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The Claim

Rating:R (for sexuality, and some language and violence)
Genre:Drama, Romance
Release Date:December 29, 2000
Running time:120 minutes
Cast:Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Nastassja Kinski, Milla Jovovich, Sarah Polley
Director:Michael Winterbottom
Producer:Andrew Eaton
Writer:Frank Cottell-Boyce
Distributor:MGM Distribution Co

Description: An epic love story set against the wintry backdrop of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the early days of California. Dillon, a pioneer, defies the harsh surroundings in search of gold. Having struck it rich, he establishes a thriving mining town called Kingdom Come. But blind ambition and greed catch up to him in the form three strangers that arrive in town. A surveyor hoping to extend the Central Pacific Railroad through Kingdom Come, threatens to destroy any future the town has. And, two women from Dillon's past are the key to a secret that could lead to his undoing.

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