Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)

Fictional chronicle of Squanto's life prior to and including the arrival of the "Mayflower" in 1620.

Director:

Xavier Koller

Writer:

Darlene Craviotto

Stars:

Adam Beach, Mandy Patinkin, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Beach	...	Squanto
Sheldon Peters Wolfchild	...	Mooshawset
Irene Bedard	...	Nakooma
Eric Schweig	...	Epenow
Leroy Peltier	...	Pequod
Michael Gambon	...	Sir George
Nathaniel Parker	...	Thomas Dermer
Alex Norton	...	Harding
Mark Margolis	...	Capt. Hunt
Julian Richings	...	Sir George's Servant
Mandy Patinkin	...	Brother Daniel
Donal Donnelly	...	Brother Paul
Stuart Pankin	...	Brother Timothy
Paul Klementowicz	...	Brother James
Bray Poor	...	Dr. Fuller

Storyline

Squanto (Adam Beach) is a high-born Native American from a tribe on the Atlantic coast of North America which devotes its life to hunting and rivalry with a neighboring tribe. Everything changes forever after a ship arrives from England, prospecting the region's commercial potential for the rich Sir George (Sir Michael Gambon), who uses all his wealth and influence only for ever greater profit. When it returns, several Indians find themselves captives on-board, including Squanto. The arrogant "Christians" consider themselves utterly superior to the "heathen savages" and treat them as brutally as they do beasts. Squanto fights a bear in a circus, not understanding how men can be so cruel to that creature either, and manages a spectacular escape, but where must he go? He finds shelter and help in a rural monastery, where it takes his protector some effort to prevent the others considering the unknown as diabolical. In time, Sir George's men come looking for him most brutally, but he ...

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Plot Keywords:

1620s | native american village | native american culture | lacrosse | 17th century | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Drama | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

In addition to this movie, Adam Beach and Irene Bedard appeared in Song of Hiawatha (1997). It was a television production.

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Connections

Featured in Hollywood's Top Ten: Thanksgiving Scenes (2011)

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Soundtracks

Sarah Was Ninety Years Old
Written by Arvo Pärt (as Arvo Paert)
Courtesy Of ECM Records

User Reviews

Inaccuracy aside, this film teaches

This is not a documentary so I can forgive the time-line inaccuracies. But it does tell a story that is based, at least in part, on a real human being, brave, intelligent, life-loving. To have suffered the loss of dignity through kidnap and slavery and then, when finally returned home, the additional heartache of the fate of not only his family but of his entire tribe, he continued to give of himself, no matter the purpose of his generosity. This movie may not teach history correctly (although it at least tries to include the people who most influenced Squanto), but it DOES teach children values... the value of treating people with dignity; the value of freedom; the value of humanity; that slavery is wrong; that war, even if necessary, is a "last resort." For teaching these things alone I recommend this movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Director's official site Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Filming Locations:

Louisbourg Harbour, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$19,200,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,119,016, 30 October 1994

Gross USA:

$3,342,223

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,342,223

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1