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Pow Wow Highway by Jonathan Wacks
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DVD Cover InformationActor: A Martinez, Amanda Wyss, Gary Farmer, Joannelle Nadine Romero, Sam Vlahos Director: Jonathan Wacks DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 87 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-11-23 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of Pow Wow HighwayMovie Review: Pow Wow Highway Summary: 5 StarsThis is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is loaded with spiritual insights, and mixed with lots of laughter and intrigue. Fabulous acting and endearing characters. Beautiful movie, I highly recommend it.
Summary of Pow Wow HighwayFor 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. 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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