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Product Information
A braggart meets his match in a courageous woman in this period drama from independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt.
Product Identifiers
ProducerDavid Urrutia, Elizabeth Cuthrell
EAN5060238030519
eBay Product ID (ePID)102643983
Product Key Features
ActorWill Patton, Zoe Kazan, Tommy Nelson, Rod Rondeaux, Shirley Henderson, Michelle Williams, Neal Huff, Paul Dano, Bruce Greenwood
Film/TV TitleMeek's Cutoff
DirectorKelly Reichardt
LanguageEnglish
Run Time98 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2011
FeaturesWidescreen
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerJeff Grace
Production DesignerDavid Doernberg
ReviewsTotal Film - A film with true grit, Rolling Stone - Kelly Reichardt has crafted a haunted dream of a movie to get lost in., Los Angeles Times - Reichardt has stripped MEEK'S down to bare essentials and careful emotions. The cast captures that quality beautifully - like the water that is running out, everything is conserved., Empire - [...] it's a slow burn that will richly reward the patient., The Guardian - It enlivens and illuminates a genre that once dominated the American cinema and still holds a considerable grip on our imagination.
Additional InformationIt's 1845, and Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) is a boastful, rough-hewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who are want to start new lives on the other side of Oregon's Cascade Mountains. Meek constantly tells his charges that he knows the Oregon Trail like the back of his hand, but when they veer off for a shortcut he says is foolproof, they soon find themselves in forbidding territory, without water and with Indians on the horizon. While the men of the party travel with Meek, their wives are made to follow them in a separate wagon, and Emily Tetherow (Michelle Williams), the strong-willed wife of Solomon Tetherow (Will Patton), begins openly questioning Meek's competence among the other women, especially her friend Millie Gately (Zoe Kazan). While making their way through the wilderness, the party happens upon a Cayuse Indian (Rod Rondeaux); Meek captures the Indian and proposes they kill him, but Emily bravely speaks up for him, believing he has the right to live and perhaps the knowledge to lead them safely over the mountains.
ScreenwriterJon Raymond
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleMeek's Cutoff
EditorKelly Reichardt
Director of PhotographyChris Blauvelt
Consumer AdviceContains infrequent mild violence and language