Last of the Dogmen (1995)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Tab Murphy

Writer (WGA):

Tab Murphy (written by)

Release Date:

8 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Western

Tagline:

A secret lost in time for over 130 years is about to be discovered.

Plot:

A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him...

Plot Keywords:

Native American | Reference To Sherlock Holmes | Helicopter | Mountain Man | Independent Film

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 25	5:15 PM	AMC
Sun. July 26	12:00 AM	AMC

Cast

Tom Berenger	...	Lewis Gates
Barbara Hershey	...	Prof. Lillian Diane Sloan
Kurtwood Smith	...	Sheriff Deegan
Steve Reevis	...	Yellow Wolf
Andrew Miller	...	Briggs
Gregory Scott Cummins	...	Sears
Mark Boone Junior	...	Tattoo
Helen Calahasen	...	Yellow Wolf's Wife
Eugene Blackbear	...	Spotted Elk
Dawn Lavand	...	Indian Girl
Sidel Standing Elk	...	Lean Bear
Hunter Bodine	...	Kid
Graham Jarvis	...	Pharmacist
Parley Baer	...	Mr. Hollis
Sherwood Price	...	Tracker

MPAA:

Rated PG for adventure violence and mild language.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #33258) | South Korea:12 | France:U | Germany:6 | Spain:T | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Carolco Pictures

Trivia:

The scene where Gates and Deegan both fall off the waterfall was inspired by the Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem". During a major showdown Holmes and his arch-nemesis, Moriarty, both men ended up falling off a waterfall.

Goofs:

Continuity: Lewis Gates reads a newspaper article entitled "Wild Boy Captured" which begins with the sentence, "Two Union Pacific employees working on the tracks... were surprised to find a young boy...". Gates talks to the railroad worker, Mr Hollis, who caught the boy. Gates said to Hollis that he used to work for the railroad, and Hollis replied, "Not just any railroad, son, the great Northern Pacific. 53 years."

Quotes:

Tracker Lewis Gates: Dynamite? It's like wine, it only gets better with age.

Fantastic, but having a very true air about it

I have rarely seen a movie where certain scenes run chills down my spine.

One scene in particular is the one where Lillian, and Lewis, first encounter the Native Americans. They were so dynamically beautiful, as well an intimidating in their native costumes, and paint, and their horses were painted, and decorated to the hilt. This scene didn't only send chills up my spine, but much to the credit of Tab Murphy, it brought tears to my eyes, as also did other scenes in the movie.

Yellow Wolf, who was played by Steve Reevis, was I think aware of the changing world beyond his own, and up until now the only way he could prevent the outside world from infiltrating his own was to do away with its representatives, Which meant of course killing them. Modern technology was advancing, and it was inevitable that they would be discovered in time, unless someone they could trust from the outside world could help them. As the story ended, I hoped that Lillian, and Lewis, would be the trusted folks from that outside world who would be able to help keep their existence hidden.

A beautiful story with a beautiful cast. See it if you can. you won't be disappointed.