<P> Four other actors (Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, James Garner, and Jon Voight) were offered the role of Woodrow Call but declined for various reasons before the role fell to Tommy Lee Jones . Garner said that he was originally set to play one of the lead roles but had to drop out for ill health . Duvall turned down the part of Call on the grounds he had already played that type of character, and asked to play Gus . Bronson agreed to play Blue Duck but he was under contract to Cannon Films who said he was required to make a movie for them instead . </P> <P> The miniseries was shot at the Alamo Village, the movie set originally created for John Wayne's The Alamo . </P> <P> The majority of the miniseries was filmed at the Moody Ranch located seven miles south of Del Rio, Texas . Other locations used for filming were ranches in Texas and New Mexico, and the series was shot over 90 days . Real ranch horses were used for authenticity during the filming of the movie . Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall did their own stunts in the film, except for one brief scene that required Duvall to ride in the center of a herd of bison . </P> <P> ION Television has shown a digitally remastered version of the miniseries starting the weekend of June 30, 2007 during the "RHI Movie Weekend". (sonar Entertainment is the current owners of the Lonesome Dove miniseries). </P>

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