Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

Director: Sydney Pollack Cast: Robert Redford
Robert Redford
, Will Geer
Will Geer
, Stefan Gierasch
Stefan Gierasch
, Delle Bolton
Delle Bolton
, Allyn Ann McLerie
Allyn Ann McLerie
Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah Johnson

Director: Sydney Pollack Cast: Robert Redford
Robert Redford
, Will Geer
Will Geer
, Stefan Gierasch
Stefan Gierasch
, Delle Bolton
Delle Bolton
, Allyn Ann McLerie
Allyn Ann McLerie

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Overview

Years before Kevin Costner danced with wolves, Robert Redford headed to the mountains to escape civilization in Sydney Pollack's wilderness western. Around 1850, ex-soldier Johnson (Redford) decides that he would rather live alone as a mountain man in Colorado than deal with society's constraints. After a series of setbacks, he meets grizzled mountain veteran Bear Claws (Will Geer), who teaches him how to survive. Jeremiah strives to live as peaceably as possible in the rugged environment, trading with the native Crow tribe, adopting a boy (Josh Albee) after his family is massacred, and even marrying the daughter (Delle Bolton) of a Flathead chief in order to avoid confrontation. He settles into a mountain home with his family, but the U.S. cavalry, complete with a puritanical Reverend, interrupt the idyll to compel Jeremiah to lead them over the mountains and through a Crow burial ground to rescue white settlers. After the Crow kill his family in retaliation, Jeremiah's frenzied moment of payback precipitates a long-running vendetta, turning him into a legendary Indian killer at the expense of his original ideals, on the way to a final moment of grace. Spectacularly shot on location in Utah, the film captures both the appeal and the challenge of the landscape that Jeremiah chooses over civilization. With an unglamorous performance by Redford and a story that questioned white colonialism while mythologizing the man of nature, Jeremiah Johnson appealed to its 1972 audience and became one of the biggest hits of the year. Wavering between heroicizing Jeremiah for surviving and damning him for killing, Jeremiah Johnson took its place among the Vietnam-era cycle of critical westerns, like Arthur Penn's Little Big Man (1970) and Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), that condemned civilization for corrupting the wilderness and preventing individuals from going pacifistically native.

Product Details

Release Date: 10/29/1997
UPC: 0012569732476
Original Release: 1972
Rating: PG
Source: Warner Home Video
Sound: [monaural, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Sales rank: 108

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Robert Redford Jeremiah Johnson
Will Geer Chris Lapp
Stefan Gierasch Del Gue
Delle Bolton Swan
Allyn Ann McLerie Crazy Woman,Actor
Charles Tyner Robidoux
Josh Albee Caleb
Paul Benedict Reverend
Matt Clark Qualen
Richard Angarola Lebeaux
Jack Colvin Lt. Mulvey
Joaqu?n Mart?nez Chemise Rouge
Tanya Tucker Qualen's Daughter
Harry Morgan Actor
Tim McIntire Actor,Composer
Joaquin Martinez Actor
John Rubinstein Composer

Technical Credits
Joe Wizan Producer
John Milius Screenwriter
Edward Anhalt Screenwriter
David Rayfiel Screenwriter
Charles M. Wilborn Sound Effects
Dan Wallin Sound Effects
Rick Arnold Stunts
Mike Moder Producer
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