Birch
Priest
Bill Chesterman
Mr. Timpson
Marie Brassard
French Sue
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***The beginning and end of a boom town in the Sierra Nevadas*** During the California gold rush of 1849 a desperate man establishes a boom town in the Sierra Nevadas. Eighteen years later his abandoned wife & daughter (Nastassja Kinski & Sarah Polley) ride into town and turn his life (Peter Mullan) upside down. Milla Jovovich plays his singing saloon babe while Wes Bentley is on hand as a surveyor for the…
FAQ about The Claim
What is The Claim about?
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor…
When was The Claim released?
The Claim was released in 2000.
What genres does The Claim belong to?
The Claim is categorised as Drama, Romance, Western.
Who stars in The Claim?
The cast of The Claim includes Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley.