Gunn

One of the best films ever, I can't get enough of this masterpiece. It has all the elements of a classic film, excellent direction by Michael Mann which keeps the film moving, stunning cinematography of lush landscapes, a brilliant cast, beautiful production values (sets, props, art direction, costumes), a fabulous music score by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman (I play the CD quite often), a literate script and more. The cast is perfection, with Daniel Day-Lewis an extremely masculine and rugged Hawkeye, Madeline Stowe so beautiful and stunning as Cora Munro, Jodhi May is the beautiful, Alice Munro and gives a wonderful touch of sadness to her doomed character, Russell Means is brilliant as Chingachcook, Eric Schweig handsome and stoic as Uncas does much with very few lines, the terrific Wes Studi as the vengeful Magua is cunning and evil, yet sympathetic, Maurice Roeves as Munro created an interesting British officer as did Steven Waddington as the rival lover of Cora. To fully enjoy this film in all its glory I would suggest seeing it on blu-ray to experience the sounds and lush colors of this masterpiece. I was quite surprised at Russell Means' performance. It was a very physical and emotional role and he pulled it off magnificently for a non-professional actor. Dennis Banks appeared in a small role as Ongewasgone and he too nailed it. I suspect this film was divinely inspired in some way. This is a film you can watch over and over again!