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Title: The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Daniel Day-Lewis | ... | Hawkeye (Nathaniel Poe) | |
| Madeleine Stowe | ... | Cora Munro | |
| Russell Means | ... | Chingachgook | |
| Eric Schweig | ... | Uncas | |
| Jodhi May | ... | Alice Munro | |
| Steven Waddington | ... | Maj. Duncan Heyward | |
| Wes Studi | ... | Magua | |
| Maurice Roëves | ... | Col. Edmund Munro | |
| Patrice Chéreau | ... | Gen Montcalm | |
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Edward Blatchford | ... | Jack Winthrop |
| Terry Kinney | ... | John Cameron | |
| Tracey Ellis | ... | Alexandra Cameron | |
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Justin M. Rice | ... | James Cameron |
| Dennis Banks | ... | Ongewasgone | |
| Pete Postlethwaite | ... | Capt. Beams | |
The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans -- Uncas, his father Chingachgook, and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye -- live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters of a British colonel are kidnapped by a traitorous scout, Hawkeye and Uncas must rescue them in the crossfire of a gruesome military conflict of which they wanted no part: the French and Indian War. Written by Jwelch5742
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The Last of the Mohicans is a timeless tale of the 18th century frontier and the virtue and tragedy that results when the uniquely different cultures of the French, English, Native Americans, and colonists collide. Based on James Fenimore Cooper's literary genius, The Last of the Mohicans transports the viewer back to a time of America's youth in a brilliant, mesmerizing fashion.
The story centers on an eclectic band of travelers, thrust together by fate and their attempt to escape danger and reach the besieged British fort, William-Henry. Deep within the western forests of colonial New York, Hawkeye, the white, adopted son and brother of the Mohicans, tries desperately to avoid an ever-increasing war. He is forced to act when, along with his Mohican father and brother, he encounters two endangered sisters trying to reach their father, a British colonel in command at the fort. Hawkeye, the rustic tracker, and Cora, the refined, eldest daughter, are naturally drawn together (much to the dismay of Major Heyward, an intriguing character who also vies for Cora's affections). Tensions and passions arise between the characters as a whirlwind of conflict and violence rages around them. In the end, each character must face heart-wrenching decisions that will affect their very lives, and the lives of those around them.
I especially love the way that the film depicts the perspectives of each of the groups involved. Whether the group is competing for military superiority or simple existence in their homeland, the viewer is given a true sense of their mindset in the midst of a great conflict. It is difficult to say one side or the other is completely to blame for the events that take place. Even the story's main antagonist, Magua (wonderfully portrayed by Wes Studi, Dances with Wolves) draws in a fair amount of empathy.
The Last of the Mohicans is a marvelous, visual adventure that thoroughly reveals the horrors of warfare, the wildness of a chaste frontier, and the fated and ill-fated romances of the characters involved.