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English aristocrat John Morgan (Richard Harris) is captured by the Sioux in America in 1825. Subjected to torture he proves to be as brave as his captors, who eventually convert him to their way of life. Followed by two sequels ‘ Return of a Man Called Horse’ and ‘Triumphs of a Man Called Horse’.
American Indians were “cool” in 1970, the year A Man Called Horse made its vigorous, feverishly real, and occasionally shocking debut alongside Little Big Man and Soldier Blue. Unlike the latter two films, however, Horse is less an allegory for Vietnam-era America and more of a vision quest for historical identity. In one of his defining roles, Richard Harris plays an English aristocrat captured by Dakota Sioux in 1825. Over time, he adopts their way of life and eventually becomes tribal leader–but not before undergoing savage initiation rituals, the most famous of which involves being suspended by blades inserted beneath Harris’s pectoral muscles. Horse looks clunky, quaint, and inadvertently demeaning in some respects today, but the film’s Native-American milieu is at least defined on its own terms, making no concessions to familiar Western conventions. The real draw is Harris, whose performance has a soulful integrity. –Tom Keogh
Product Dimensions:- 19 x 13.5 x 1.4 cm; 80 g
Item model number:- 5014437813336
Director:- Elliot Silverstein
Media Format:- PAL, Subtitled
Run time:- 1 hour and 50 minutes
Release date:- 7 Jun. 2004
Actors:- Richard Harris, Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou, Corinna Tsopei
Studio:- Paramount Home Entertainment
Country of origin:- Poland
Number of discs:- 1
Format:- PAL, Subtitled
Contributor:- Jackson Tail, Iron Eyes Cody, Terry Leonard, Ben Black Bear, Edward Little, Vince St. Cyr, Lina Marín, Eddie Little Sky, Justin Thin Elk, Corinna Tsopei, Aloysius Eagleman, William Jordan, Judith Anderson, Michael Baseleon, Lloyd One Star, Richard Harris, Bruce Pretty Bird, Tamara Garina, Richard Fool’s Bull, Ben Eagleman, Jean Gascon, Manu Tupou, Ardene Turning Bear, Sonny Skyhawk, Lee Schaff Guardino, Lawrence Old Cross, Ross Kills Enemy, James Never Miss a Shot, Samuel White Horse, Phillip Clark, James Gammon, Tom Tyon, Frank Raiter, Manuel Padilla Jr., Dub Taylor, Elliot Silverstein See more
Runtime:- 1 hour and 50 minutes