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Sam Raimi’s wild-ass Western has his signature style all over it, but from a certain perspective, it’s really Sharon Stone’s vehicle: As star and producer, she reportedly got both Raimi and Leonardo DiCaprio attached to the project, and she even contributed to creative elements like costuming and plot. What a lady! THE QUICK AND THE DEAD was critically divisive when it came out (despite an all-star cast including Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, and Keith David), and we weren’t much more unified in 2025: We’ve got a variety of opinions on if the ridiculous plot gets too much in the way of a real story, what the value of a good gag is in otherwise well-charted cinematic waters, and whether or not the whole thing even holds together. References: “The Masterpiece that Almost Was: The Quick and the Dead” by Ryan Sanderson for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “The Family Stone: How Sharon Stone’s Vision Shaped The Quick and the Dead” by Courtney Kowalke for Perisphere, the Trylon blog “Lance Henriksen Interview