Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
HBO / Rysher Ent. (2007)
Drama, History, Western
In Collection
#2228
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Seen ItYes
026359422126
IMDB   7.2
2 hr 12 mins USA / English
DVD  Region   NR
Anna Paquin Elaine Goodale
August Schellenberg Sitting Bull
Aidan Quinn Henry Dawes
Adam Beach Charles Eastman
J.K. Simmons McLaughlin
Eric Schweig Gall
Wes Studi Wovoka AKA Jack Wilson
Colm Feore General Sherman
Gordon Tootoosis Chief Red Cloud
Fred Dalton Thompson President Ulysses S. Grant
Director
Yves Simoneau
Producer Clara George
Tom Thayer
Writer Daniel Giat
Dee Brown


Inspired by Dee Brown's acclaimed bestseller, the HBO Films event begins powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big Horn. The action centers on the struggles of three characters: Charles Eastman (Adam Beach, Flags Of Our Fathers), a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor; Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg, The New World), the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, dignity and sacred land; and Senator Henry Dawes (Aidan Quinn, Empire Falls), one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs. While Eastman and schoolteacher Elaine Goodale (Anna Paquin, X-Men: The Last Stand), work to improve life for the Sioux on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Grant for kinder Indian treatment. Epic in scope, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee is a new Western classic called "...insightful...deeply affecting...visually striking" by The Washington Post.
Edition Details
Distributor Hbo Home Video
Release Date 9/11/2007
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.78:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 Audio Commentaries with Director Yves Simoneau, Adam Beach and Aidan Quinn Making History - Behind-the-Scenes Look into the Production of the Film, Including Interviews with the Cast and Crew The Heart of a People - Historical Perspective of the American Indian Experience as Depicted in the Film Telling the Story - The Journey of the Book to the Screen Interactive On-Screen Historical Guide Prepared by the Film's Screenwriter Photo Gallery