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Holistic Guidance - Geronimo - An American Legend
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List Price: $14.94
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Wes Studi, Matt Damon
Directed By: Walter Hill
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767817677
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0767817672
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1998-11-17
Running Time: 115
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1993-12-10
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Studi gives a stunning performance as the fearless warrior who was the last indian leader to surrender to the white man. Betrayed by the armys legendary indian fighter general george crook geronimo leads a small band of warriors in escape. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 04/22/2008 Starring: Robert Duvall Gene Hackman Run time: 115 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Walter Hill
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Summary: Touching scenes and dialogues + Gripping acting + Good action = One of the 3 best western movies I've ever seen.
Comment: It contains touching scenes and dialogues. For example, all the Apache Indian Scouts of the American Army were stripped of their guns and sent to "reservation area" after Geromino surrrendered. They were treated like traitors even though they had loyally served the Army.
In another scene, Geromino (Wes Studi) said "Do not hate each other. We have so few people left now".
In another one, Geromino asked Gen. George Crook (Gene Hackman) "Why your people have to take all the land? There is so much land. Why the Indians can't have any?"
The shooting scenes are fast, and deadly but there are few. This more a drama than an action Western.
The acting is gripping. Gene Hackman is convincing as Gen. George Crook. Jason Patric is so moving and admirable as the real Lt. Charles Gatewood. Wes Studi is physically and spiritually strong, emotionally-stirring with his words.
This movie contains many facts. For example, Lt. Charles Gatewood was deliberately sent to obscuration by a jealous General. Geromino died in reservation area. He was never allowed to leave it even though he was promised that in the treaty.
This is one of the 3 best western movies I've ever seen. The others are: Quigley Down under and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Summary: Great cast for historical period piece
Comment: Geronimo: An American Legend has gone mostly under the radar since its release in 1993, but it's an above average historical movie that tries to show the truth in history instead of how movies usually portray it. In the 1880s, the U.S. Cavalry persuades Apache chief Geronimo to surrender and live on the reservation at Turkey Creek. But with a new life forced on him, Geronimo is uncomfortable and when a medicine man is shot down for inciting the tribe, the chief leaves the reservation with a band of warriors. The cavalry must now get back in the field, patroling the Southwest in hopes of catching the renegade chief. Like many good westerns, this movie deals with the changing times and how individuals dealt with those changes. We are shown both perspectives, the cavalry and Geronimo, so it's a balanced movie overall. It's not an action movie although the battle scenes are well-done, instead it's more of a character study of all the participants as the cavalry tries to bring Geronimo in to live on the reservation. An underrated, very well-done movie.
Leading an impressive ensemble cast, Jason Patric plays Lt. Charles Gatewood, a cavalry officer who respects the Apaches even as he fights them. It is this respect that leads to a friendship with Geronimo. Patric plays the part well as an officer who feels conflicted with what he's been ordered to do. Gene Hackman gives support as General George Crook, the commander of the cavalry forced to capture the Apache chief. Not a huge part for Hackman, but still a really good one. Robert Duvall almost steals the movie as Al Sieber, the veteran scout who's come to despise the Apaches even though he sees many similarities between them and himself. Wes Studi is excellent as Geronimo, the Apache chief who struggles to change with the times as the cavalry moves ever closer to catching him. And in one of his first movies, a young Matt Damon plays 2nd Lt. Britton Davis, an inexperienced officer who gains that experience on the Geronimo campaign. Those five leads share the screentime and carry the movie. The excellent supporting cast includes Steve Reevis as Chato, an Apache scout for the cavalry, Rodney Grant as Mangas, a close friend of Geronimo, and Kevin Tighe as General Nelson Miles. All around a very solid cast.
The DVD unfortunately is somewhat disappointing although the price is low. The movie is available only in pan-n-scan, not widescreen, which is a shame because director Walter Hill really has a beautiful movie here, filmed in Utah and Arizona. Only special feature is a trailer. But bad DVD or not, it's an excellent movie that benefits from a great cast and showing both sides of the story. Give Geronimo: An American Legend a try!
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Summary: Review of Geronimo
Comment: This is a well-written and historically accurate account of the treatment of the Apache indian Geronimo. It may come across a shock to some who were not aware of the illegal and immoral treatment of the American indians in general and Geronimo in particular. Notice how sad the Apache are at the end of the DVD, once they realize that they have been overpowered, coerced into submission then imprisoned for life by Americans in pursuit of their "Manifest Destiny."
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Summary: Full screen is not 2:35 to 1
Comment: I like Walter Hill's movies very much. The Warriors, Johnny Handsome, and Streets of Fire are three of my very favorites. I like Geronimo, too, and wanted to get a copy, but I don't think this one is it. In the amazon.com writeup, the movie is described as being in 2:35 to 1 aspect ratio, but it's also described as full screen, which is 4:3 or "re-formatted to fit your TV". I carelessly bought a full screen version at Best Buy recently and ordered what I thought was the wide screen version here from one of the amazon.com sellers. What I got was another copy of the full screen version. I'm not sure what's currently in release, but be careful before you order.
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Summary: Birthday gitft
Comment: This is a bithday present for my husband his b0dat is in Oct. so he has not recieved the movie as of now. But he has watch it on cable and told me he wish he could watch the whole thing. He seems just to get in a little bit here and there. He loved the parts he saw so I am sure he will relly love the whole movie.
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