hidalgo frank hopkins

When we think of movie cowboys, each one portrays the "cowboy" by his own screen personality.  Think John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood and many more of your favorites not mentioned here.

Include on this list Viggo Mortensen.  What makes him unique?  His cowboy is not set within the boundaries of the "Old West."  True, Eastwood filmed his breakthroughs in Italy, but the setting was still "The West."  

Viggo Mortensen as Frank T. Hopkins gives a new look to the "cowboy" and a new definition--what he portrays in the movie.  

For instance as shown below, a cowboy is being chased by a big desert sandstorm rather than the usual tumbleweed.  Don't see that very often.

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Pictures courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures © Richard Cartwright