The Claim (2000)
The Claim is a book-based movie adapted from "The Mayor of Casterbridge" by Thomas Hardy. This Drama/Romance film is a loose adaptation, and its release date is December 29, 2000.
The Source Material
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Overview
. Drunk and outraged, Michael Henchard auctions off his own wife and daughter for five guineas. The following morning, he searches for his family to no avail and, with the clarity of sobriety, swears off liquor for the next 21 years. In that time, he becomes…
About The Movie
Description
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.
Details
- Title
- The Claim
- Original Title
- The Claim
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Western
- US Limited Theatrical
- December 29, 2000 · Rated R
- US Limited Theatrical Note
- single theater, two weeks (awards push)