Its a modestlyscaled character study about lizzy caitlin gerard, a resourceful, alienated frontierswoman wholiving in a desolate cabin in the middle of an undisclosed part of 19th century americaslowly loses her grip on reality. A pack of coyotes gaze apathetically at a herd of sheep so pale they blend into the. Also included on the same cd is the soundtrack to the 1981 television movie a whale for the killing, also composed by poledouris. Borden deals dunbars cove and william bradford huies mud on the stars, drawing for plot from deals story of a battle of. The film does not carry a no animals were harmed credit, however, because humane hollywood who has trademarked that phrase told moviepaws they did not monitor the set either.
The wind, an impressive horrorwestern hybrid, is the kind of artful genre movie that some filmgoers think simply doesnt get made anymore. Mar 11, 2019 quentin tarantinos the hateful eight set in a wyoming mountain pass was filmed on a ranch in colorado. Jan 22, 2017 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. Reilly, benjamin bratt, and joseph mazzello as roarke. Wind river 1 hour 43 minutes chapters special features. The real wind river reservation is one of the largest in the us, spanning nearly 3. Last week i got to talk to elizabeth olsen for taylor sheridans new film wind river. Its a replay of the deliverance formula, in which city folks try their luck in nature, and find that the most dangerous predator is man. Filming locations park city studios, utah, usa wind river reservation. The film marks directorial debut of the oscarnominated screenwriter hell or high water and follows a. The film features a largely native cast, though not in the two primary roles.
Im a lander bornraised guy from more than a few decades ago, stopped back in 20069 with. The river wild is a 1994 american adventure thriller film directed by curtis hanson and starring meryl streep, kevin bacon, david strathairn, john c. Filming locations 8 filming dates 1 filming locations. Taylor sheridans crime drama, starring jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen. Aug 08, 2017 last week i got to talk to elizabeth olsen for taylor sheridans new film wind river. George is totally apt for the start of the film, the lack of the real wind river mountains was somewhat dissatisfying. Wild river is a 1960 american drama film directed by elia kazan and starring montgomery clift, lee remick, jo van fleet, albert salmi and jay c. The river wild 1994 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A stuffie was used instead of a live coyote in wind river and no animals were tranquilized on set. The movie opens on a breathtaking night sky and snowcapped mountains, with a young woman running over a long stretch of open land. Filming locations 10 filming dates 1 filming locations.
Theres a meadow in my perfect world, a female voice says. Taylor sheridans crime drama, starring jeremy renner and. Crime dramas have always been one of my favorite genres of filmmaking, especially the ones that take themselves seriously and pose interesting questions about life. The grueling location shoot was filmed in real blizzardy conditions with crew and equipment being primarily ferried to locations on snowmobiles and snowcats, since regular vehicles were totally unsuitable for the hazardous terrain. Film set on wind river reservation boasts native cast and. Additional scenes were filmed on the rogue river, between hog creek and argo riffle, north of medford in southwest oregon. 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.
Aug 01, 2017 wind river is written and directed by taylor sheridan, who also wrote the screenplays for the brilliant hell or high water and the intense sicario. You can hear the crunch of snow and feel the bitter chill, which runs so deep that it can be deadly. Montgomery clift plays an idealistic tva agent, assigned to convince the locals to move from their property so. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Wind river 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. Wyoming, usa sign on highway lander wyoming, usa city limit sign fremont county, wyoming, usa county the above loca. Imperfect yet intriguing, the wind offers horror fans an admirably ambitious story further distinguished by its fresh perspective and effective scares. Jul 31, 2018 according to imdb the filming locations are as follows. Mar 07, 2019 opening in theaters and vod april 5 directed by. The river wild is one of the movies you want to play along with, you really do, but it gets so many details subtly wrong that finally you lose patience and turn on it.
About 80 miles to the east, the middle fork section of the flathead river was also used, alongside route 2, between west glacier and essex in the waterton glacier international peace park. Elizabeth olsen on wind river and battling the elements. The wind official trailer i hd i ifc midnight youtube. Caitlin gerard, julia goldani telles, ashley zukerman, miles anderson, dylan mctee an unseen evil haunts the homestead in this. Released august 4th, 2017, wind river stars jeremy renner, elizabeth olsen, gil birmingham, jon bernthal the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 51 min, and received a score of 73 out of 100. Making ofbroll of wind river subscribe and click the notification bell here. Wind river, a film set on the wind river reservation in wyoming, is opening in theaters this week. Modernday frontier movie wind river filmed on location in utah to tell the story of a murder investigation on a native american reservation in central wyoming. A veteran hunter helps an fbi agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a wyoming native american reservation. This thriller filmed on location in oregon and montana, features meryl streep as a daring, strong mother who must navigate a raging river to save the lives of her husband and son. The film marks directorial debut of the oscarnominated screenwriter hell or. Filmed on location in the tennessee valley, wild river is set in the early 1930s.
Wind river takes the genre up in the cold, snowy tundra of the wind river indian reservation in wyoming. Still, director and writer taylor sheridan told professor kevin noble maillard, a citizen of the seminole nation, that he made a conscious decision to hire as many. Elizabeth olsen on what she learned filming wind river. It was filmed in the town of port hope and around toronto in canada.
Wind river, a groundbreaking example of a modern western, and the. Borden deals dunbars cove and william bradford huies mud on the stars, drawing for plot from deals story of a battle of wills between. 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. After killing it with screenplays for both sicario and hell or high water. Wind river begins with nick wilson 18451916 riding his pony express route between shell creek and deep creek in 1861, then flashes back six years to the wilson family homestead at grantsville. Im a lander bornraised guy from more than a few decades ago, stopped back in 20069 with my wife. The film stars jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen as a u. The raft shooting the rapids of found this interesting. Just because its been done before doesnt mean it cant work again. The film would go on to have its world premiere in park city at the 2017 sundance film festival. Gil birmingham, jon bernthal and graham greene also star sheridan has said that he wrote the film to. Quentin tarantinos the hateful eight set in a wyoming mountain pass was filmed on a ranch in colorado. If you are looking for a wonderful movie you can enjoy with your family, friends, or by yourself, wind river is unquestionably a film to watch. Wind river is a 2017 neowestern murder mystery film written and directed by taylor sheridan.
Why dont movies set in wyoming get filmed in wyoming. 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. Jul 29, 2017 making ofbroll of wind river subscribe and click the notification bell here. The wind river deal was negotiated by neil meyer repping sheridan, elizabeth bell for acacia, jonathan fuhrman on behalf of thunder road and david matlof for film 44. Wind river is a 2017 crime dramathriller written and directed by sicario and hell or high water screenwriter taylor sheridan the film stars jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen as us fish and wildlife hunter cory lambert and fbi agent jane banner respectively who team up with local police to solve a murder of a young woman on the wind river indian reservation in wyoming. Fish and wildlife service tracker and an fbi agent, respectively, who try to solve a murder on the wind river indian reservation in wyoming. Aug 03, 2017 the movie opens on a breathtaking night sky and snowcapped mountains, with a young woman running over a long stretch of open land. Seeing his first movie vile made back in 2011, its astonishing to see how much sheridan has improved since then.
With kelsey asbille, jeremy renner, julia jones, teo briones. Wind river opens on a landscape of white, of cold, of desolation. He writes mature movies with adult themes for an adult audience. Finally, one movie critic, robbie collin of the uks daily telegraph wrote, wind river is a film about this landscapes hard indifference towards all who trudge across it sounds about right. The film was shot on location in the tennessee valley, and was adapted by paul osborn from two novels. 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. Wind river movie native american women sad true story. Aug 03, 2017 wind river, a film set on the wind river reservation in wyoming, is opening in theaters this week.
Taylor sheridan is one of my favorite people in hollywood. Wind river is written and directed by taylor sheridan, who also wrote the screenplays for the brilliant hell or high water and the intense sicario. Having a stellar cast comprising jeremy reiner and elizabeth olsen, he takes the viewer to native american reservation when a gruesome violence occurs. 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. The producers had already planned to make a sequel of the movie when filming the first one, set in 1989. Wind river is taylor sheridans second feature movie who usually shines as an actor.