![]() Here's everything you need to know about the 1883 cast so you can catch up on the Paramount Network's newest drama and (hopefully) get ready for season 2. Though the comedy can get outrageous at times, this loosely true story of five guys caught in a never-ending game of tag makes a poignant statement about friendship. Bypassing barriers and finding novel solutions to problems, then, came early to OBrien, who would go on to be known by the handle. With Yellowstone season 4 wrapped, 1883 provides the perfect fix for all your cowboy cravings (as does the new Yellowstone podcast, for those who really can't get enough). The cast of 'Scorpion' in the pilot episode. While you definitely don't need to be a die-hard Yellowstone fan to watch 1883, showrunners do sprinkle in a few fun references about Yellowstone characters in the future. Yellowstone's prequel series offers insight into how the early Dutton ancestors planted their roots in Montana and created their infamous ranch. ![]() The saga chronicles their move across the uncharted plains of the American West with a caravan of immigrants and a rag-tag group of cowboys. The gripping origin story of the Dutton family begins in Fort Worth, Texas, on the edge of the abyss of the unknown. There's more than one adorable husband-and-wife duo!) Yellowstone viewers have already fallen in love with the 1883 cast and characters, including the hunky Tim McGraw, talented Faith Hill, wise Sam Elliot, and all of the other new faces. Oh, and in case you're wondering, Bill Akers is currently "it," according to The Spokesman-Review.Grab your lassos and saddle up the horses because this is going to be a wild ride! If you're like the millions who adored following the Dutton family's drama on every season of Yellowstone, then you're probably swooning over their pioneering ancestors in the prequel series 1883. The fact that ten adults with professional careers are able to put their lives on hold to come together every year to play a children's game is pretty amazing, and it certainly makes the true story behind the movie Tag even more unbelievable than the film itself. At the time, Mike Konesky was a technology executive, Bill Akers a healthcare executive, Chris Ammann a financial services professional, Rick Bruya a recreation coordinator, Mark Mengert a machine shop owner, and Beef? He was an aerospace engineer. Reader's Digest's Brandon Spektor also did a profile on the group, where he revealed more of their professions. ![]() It was Schultheis who came up with the rules governing their annual game, and he's also the one who was tagged at his father's funeral, a scene mimicked in the movie ("Beef" did the deed in real life, "Chilli" gets the honors on screen). As of 2013, Sean Raftis was a Catholic priest based in Montana, Joey Tombari was a math teacher at their alma mater Gonzaga prep, and Patrick Schultheis was a lawyer. As of 2013, Brian Dennehy was chief marketing officer of Nordstrom Inc., according to the Journal (in what appears to be a coincidence, the actor Brian Dennehy appears in the film, playing the father of Jake Johnson's Randy "Chilli" Cilliano, who appears to be somewhat based on Joey "Beef" Caferro).Īs for the others' real life jobs, they're pretty diverse, according to their CBS News appearance. Given that it's been close to 40 years since the Tag Brothers attended Gonzaga Prep in the early '80s, the group have seen their lives take very different directions in the ensuing decades. The real version, while sharing some similarities, is quite a bit different. But Father Raftis told me in a recent interview that, despite the film’s worldly elements, it contains a spiritual message that captures something of the joy of the real-life game. But Renner's character, Jerry Pierce, has never been "it" and is considering bowing out of the game, leading to an all-out battle to tag him. None of Tag’s characters is a priest which is doubtless a good thing, as the film is rated R (for crude speech and behavior, and brief nudity). To their absolute horror, they find the area of the ocean to be infested with sharks. When their yacht sinks, they must survive in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on a raft with no survival equipment. Whoever remains "it" at the end of the month must remain "it" until the following year's game. In October 1982, 5 people got caught in a tropical storm. ![]() In the film version, the game of tag began when they were nine years old and has continued for the past 30 years, taking place in the month of May. The movie tweaks the real story a good deal, and features Jon Hamm, Hannibal Buress, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, and Jeremy Renner as the participants of the game - though all of their characters are fictional and not named after any real life Tag Brothers. ![]() The new comedy is about a group of adult friends who have been competing in a high stakes game of tag for several decades, and it's actually, amazingly, based on a real life group of friends who call themselves the "Tag Brothers." And the real Tag brothers are even more unbelievable than their on screen counterparts. A lot of movies are based on or inspired by true stories, but you're unlikely to find one as bizarre as Tag. ![]()
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