Thunderheart is a 1992 American crime film directed by Michael Apted with Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, and Fred Ward. Val Kilmer plays an FBI agent with Sioux heritage investigating a murder on a Native American reservation. Graham Greene, a full Oneida Indian from Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, plays tribal police officer Walter Crow Horse. == Synopsis == The film is a fictionalization based on true events (see Wounded Knee incident), including the rise of the American Indian Movement. In particular, the character Jimmy Looks Twice (played by John Trudell) is modeled on the appearance of native American activist Bob Robideau and the story of Leonard Peltier, who like Jimmy, was sought by the FBI for the murder of two FBI men and was eventually arrested and removed from the reservation. The film gives a very positive reading to the Leonard Peltier story, suggesting not only his innocence with respect to the murders, but also a visionary charisma and a mystical, almost saintlike, acceptance of sacrifice and martyrdom. Apted was intrigued by the actual events behind the film and also Pine Ridge Indian Reservation which was known to have the highest per capita murder rate at the time . Apted also made a documentary about the subject, Incident at Oglala. (via Wikipedia)
Directed By:
Michael Apted
IMDB ID:
0105585
Starring:
Sheila Tousey
Val Kilmer
Fred Dalton Thompson
Dennis Banks
John Trudell
Graham Greene
Sam Shepard
Fred Ward
Release Date:
Apr 3, 1992
Music By:
James Horner
Written By:
John Fusco
Name:
Thunderheart
Length:
119 min
Distributed By:
TriStar Pictures
Produced by:
John Fusco
Robert De Niro
Jane Rosenthal
Michael Nozik
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