Black Cloud 2004   PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rick Schroder
Cast: Eddie Spears, Julia Jones, Tim McGraw, Saginaw Grant, Branscombe Richmond, Rick Schroder, Nathaniel Arcand, Wayne Knight, Russell Means, Peter Greene
Although frustrated by problems concerning his heritage, Navaho Native American Black Cloud (Eddie Spears) does have talent as a boxer. His mentor, Bud (Russell Means), tries to steer him to a spot on the U.S. Olympic boxing team, but success or failure hinges on Black Cloud himself learning to accept what is and go on with his life.
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Buffalo Girls 1995  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rod Hardy
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Sam Elliott, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote, Tracey Walter, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Jack Palance, Charlayne Woodard, John Diehl, Liev Schreiber, Russell Means
Calamity Jane (Anjelica Huston) falls in love with Wild Bill Hickok (Sam Elliott), but he is gunned down, leaving Calamity pregnant. She is then befriended by whorehouse madam Dora DuFran (Melanie Griffith) and gives her infant up for adoption to an English couple. What is a girl to do? Calamity Jane joins Buffalo Bill Cody's (Peter Coyote) Wild West Show, which just happens to be traveling to England where she might meet her daughter.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1992  R, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Pete Postlethwaite, Colm Meaney, Maurice Roeves, Patrice Chereau, Edward Blatchford, Terry Kinney, Tracey Ellis, Dennis Banks
Beautiful cinematography backs this story of unlikely alliances between Native Americans and European nations during America's French and Indian War. The story centers around Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), the European-born adopted son of Mohican Indian scout Chingachgook (Russell Means). Hawkeye rescues the daughters–Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and Alice (Jodhi May)–of British Col. Edmund Munro (Maurice Roeves) who have newly arrived in the colonies. After a perilous journey in the midst of the war, the girls find safety under the watchful eye of Hawkeye. 1 User Review
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| | A favorite film of mine | Anonymous 07/09/2009 | | an emotional journey, filled with effective shots and solid acting. |
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 Natural Born Killers 1994 R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Rodney Dangerfield, Tom Sizemore, Edie McClurg, Balthazar Getty, Joe Grifasi, Russell Means, Everett Quinton, Jared Harris, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Lanny Flaherty, O-Lan Jones
Mickey Knox (Woody Harrelson) and his girlfriend Mallory Wilson (Juliette Lewis) embark on a killing spree. Abused as children, they begin the killings with the murder of Mallory's parents (Rodney Dangerfield and Edie McClurg) and continue as they travel across Route 666 just for the fun of it. Media reporter Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.) covers their story, and they make sure they are credited for their long list of victims. When Mickey and Mallory are finally arrested, they have become folk heroes in this story satirizing television's tabloid journalism.
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Pathfinder 2007  R, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Thriller
Director: Marcus Nispel
Cast: Karl Urban, Russell Means, Moon Bloodgood, Jay Tavare, Clancy Brown, Nathaniel Arcand, Ralf Moeller, Kevin Loring, Wayne Charles Baker, Burkely Duffield, Ray G. Thunderchild, Duane Howard, Brandon Oakes, Alain Hudon
Hundreds of years before Columbus discovered America, a Viking child survived a shipwreck and was raised by the Wampanoag Tribe. Because of his pale complexion, he was named "Ghost" (Burkely Duffield). Now a grown man, Ghost (Karl Urban) comes to the Wampanoag's aid when Vikings return and threaten to wipe out the tribe–as well as Starfire (Moon Bloodgood) who is the woman Ghost loves. When Ghost single-handedly sets out to stop the rampaging Vikings, slaughter ensues.
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The Pathfinder 1996 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Donald Shebib
Cast: Kevin Dillon, Graham Greene, Laurie Holden, Stacy Keach, Russell Means, Jaimz Woolvett, Christian Laurin, Charlotte Sullivan, Charles Edwin Powell, Ralph Kussmann
This film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel stars Kevin Dillon as Pathfinder who, with help from his adoptive father Chingachgook (Graham Greene) and beautiful colonist Mabel (Laurie Holden), breaks into a fort occupied by the French during the French and Indian War.
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 Pocahontas 1995 G, 87 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Drama / Musical
Director: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Cast: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Judy Kuhn, Russell Means, Christian Bale, Linda Hunt, Frank Welker, John Kassir, Danny Mann, Billy Connolly, Michelle St. John, Gordon Tootoosis
In this animated, fantasized version of the meeting between British adventurer John Smith (voice of Mel Gibson) and beautiful Indian Princess Pocahontas (voice of Irene Bedard), the couple prevents all-out war between the English settlers led by Gov. Ratcliffe (voice of David Ogden Stiers) and the Native Americans at Jamestown when it is feared that the settlers want gold they see the natives trading. Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz won Oscars for Best Original Musical Score, and their song "Colors of the Wind" won for Best Original Song.
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World 1998 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Tom Ellery, Bradley Raymond
Cast: Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Billy Zane, David Ogden Stiers, Jean Stapleton, Russell Means, Linda Hunt, Donal Gibson, John Kassir, Jim Cummings, Finola Hughes, Jeff Bennett, Rodger Bumpass, Frank Welker
In this animated, historical fantasy, after hearing rumors that Capt. John Smith (voice of Donal Gibson) has died, Pocahontas (voice of Irene Bedard) heads for England in an effort to keep peace in Jamestown. After many problems, Pocahontas does convince King James (voice of Jim Cummings) to call off the British armada.
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Thomas and the Magic Railroad 2000 G, 85 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Britt Allcroft
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi Conn, Russell Means, Michael E. Rodgers, Cody McMains, Jared Wall, Laura Bower, Lori Hallier
This film is not adult fare, and it was never designed as such. Instead, it is a gentle adventure meant to amuse young children. It succeeds in telling a happy story about two places and the magic railroad that connects them.
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Wagons East 1994  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Markle
Cast: John Candy, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Robert Picardo, Ed Lauter, William Sanderson, Rodney A. Grant, Russell Means, Charles Rocket
Not all settlers in the latter half of the 1800s could handle the challenges of the frontier. One such group hires drunken wagon master James Harlow (John Candy) to lead them East to St. Louis. The adventures of the oddball group are chronicled in this terrible, terrible film. John Candy died during the shooting of the film.
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Wind River 1998 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Shell
Cast: Blake Heron, Karen Allen, Wes Studi, Patricia Van Ingen, A Martinez, Russell Means, Joe Wandell
Based on a true story of Pony Express rider Nick Wilson (Blake Heron), this is an effective account of Nick's adventures from the time he was a 13-year-old boy in mid-1800s' Utah, joined the Shoshone Indian tribe, and trained to be a warrior.
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| 1. Black Cloud (2004)
2. Buffalo Girls (1995)
3. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
4. Natural Born Killers (1994)
5. Pathfinder (2007)
6. The Pathfinder (1996)
7. Pocahontas (1995)
8. Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
9. Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
10. Wagons East (1994)
11. Wind River (1998)
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