

Robin Weigert, Deadwood: The Movie Warrick Page/HBO From the very first line of dialogue, spoken by Jane as she returns to the camp, you're transported back to the muddied streets of Deadwood, which has prospered and evolved in the years since we last saw it - there are telephone poles! Bullock and his partner, Sol Star ( John Hawkes), own a hotel now! - but if you close your eyes, it's incredibly easy to imagine that no time has passed at all too. Marshal Seth Bullock, Ian McShane's foul-mouthed saloon owner Al Swearengen, Robin Weigert's scene-stealing Calamity Jane, and Dayton Callie's loyal Charlie Utter. South Dakota has recently achieved statehood, and the show wastes no time (re)introducing us to the men and women who populate the mining town, including Olyphant's angry U.S. The film, which makes use of flashbacks to pivotal moments in the series with varying degrees of success, picks up 10 years after the events of the Season 3 finale.

And the third thing you need to know about Deadwood: The Movie is that you don't need to have seen the series, which ran on HBO from 2004 to 2006, to enjoy it. The second thing you need to know about Deadwood: The Movie is that it is an emotionally satisfying follow-up that provides a sense of closure for most of the significant relationships that came to define Deadwood over its run, yet it also invites you to stick around to find out what happens next. The first thing you need to know about Deadwood: The Movieis that Timothy Olyphant's giant, bushy mustache is the real deal.
