The Claim (2000 film)

The Claim is a 2000 Western romance film directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Sarah Polley, Nastassja Kinski and Milla Jovovich.

Among the travelers who arrive in town with Dalglish are two women, the beautiful but ailing Elena Burn and her lovely teenage daughter Hope.

The two renew their marriage but their time together is short, filled with Dillon's efforts to find a cure for her illness and ending with her death.

Dillon takes her up to the original shack Kingdom Come, showing her a picture of their family when she was a baby, and revealing the deal made right on that spot between him and Burn.

Near the end of the film, in a scene where the character of Dillon is standing in the street and throws an oil can onto a burning building, you can see the tower, cables and chairs of a modern ski lift in the background.

The decision to have the film's dramatic burning of the entire town of Kingdom Come also served as a first step to fulfill the producer's commitment to return the site to its original natural condition.

"The Shootout" also incorporates material from A Zed & Two Noughts and Prospero's Books in a layered manner with elements of the main themes of the score and a Morricone-style trumpet motif.

The website's consensus reads: "Though it sometimes feels cold and detached, The Claim is evocative, beautifully shot, and full of understated performances.

"[5] Robert Roten writing for Laramie Movie Reviews found the film to be watchable though very slow in narrative pace stating, "It reminded me of the scene in Aguirre, The Wrath of God [sic] where the boat is dragged through the jungle.