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Kevin Costner’s western all-or-nothing film received a seven-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival last weekend. Variety reported the response to Horizon: An American Saga left the 69-year-old actor visibly emotional as chants of “Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!” filled the room. Thanking the crowd, the actor reportedly promised he would deliver “three more” films all part of the Horizon franchise.

The first of the upcoming films is expected to be released in August. “I’m sorry you had to clap that long for me to understand that I should speak,” Costner told the crowd. “Such good people.



Such a good moment, not just for me, but for the actors that came with me, for people who believed in me who continued to work. It’s a funny business and I’m so glad I found it. There’s no place like here.

I’ll never forget this — neither will my children.” Horizon is a personal project for the Yellowstone actor. As well as directing, starring, producing and co-writing the film, he spent more than US$100 million ($163m) of his own money to fund the project.

Despite the three-hour film receiving a lengthy ovation, it came with mixed reactions from viewers due to its graphic nature. Variety reported many walked out during the screening, and while some returned to give it a second chance, others drew the line and did not see the film — set in the American West and told from the perspective of cattle ranches, farmers and soldiers as well as natives in the region.

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