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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131234992
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 6647
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: February 24, 1989
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Description:
For the Northern Cheyenne tribe of Lame Deer, Montana, the American Dream has taken a grim detour. Here, Buddy Red Bow (A Martinez) is a committed activist battling a suspicious land-grab. Philbert Bono (Gary Farmer, in a performance Roger Ebert calls "one of the most wholly convincing I’ve seen") is a serene spiritual warrior guided by sacred visions. But when Buddy’s estranged sister is framed and jailed in New Mexico, the two men take Philbert’s rust-wrecked ’64 Buick ‘war pony’ on a road trip that makes some very unexpected stops along the way. Jonathan Wacks (Producer of REPO MAN) directs and Graham Greene (DANCES WITH WOLVES), Wes Studi (THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, HEAT) and Amanda Wyss star in this acclaimed comedy/drama about Native Americans understanding the past, fighting for their future and discovering a few surprising truths along the POWWOW HIGHWAY.
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Gary Farmer (Smoke Signals) is the standout in a fine film by Jonathan Wacks about an oversized Cheyenne man-child (Farmer) who decides to go on a spiritual quest, while simultaneously giving a ride to his lifelong Indian activist friend (A. Martinez). The film takes us through some pretty desolate Indian communities, but while Wacks makes a point of revealing harsher aspects of life on some reservations, the emphasis is on Farmer's delightful performance. A bonus: among the cast are Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves) and Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans), neither of whom were well-known in 1989, the year this film was released. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  -
Powwow Highway is a Lakota "cult classic" in the western film genre sense. It reminds us of home. In fact a lot of it was filmed at home in the sacred Black Hills, "the heart of our home and home of our heart," as our ancestors would say about the Black Hills. The film captures a description beyond words. To own a dvd of this film is satisfying. However, to have a poor quality dvd with low quality sound is disappointing. But living on the rez, we cannot be too picky and we are accepting of things ... Read More
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A road movie about two contemporary Cheyenne traveling down to New Mexico to spring a relative from prison. Buddy Red Bow (A. Martinez) is a young militant activist with a quick, angry temper. His gargantuan friend, Philbert (Gary Farmer), is a portrait of inner peace with an unlimited appetite to match. Together they mirror the political and spiritual aspects of modern Indian life. Buddy wants to protect his people from the forces of greed surrounding them (his sister is framed on a phony drug charge ... Read More
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This is an excellent video that leads the audience to empathy and birth. It presented the process of passing a heritage -- stories, legends, myths, and culture -- onto the next generation. When a Native American follows the Red Road, he knows that he must put the next and next and next generation onto the same road. This is what happens in this excellently presented visual media presentation!
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"Powwow Highway" is a tale of Native American life today, which is very third world. The film is told via the contrasting stories of two Cheyenne men from Lame Deer, Montana.
Philbert Bono (Gary Farmer) is a big, gentle soul who trades his homegrown weed for a `war pony', a beat up old rustbucket of a car, to go out on a traditional vision quest. He's going to achieve his medicine by gaining three tokens on the way.
The first thing he gains is a passenger, his high school best ... Read More
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I very much enjoyed Smoke Signals, and this was next on my list. I love the humor, which is subtle. The movie mocks at our stereotypes, but also reminds us that some stereotypes are true.
I found that the physical road travelled in this movie is similar to the travels of the Cheyenne as they were herded northward. That made the movie even more special.
What was interesting to me was the way the "old ways", spirituality, campaigning for rights, and militant revolt all played roles in the movie. ... Read More
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