5. You Know My Name (1999)
In You Know My Name, Sam Elliott portrays real-life cowboy-turned-filmmaker Bill Tilghman, who rode with the Earp crew before resolving to make authentic Western movies such as 1915’s The Passing of Oklahoma Outlaws. A gun-slinging lawman during Prohibition, Tilghman attempts to restore order in an Oklahoma town run by the abusive, corrupt, and cocaine-fueled federal agent Wiley Lynn (Arliss Howard), though Tilghman would have rather been, at that point, focusing on his film career.
Why We Like It: “This gritty and mostly true story blends movie-making and upholding the law into one big adventure.”
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Sophia Ulmer, writer of all genres, is most interested in gender, politics, art, and culture. Her work appears in various anthologies and literary journals. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and is currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
