Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
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53% of critics liked it
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53% of users liked it
(7,830 ratings)
Walter Hill directs John Milius's script (co-written by Larry Gross) depicting a revisionist perspective on the "Geronimo Campaign" and how Geronimo, with 34 men, managed to elude 5000 U.S. cavalry men between 1885 and 1886 before his surrender at the Canyon of the Skeletons in… More Walter Hill directs John Milius's script (co-written by Larry Gross) depicting a revisionist perspective on the "Geronimo Campaign" and how Geronimo, with 34 men, managed to elude 5000 U.S. cavalry men between 1885 and 1886 before his surrender at the Canyon of the Skeletons in September 1886. The film centers upon Charles Gatewood (Jason Patric), the U.S. Cavalry lieutenant who is charged with capturing the elusive Apache leader. Gatewood is torn by a grudging respect for Geronimo and his people and his duty to his country. But then all the white men in the film have a respect for Geronimo, even as they are trying to hunt him down and kill him. General Charles Crook (Gene Hackman), charged with overseeing the forced settlement of the Apaches on reservations, has nothing but admiration for Geronimo. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Walter Hill
- Written By
- John Milius, Larry Gross
- Genres
- Western, Drama, Action & Adventure
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1993 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 17, 1998
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A film of great beauty and considerable intelligence.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Superior western, mostly historically accurate. Directed by Walter Hill with strong cast.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Visually, action director Hill may be paying tribute to Ford's Westerns in the way he positions the chase and fight scenes against the panormaic vistas, but this Geronimo is curiously bland, neither absorbing nor stirring.
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Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily
A gorgeously shot, fair-minded Western that honors Geronimo and the Apaches, but doesn't demonize the U.S. Cavalry. Vastly underrated and far superior to Dances With Wolves.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A sober-minded film directed by Walter Hill
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Cast
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Jason Patric
as Lt. Charles Gatewood
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Gene Hackman
as Brigadier General George Crook
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Robert Duvall
as Al Sieber
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Wes Studi
as Geronimo
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Matt Damon
as Lieutenant Britton Davis
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Rodney A. Grant
as Mangas
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Kevin Tighe
as Brigadier General Nelson Miles
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Steve Reevis
as Chato
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Carlos Palomino (II)
as Sgt. Turkey
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Victor Aaron
as Ulzana
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Stuart Proud Eagle Grant
as Sergeant Dutchy
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Stephen McHattie
as Schoonover
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Jim Beaver
as Proclamation Officer
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Mark Boone Jr.
as Afraid Miner
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Roger Callard
as Sgt. Mulrey
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Luis Contreras
as Rurale Officer
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Lee de Broux
as City Marshall Hawkins
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John Finn
as Capt. Hentig
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M.C. Gainey
as Unafraid Miner
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Greg Goossen
as Schoonover Gang
- David Barry Gray
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George Lee
as Native American
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Walter Robles
as Schoonover Gang
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Michael Ruud
as Chaplain
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Anthony Schmidt
as Schoonover Gang
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Sonny Skyhawk
as Schoonover Gang
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Rino Thunder
as Old Nana
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Jonathan Ward
as C.S. Fly
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Scott Wilson
as Redondo
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Michael Adams
as Schoonover Gang
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Robert Erickson
as Cavalryman
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Hoke Howell
as Billy Pickett
- Reuben Cannon
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Pato Hoffmann
as The Dreamer
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Jesus Franco
as Native American
- Richard Martin
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Michael Stein
as Cavalryman
- August Schellenberg
- Joseph Running Fox
