Coyote Waits (TV 2003)

Two tribal cops uncover a plot involving a lost fortune, an historical artifact and a mythical Coyote on a Navajo reservation.

Director:

Jan Egleson

Writers:

Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold (teleplay), Tony Hillerman (novel)

Stars:

Adam Beach, Candice Costello, Jimmy Herman

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Beach	...	Jim Chee
Candice Costello	...	Jen
Jimmy Herman	...	Ashie Pinto
Gary Kanin	...	Judge
Wes Studi	...	Joe Leaphorn
Sheila Tousey	...	Emma Leaphorn
Mark Kilburn	...	Doctor
Alex Rice	...	Janet Pete
Graham Greene	...	Slick Nakai
Jill Scott Momaday	...	Mary Keeyani
Keith Carradine	...	John McGinnis
Sheri Foster	...	Blue Lady
Jack Burning	...	Hosteen Nakai
Long Nguyen	...	Huan Ji
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Jay Kennedy, FBI

Storyline

Two tribal cops uncover a plot involving a lost fortune, an historical artifact and a mythical Coyote on a Navajo reservation.

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Plot Keywords:

second part | part of trilogy | sequel | native american | murder | 

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Taglines:

Two Navajo cops race to unravel a dangerous web of myth, murder, and greed.

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Genres:

Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

PBS

Country:

USA

Language:

English Navajo Vietnamese

Release Date:

16 November 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television, Wildwood Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Chee initiates the felony stop of Ashley Pinto on the deserted road - no law enforcement officer would let the suspect turn and face him prior to putting the hand cuffs on. The suspect would be flat on his stomach, arm and legs spread and facing away from the officer before the officer would approach the suspect.

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Connections

References Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

User Reviews

Painting The Rocks

Jim Chee, Joe Leaphorn, and Emma Leaphorn return for Coyote Waits, the second installation based on Tony Hillerman's best selling series.

Ashie Pinto, an elderly, poor, drunken, tribesman is arrested by Chee for the shooting death of a Navajo police officer. Chee finds Pinto leaving the scene of the crime with a gun, and it's proved the gun was used to murder the officer.

Chee hesitated to respond to the fellow Navajo officer's distress call, despite his initial feeling that something bad had happened. His extreme remorse over the officer's death sets the tone for Coyote Waits.

Chee begins to suffer through personal and professional struggles. He doubts his intuition and instinct, and he doubts his abilities as a police officer and a healer.

Joe Leaphorn, on vacation from his duties to care for his rehabilitating wife Emma, is asked by her to further investigate the shooting death, in behalf of Pinto's family, whom she's related to.

Chee also decides to investigate the events behind the shooting.

What follows is a chase for a coyote running through the sands of time.

This episode is filled with dazzling, rustic-bronze coloured landscapes, colossal copper-gilded rock formations, and sweeping, vast, turquoise skies.

The musical score is a combination of traditional Native American sounds with contemporary jazz. The soothing, clear, quiet musical lines intermingle smoothly with whispered reverberations and soft, staccato rhythms.