Broken Trail

Maybe it’s just me, but doesn’t it seem a tad presumptuous for the makers of this Western to already be referring to it as legendary? I expect they think that because Robert Duvall is playing his third variation on Larry McMurtry’s Augustus McCrae, or because it’s four hours long, or maybe because TV Guide called it an “instant classic,” whatever that is, they’ve somehow hurdled history. The unfortunate truth is, while the picture has some virtues, when compared to Lonesome Dove, f