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Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) -- The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers...
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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
John Milius (story)
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Release Date:
10 December 1993 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A Warrior. A Leader. A Legend. more
Plot:
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Above-average historical treatment more (35 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jason Patric ... 1st Lt. Charles B. Gatewood

Gene Hackman ... Brig. Gen. George Crook

Robert Duvall ... Chief of Scouts Al Sieber

Wes Studi ... Geronimo

Matt Damon ... 2nd Lt. Britton Davis
Rodney A. Grant ... Mangas
Kevin Tighe ... Brig. Gen. Nelson Miles
Steve Reevis ... Chato
Carlos Palomino ... Sgt. Turkey
Victor Aaron ... Ulzana
Stuart Proud Eagle Grant ... Sgt. Dutchy

Stephen McHattie ... Schoonover

John Finn ... Capt. Hentig

Lee de Broux ... City Marshal Joe Hawkins
Rino Thunder ... Old Nana
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for frontier violence.
Runtime:
115 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
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SDDS (8 channels) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
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Trivia:
Jason Patric beat Patrick Swayze and Alec Baldwin to the main role. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The steam locomotive used to transport the Apache band at the end is an oil burning locomotive. A phony load of wood sits atop the tender's fuel-oil bunker. The engine is making thick black smoke, an indication of an oil fired locomotive. Such thick smoke is an indication of poor fuel burning, something movie directors request, but hardly real-world practice. Properly operated steam locomotives make much less smoke, regardless of whether fuel is wood, coal, or oil. more
Quotes:
Al Sieber, Chief of Scouts: There's two dead women there... and two little kids. They scalped them all, all four of 'em. Bounty hunters. The government down here pays 200 pesos a head for men, 100 for women and 50 for those kids. They kill any Indian and then claim they are Apache. I don't see how any man can sink so low. Must be Texans... the lowest form of white man there is. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Leprechaun 2 (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Deal Gently With Thy Servants, Lord more

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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Above-average historical treatment, 6 February 2003
Author: Ray Girvan from Devon, UK

As others have said, this is an excellent example of a revisionist Western, successful both as a 'quest' film and as history. Despite minor examples of the invariable desire of film-makers to embellish events (Al Sieber in fact died years later when a rock rolled on him while he was clearing a road) this is as close as you'll get to a historically and visually accurate movie account of the pursuit of Geronimo.

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