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MUST WATCH: James Cameron's Long-Lost Video Starring Ex Kathryn Bigelow as a Sexy Cowgirl

Written by Kyle Buchanan | 04 Feb 2010, 3:25 PM | 13 comments

The minds at Movieline are reeling today after a tipster sent us a collaboration between Oscar-nominated exes James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow that we never knew existed: a 1988 music video called “Reach” that Cameron directed for Bill Paxton’s short-lived rock band Martini Ranch (!), in which he cast imminent wife and future Hurt Locker director Bigelow as a sexy, Wild West gunslinger. Look, we know that description alone is enough to whet your appetite, so do you need me to say that this INCREDIBLY, DELICIOUSLY 80’s music video also features “credited whistler” Judge Reinhold, lady-bodybuilder beefcake, a capuchin monkey, anachronistic computers for some reason, and cameos from Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Jenette Goldstein, and Adrian Pasdar? Just watch and be blown away:

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Tagged: Avatar, bill paxton, james cameron, kathryn bigelow, Oscars, the hurt locker

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From lasmitty | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 3:48 PM

This video cost over 200 million dollars and took 4 years to shoot. True story.

From metroville | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 4:02 PM

That video was sent from the past to kill careers.

From bmcintire | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 4:15 PM

Someone at HBO must have watched this in the '80s, because it seems like the birth mother of BIG LOVE, DEADWOOD and CARNIVALE.
And not in a good way.

From HwoodHills | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 4:34 PM

Wyatt: It's weird, Chet. It's really weird, Chet.
Chet: It doesn't take a genius to figure that out, monkey dick.

From Martini Shark | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 4:37 PM

Damn! Here I was showing growth by respecting Bigelow as a talented, powerful woman who was establishing new standards in a patriarchal industry. Now as I listen to the commentary on "The Hurt Locker" I'm going to be picturing her looking hot while wearing chaps.

From The Winchester | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 4:43 PM

I was picturing her wearing that BEFORE I saw this video.

From superannuated grad student | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 4:47 PM

'80s -- ugh -- overdose... Must... Dep... hair...

From SunnydaZe | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 6:11 PM

That video loaded as slow as molasses....

From snickers | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 9:55 PM

It's being streamed from the 1980s...

From Champoozie | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 8:45 PM

It's like a car wreck. You want to look away (oh the humanity!) but you just can't stop staring at it.

From Dimo | Reply
Posted 04 Feb 2010, 8:51 PM

Does it make me any cooler that I saw this in the theater after a screening of Aliens 10 years ago? I thought not.

From SunnydaZe | Reply
Posted 05 Feb 2010, 1:30 PM

A young, wide-eyed Michael Bay saw this video and suddenly knew what he wanted to be in life...

From Linda | Reply
Posted 13 Feb 2010, 6:18 AM

Bud Cort is in this video too. I love it!

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