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Thunderheart
Two men from different worlds. Two cops after the same killer. Together they must uncover the secrets. Together they must discover the truth.
A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.
- Original title
- Thunderheart
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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Wuchak
Sep 20, 2020 · via TMDB
_**Val Kilmer and Sam Shepard investigate a murder on a South Dakota Reservation**_ A young, half-Sioux FBI agent (Val Kilmer) teams-up with a veteran agent (Sam Shepard) to investigate a murder on a Reservation in western South Dakota where the pro-government faction conflicts with ARM, the Aboriginal Rights Movement radicals. Graham Greene plays a tribal police officer. “Thunderheart” (1992) is a Western that takes place in the modern day loosely based on events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973. ARM from this movie is an expy of AIM, the American Indian Movement, which is a traditionalist organization that was radically active in those days and still exists. Some understandably consider AIM a terrorist organization back then in light of actions such as Leonard Peltier’s murder of two FBI agents in 1975 at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is referenced by Cooch in the movie (Shepard). You don’t have to be knowledgeable of any of this stuff or to take one side or the other to appreciate the movie. While it takes a side (which I’m not going to reveal), I’m in the middle and just here for the picture. I like the film, but it’s slightly hindered by wannabe hip banter. Moreover, the almost god-like powers of certain AmerIndians are laid on too thick, but I appreciated some of the spiritual elements. The film runs 1 hours, 59 minutes, and was shot in South Dakota at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Wounded Knee Cemetery and Badlands National Park, as well as Washington DC. GRADE: B-
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Val Kilmer
Ray Levoi
Sam Shepard
Frank Coutelle
Graham Greene
Walter Crow Horse
Fred Ward
Jack Milton
Fred Thompson
William Dawes
Sheila Tousey
Maggie Eagle Bear
Ted Thin Elk
Grandpa Sam Reaches
John Trudell
Jimmy Looks Twice
Patrick Massett
Agent Mackey
Rex Linn
FBI Agent
Dennis Banks
Self
David Crosby
Bartender
Mike Breyer
Army Private (uncredited)
Tony D. Head
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Bernie Pock
Stunts
Billy D. Lucas
Stunts
Gene Hartline
Stunts
Hugh Aodh O'Brien
Stunts
Jeff Ramsey
Stunts
Randy Hall
Stunts
Tim A. Davison
Stunts
Michael Apted
Director
Jeff Okabayashi
Second Assistant Director
David R. Ellis
Second Unit Director
Jane Rosenthal
Producer
John Fusco
Producer
Robert De Niro
Producer
James Horner
Original Music Composer
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Fusco
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