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Jeremiah Johnson
Sydney Pollack
(1972)
111min
PG Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Andrew Collins
It was a bold move - some might say foolhardy - for heart-throb Robert Redford to hide his features behind a full set of whiskers for his portrayal of a 19th-century mountain man. Based on real-life trapper John Johnston (previously John Garrison, accounts of whose life informed the screenplay), Jeremiah is a disillusioned army deserter who takes to the wilds of Colorado in the 1840s in the name of self-sufficiency and solitude. He adopts a family at one point, which precipitates a violent last act. Sydney Pollack's admirable film is a meditative portrait, majestically shot on location in Utah, that eschews commercial hooks for a deeper look at man versus nature and, eventually, man versus man. Lacking in both action and dialogue, certainly, but look at that view.
Summary
A former soldier living a solitary life in the Rocky Mountains is persuaded by US Army troops to help them find a stranded wagon train. He reluctantly guides the soldiers across a sacred burial ground, an action that violates a tribal taboo and will lead to tragedy in his life. Western, starring Robert Redford, Stefan Gierasch and Will Geer.
Cast & Crew
Jeremiah Johnson
Robert Redford
Del Gue
Stefan Gierasch
Bear Claw
Will Geer
Crazy woman
Allyn Ann McLerie
Robidoux
Charles Tyner
Caleb
Josh Albee
Paints His Shirt Red
Joaquin Martinez
Reverend
Paul Benedict
Director
Sydney Pollack
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Columbia-Warner Dists
Guidance:
May be edited for language and violence.
Available on:
video, DVD and Blu-ray
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