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Jeremiah Johnson on DVD (1972)

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Average rating: 74%
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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
Director: Sydney Pollack
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time: 111 mins
Certificate: PG
Collections: 100 Wild Westerns
User collections: A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do: westerns worth your while, Jmika
Genres: Action/Adventure
Languages: English
Hearing-impaired: English
Subtitles: Arabic, English
Released: 14/03/2005

Brief synopsis of 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.

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5 Radio Times

“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 www.timeout.com

Rating of 2 stars out of 4 Halliwell's Film Guide

Splendidly made if rather desultorily plotted adventure story with the feel of raw reality.

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Rated - 4 starsRocky Robby Redford

Charles Brickley from Andover, Hampshire England [Highly rated reviewer] , 08/02/2007

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.

Well worth the money!

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Rated - 2 starsa little dull

A customer from Surrey , 25/03/2004

Rather like a long Disney wildlife film but featuring Redford rather than some annoying little American Kids .Beautiful scenery ( see why Redford bought a Ranch in the Utah area)but ponderous pace & rather unsympathetic characters ..good to do the ironing too on a Sunday afternoon !!

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Rated - 2 starsSlow

crispin40 from Stirling, Scotland , 10/09/2007

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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Rated - 5 starsONE TO WATCH

A customer from Mancherster , 21/12/2004

If you are a keen western fan you will love this movie - action, passion and wonderful scenery - made when Redford was in his prime - definately a classic

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Rated - 2 starsSlow

crispin40 from Stirling, Scotland , 10/09/2007

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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Rated - 3 starsGOOD VALUE

Jim from Scotland , 22/06/2006

A very good storyline accompanied by very good acting.

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