The sicario and hell or high water writer has turned director with wind river, an acclaimed crime thriller set on a native american reservation. Murdered women in movies are so often just a victim or a body, as the heroic investigator tracks down their killer. A pack of coyotes gaze apathetically at a herd of sheep so pale they. Wind river is full of vast, scrubby expanses that give way to pristine blankets of white, interrupted only by a snowmobile slashing a solitary path. Working on his own, sheridan, more than before, has fashioned a true neo1970s movie, a thriller thats willing to lope and dawdle to shed light upon the world. The true story behind wind river is this hidden injustice against. Wind river movie native american women sad true story. Cast and crew credits for wind river, 2017, directed by taylor sheridan, with eric lange, norman lehnert, kelsey chow, at turner classic movies. Wind river gets into controversial territory by telling a native american story with two white leads, but at least its a welltold, intelligent, and respectful story, and the characters are interesting in and of themselves. Sightunseen, my expectation not unfairly, i think was that wind river would be a terrific screenplay with undistinguished directing holding it back. Aug 11, 2017 cary darling, fort worth startelegram published 7. The true story behind wind river is this hidden injustice against native american women. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers.
Take a look back at elizabeth olsens movie and tv career in photos. Wind river 2017 cast and crew cory lambert is a wildlife officer who finds the body of an 18yearold woman on an american indian reservation in snowy wyoming. A veteran hunter helps an fbi agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a wyoming native american reservation. Leaders of wind river s northern arapaho and eastern shoshone nations approved the script, toured the set and provided resource information to make the story true to life. Natalie hanson, an 18yearold native american woman, is running barefoot through the snow while crying and looking back over her shoulder when we see the opening credits. The story of wind river is swallowed up by outlandish plot.
Wind rivers lambert, played by jeremy renner, is an animal tracker who shoots the coyotes and mountain lions that kill stock. We provide 2017 movie release dates, cast, posters, trailers and ratings. My best friend and i were discussing a movie night with all three sheridanpenned films, and while i could take a doublefeature of hell or high water and one of the others, both wind river and sicario are so heavy i couldnt take both in one night. United states august 4, 2017 limited canada august 4, 2017. On the whole i found wind river to be an almost well made and competent film, but that there wasnt a great deal to be able to say that id particularly recommend it. After all, the screenplay was by taylor sheridan, whose first film as writer was 2015s excellent sicario, and whose second was 2016s sturdy, elegantly classical hell or high water. The truth behind this years most shocking film, wind river. Wind river is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie fbi agent elizabeth olsen who teams up with a game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past jeremy renner to investigate the mysterious killing of a local girl on a remote native american reservation. Jeremy renner pursues suspenseful murder investigation on the.
Aug 04, 2017 the story of wind river is swallowed up by outlandish plot devices. Its difficult to escape the fact that the person telling this story is a. While the former sometimes suffers in service of the latter, the film is, in the end, greater than the sum of its parts. There was a lot of anticipation at sundance before the premiere showing of wind river, the first movie directed by taylor sheridan, who wrote the brilliant screenplays for hell or high. The story of wind river is swallowed up by outlandish plot devices. This crime thriller mystery opens with a barefoot teenage girl sprinting desperately across a moon soaked snow covered open plain, until she collapses with exhaustion, ultimately crawling to her.
From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia wind river is a 2017 neowestern murder mystery film written and directed by taylor sheridan. Wind river last chapter in taylor sheridans trilogy. Wind river shows heartbreaking realities of reservations. At the end of wind river, the majorfilm directorial debut of taylor sheridan, we are informed that no records are kept of how many native american women go missing each year. The true story behind wind river is this hidden injustice.
Wind river is a 2017 neowestern murder mystery film written and directed by taylor sheridan. Wind river canyon is one of the most beautiful places on earth, imho. Taylor sheridans wind river, with jeremy renner, is a moody. Taylor sheridans wind river, with jeremy renner, is a. Most of these people have just accepted life and the problems that come with it. Aug 10, 2017 the true story behind wind river is this hidden injustice against native american women on the native american reservation of wind river, life expectancy is 49yearsold, and unemployment rates. Jeremy renner in wind river 2017 elizabeth olsen and jeremy renner in wind river 2017 tokala black elk at an event for wind river. In wind river, jeremy renner plays a game tracker solving a murder. Oct 19, 2011 the 1854 wyoming historical drama is based on tom shells adaptation of the true life memoirs of pony express rider nick wilson. Taylor sheridan has crafted an uneven, but potent, vengeance film rooted in the.
R 1h 47min crime, drama, mystery 18 august 2017 usa 1. With kelsey asbille, jeremy renner, julia jones, teo briones. However, the story tugs at your heart and thats why i felt compelled to buy it after seeing it in the theatre. Everything you need to know about wind river movie 2017. The film stars jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen as a u. There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including kidnap, the dark tower and detroit. The story of wind river is swallowed up by outlandish. Starring jeremy renner, elizabeth olsen, graham greene, gil birmingham and jon bernthal. In wind river, natalie, a young native american woman, has been found dead after a horrific sexual assault. I wasnt going to sit here and tell a story about very real issues. Wind river is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie fbi agent elizabeth olsen who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past jeremy renner to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote native american reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death. Aug 05, 2017 taylor sheridan directed wind river, a film about a young womans assault and murder on the wind river indian reservation.
The big joke on reservations is the white guy that. Brutal crimes grip wind river indian reservation the new. The injustice faced by murdered and missing indigenous women. Wind river by michael sragow on august 3, 2017 taylor sheridan directed a cheapo horror movie in 2009 called vile, but its his success as a screenwriter that has earned him the right to strike out on his own as a writerdirector with wind river, a topical murder movie with an exorbitant ratio of corpses to characters. The films of actorturnedwriterturneddirector taylor sheridan. Wind river focuses on american social issues such as the marginalisation of native americans, impoverishment, substance abuse and cultural ignorance. Wind river lures viewers into a characterdriven mystery with smart writing, a strong cast, and a skillfully rendered setting that delivers the bitter chill promised by its title. Leaders of wind rivers northern arapaho and eastern shoshone nations approved the script, toured the set and provided resource information to make the story true to life. Movie info wind river is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie fbi agent elizabeth olsen who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past jeremy renner to. Starring jeremy renner, elizabeth olsen, graham greene, gil birmingham, jon bernthal, kelsey asbille, julia. Wind river sets out to give the world a glimpse that life in these parts of the country isnt all sunshine and rainbows. Inspired by true events, wind river isnt a film about one story, its about something bigger. Taylor sheridan continues to write excellent modern westerns and stories of problems in todays america. Aug 11, 2017 the central mystery of wind river is rather quickly solved, writes critic sean burns.
Wind river 2017 soundtrack complete list of songs whatsong. For the rest of the film, lambert aids with rookie fbi agent jane banners. The best parts of the entire movie, besides the majestic scenery, is the realism of the story and the characters. Wind is a 1992 film directed by carroll ballard and starring matthew modine, jennifer grey and cliff robertson. Wind river soundtrack from 2017, composed by nick cave, warren ellis. Wind river is as much of a gritty crime thriller as it is a character study. But the words are so beautiful and come from such a place of deep truth, its hard not to be moved, and they help give wind river a. Fact and fiction converge for an intense, suspenseful ride. If you can stomach violent films, wind river may still be too much. Starring jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen in lead roles.
On the native american reservation of wind river, life expectancy is 49yearsold, and unemployment rates. On the native american reservation of wind river, life expectancy is 49yearsold. You can hear the crunch of snow and feel the bitter chill, which runs so deep that it can be deadly. The movie opens at night in a cold, remote wyoming wilderness on the wind river indian reservation. The wind river reservation first made news in 2012, when it was the subject of a new york times expose. The movie opens on a breathtaking night sky and snowcapped mountains, with a young woman running over a long stretch of open land. Meanwhile, wind river has a screenplay that sometimes rises up to the level of pro forma murder mystery, sometimes doesnt, and either way ends up hanging itself on a truly godawful climax that commits two different sins, either one of which could potentially be fatal. Taylor sheridan hell or high water has written and directed a great story, but the films graphic rape scene is the dark center, where he demands the audience not look away. Taylor sheridan directed wind river, a film about a young womans assault and murder on the wind river indian reservation. October 2015 the film is centered on the americas cup series of yachting races and uses them as a backdrop for both an action. Sheridans script was based on a true story, which undoubtedly pinned him. Sep 08, 2017 the sicario and hell or high water writer has turned director with wind river, an acclaimed crime thriller set on a native american reservation. Ridiculous true story of childhood retained makes for. Corys backstory is nicely doled out in pieces throughout the film in a way that enhances the narrative.
Movies like wind river if you like wind river you are looking for suspense, suspenseful and surprise ending movies about with investigation, murder, native american reservation, violence, rape, snow and forest themes of crime, drama and mystery genre shot in uk or canada. The 1854 wyoming historical drama is based on tom shells adaptation of the true life memoirs of pony express rider nick wilson. Actresses lie perfectly still, faces frozen in a death mask of fear, as other characters walk around them and talk over them. Whats more important are the textures of a community devastated by drugs and poverty.
Fish and wildlife service tracker and an fbi agent, respectively, who try to solve a murder on the wind river indian reservation in wyoming. Hell or high water, probably the bestwritten movie of 2016. An analysis of revisionist western film by acelare from its start, taylor sheridans neowestern wind river opens up with a nod to a traditional motif. Aug 11, 2017 taylor sheridan on why he needed to make wind river and how his directorial debut uses a csi. The movie opens on a breathtaking night sky and snowcapped mountains, with a young woman running over a. Wind river 2017 cory lambert is a wildlife officer who finds the body of an 18yearold woman on an american indian reservation in snowy wyoming. Wind river, as has been true for much of its turbulent history, bucked the trend. A killing on a native american reservation propels the. Most of the film is shot in utah and not in wyoming which is unfortunate bc the wind river range is absolutely stunning and mystifying. East of boulder flats, deep into the vast and unforgiving white territory of the wind river indian reservation, the seasoned game tracker, cory lambert, discovers the frozen body of the young native american, natalie. A pack of wolves gaze apathetically at a herd of goats so pale they blend into the wyoming snow. Clip shows footage from the film while interviewing cast and crew. Be the first to watch, comment, and share trailers and movie teasersclips. The truth behind this years most shocking film, wind river wind river opens on a landscape of white, of cold, of desolation.
Wind river featurette story 2017 featurette for wind river takes an indepth look at the films story. Wind river is neowestern murder mystery movie that was released in 2017. Released by lakeshore records in 2017 containing music from wind river 2017. Check out the new trailer starring elizabeth olsen, jeremy renner, and jon bernthal. Aug 17, 2017 all 26 songs from the wind river 2017 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Taylor sheridan on why he needed to make wind river and how his directorial debut uses a csi.
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