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Jeremiah Johnson
1972
Sydney Pollack directs this notable picturesque film in which a solitary man named Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) battles ruthless Indians, who use him as the target of a long-awaited vendetta, and the merciless elements of nature, in search of peace. Set in the mid-19th century, after the Civil War, the film centers on .. Read more
| Starring | Robert Redford, Will Geer, Allyn McLerie, Paul Benedict |
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| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Jeremiah Johnson
Sydney Pollack directs this notable picturesque film in which a solitary man named Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) battles ruthless Indians, who use him as the target of a long-awaited vendetta, and the merciless elements of nature, in search of peace. Set in the mid-19th century, after the Civil War, the film centers on Jeremiah as he becomes disillusioned with the ways of his civilization and the ravages of war, and he sets out determined to survive in the Rocky Mountain wilderness by himself.
| Starring | Robert Redford, Will Geer, Allyn McLerie, Paul Benedict, Matt Clark, Jack Colvin, Tim McIntire, Josh Albee, Richard Angarola, Delle Bolton, Stefan Gierasch, Joaquin Martinez, Charles Tyner |
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| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 51 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Wild Westerns |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, English |
| Released | DVD: 14 Mar 2005 Production year: 1972 |
| Format | DVD |
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“Liver-eatin' Johnson” was what this real-life trapper was called, named after a particularly Hannibal Lecter-ish habit that is totally absent from this homogenised, ecologically sound and politically correct near-western. It's a pretty but ultimately boring epic, in which a miscast (too young, too intelligent) Robert Redford struggles through a semi-allegorical screenplay, poorly fashioned by John Milius and Edward Anhalt from two excellent accounts Vardis Fisher's Mountain Man and Crow Killer, a story by Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker. Despite sterling support from Will Geer and Calamity Jane's Allyn Ann McLerie, the movie simply doesn't jell, and Warner Bros delayed its release in favour of Redford's The Candidate.
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A flawed but immensely appealing film adapted in part from Vardis Fisher's Mountain Man, a superb historical novel... read more on Time Out
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8 out of 8 people found this review helpful
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Rocky Robby Redford
A lovely tale of everyday mountain folk, hunting in the Rocky Mountains of the 1840s, interacting with nature, fellow white folks and the three local tribes of American Natives, occasionally killing them too.
Well shot by Director Sydney Pollack and D of P Duke Callaghan in some pretty inhospitable spots up to 600 miles apart, this film definitely stands the test of time.
Not as violent as 'A Man Called Horse' nevertheless this film deals very well with the interaction of a man trying to blend in with his chosen environment and forget his past as a soldier in the Mexican Border War.
Will Greer is excellant as the grizzeled old hunter who teaches the newcomer to survive and Stefan Gierasch plays a plausible rascal who talks our hero into a marriage with the local Indian Princess Swan, played by Delle Bolton in her only movie performance.
Yes, there were gaps in the plot, but the photography, the cast and their characterisations make up for all that, resulting in an overall enjoyable film.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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Slow
One would have thought that with Redford as the star this would have been 5 stars. However, we didn't watch it all as the pace was so slow and the characters - especially the old man in the woods - were more like charicatures than real people. Scenery absolutely stunning! What a shame.the dialogue didn't live up to it.
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Sydney Pollack 1934–2008
- 28 May 2008
Sydney Pollack 1934-2008 Sydney Pollack, the American actor and filmmaker, passed away after a battle with cancer, Monday. He was 73. Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for Out of Africa in 1985, and was nominated on three other occasions, for Tootsie, They Shoot Horses, Don't They, and as producer on last year's Michael Clayton. Pollack was perhaps more familiar to filmgoers than most directors on the strength of several notable supporting roles including Eyes... Read more
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