Thunderheart

Thunderheart (1992)

Timing: 1:59 (119 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1992-04-03

Country

United States

Production

TriStar Pictures

Genre

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$22 660 758

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Director

Michael Apted

Actors

Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward, Fred Thompson, Sheila Tousey, Ted Thin Elk, John Trudell, Julius Drum, Sarah Brave
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Scenario

Producer

Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, John Fusco, Michael Nozik

Operator

Roger Deakins

Composer

James Horner

Artist

Audition

Lisa Clarkson

Editing

Ian Crafford
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• At the beginning of the film, William Doz shows Ray LeVoy a video. It was filmed during riots staged by Native American activists in Custer County, South Dakota. These were triggered by the death of a Native American at the hands of a white man, whose charge in court was reduced to a lesser offense. During the riots, there was a fight with the police, the courthouse was set on fire, and private property was damaged.
• The film tells about the events that took place in the Pine Ridge Reservation. On February 27, 1973, the reservation was seized by followers of the American Indian Movement (the Native American rights movement).
• 250 Native Americans participated in the mass scenes in the film.
• While gathering material for the screenplay, John Fusco lived in the Pine Ridge Reservation for 5 years. It was then that he met a tribal elder who became the prototype for Sam Richis's grandfather.
• Actor Ted Tin Elk (1919-1997), who played Grandpa Sam Richis, was himself an elder of the Lakota tribe.
• Filming took over 10 weeks. The actors had to perform in temperatures exceeding 37 degrees Celsius.
• When Ray places the wounded boy in the car, a round bloodstain can be noticed on the right side of his shirt. However, upon arrival at the hospital, this stain disappears, leaving only a mark on the left side.