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Michelle Williams
Emily Tetherow
Bruce Greenwood
Stephen Meek
Will Patton
Soloman Tetherow
Zoe Kazan
Millie Gately
Paul Dano
Thomas Gately
Shirley Henderson
Glory White
Neal Huff
William White
Tommy Nelson
Jimmy White
Rod Rondeaux
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Review 2DiscussionA review by John Chard
9.5
Written by John Chard on Fri Feb 26 2016
I blame him for saying he did.
Meek's Cutoff is directed by Kelly Reichardt and written by Jonathan Raymond. It stars Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Paton, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Zoe Kazan and Tommy Nelson. Music is by Jeff Grace and cinematography by Chris Blauvelt. Story is based on an historical incident on the Oregon Trail in 1845, when frontier guide Stephen Meek (Greenwood) led a small band of settlers across the trail in search of richer pastures. For what was meant to be a two week journey, has now turned into five, and the settlers have this horrible feel...
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Keywords
- immigrant
- gold
- territory
- tree
- confidence
- thirst
- language barrier
- bible
- settler
- pride and vanity
- patriarchy
- native american
- getting lost
- family relationships
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- native language
- white
- families
- patriarchal society
- anti-indigenous racism
- united states