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The Last Of The Mohicans
1992
Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and her younger sister, Alice (Jodhi May), both recent arrivals to the colonies, are being escorted to their father, Colonel Munro (Maurice Roeves), by a troop of British soldiers. Along the way they are ambushed by a Huron war party led by Magua (Wes Studi), a sinister warrior with a blood vendetta .. Read more
| Starring | Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeline Stowe, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington |
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| Director | Michael Mann |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Romance |
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The Last Of The Mohicans
Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and her younger sister, Alice (Jodhi May), both recent arrivals to the colonies, are being escorted to their father, Colonel Munro (Maurice Roeves), by a troop of British soldiers. Along the way they are ambushed by a Huron war party led by Magua (Wes Studi), a sinister warrior with a blood vendetta against Munro. Munro's soldiers are wiped out and Cora herself is nearly killed by Magua but is saved at the last moment by Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), a white trapper raised by the Mohican tribe. Hawkeye promises to take Cora and her sister safely to their father, and along the way Cora and the intense Hawkeye fall in love. Together they must survive wilderness, war, and the relentless pursuit of Magua.
Returning to the theme of a great love threatened by overwhelming circumstances, director Michael Mann hits the mark with an adaptation that captures the essence of the book and its historical details perfectly. Day-Lewis and Stowe are beautiful to watch, delivering moving performances as two people trying to hold on to each other in times of war. In addition, the Native American political activist Russell Means makes an oustanding film debut as Chingachgook, Hawkeye's adopted father and last of the Mohicans.
| Starring | Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeline Stowe, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Pete Postlethwaite, Colm Meaney, Maurice Roeves, Russell Means |
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| Director | Michael Mann |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 47 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Wild Westerns |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | French |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 29 Oct 2001 Production year: 1992 |
| Format | DVD |
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An ambitious but flawed epic adventure: the characterization is as shallow as the photography, the action is repetitious, the narrative lacks suspense and the romance is unconvincing, with Cooper' s self-reliant woodsman here tamed into domesticity.
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"...[Mann's] best movie....A pleasant reminder that you don't need coherence when you've got iconic stars like [Day-Lewis and Stowe]..." -- Rating: A-
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23 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Unmissable
Quite possibly the greatest film you will ever see. Stunning scenery, world class acting and a haunting soundtrack that will never leave you.
The end fight sequence is the stuff of legends.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Almost missed.
This is one of those films that I promised myself to see, and then felt that it was going to be a waste of time. It all sounds a bit twee, and I let it go for a long time. I blame the BBC. They dramatised it on Radio Four, years ago, and I so wish they hadn't bothered. Having eventually, got to watch it, I was glued. Daniel Day-Lewis, 'was' Hawkeye. So believable, and yet, the whole thing was understated, the story was told simply without a lot of unnecessary over-drama. A lot of things I had never realised before, suddenly became clear. I shall certainly watch it again. And probably again.
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