That’s why Hollywood is still saving Natives. Because they care. Want a recent example? What would've happened to poor ol’ Thunder Heart Woman if not for the kindly intervention of Jacob Wheeler in the 2005 miniseries, Into the West? Thank Gawwwd, Jacob cared. About her “plight.”
The miniseries Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, based on the book by Dee Brown, just completed filming and will air on HBO next year. It’s about the “plight” of Indians and boasts an all-star cast including August Schellenberg and Adam Beach. The star? Aidan Quinn.
Paleface to the rescue. Again.
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Writerfella here --
Where did that promo come from? It's quite different from the one that writerfella received in the mail from the Screen Actors Guild. To illustrate, writerfella will send it to Rob...
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Russ Bates
'writerfella'
I believe I scanned this ad from the LA Times's movie section. I don't know if it was ever an official poster. But it kind of says it all, I think. The Indian as the white man's burden...literally.
Writerfella here --
Art piece has been dispatched. The main difference between the two is that the figure ferrying the codetalker is very small at the bottom and the shoulder-to-shoulder depictions of Nicholas Cage and Adam Beach dominate the upper half and are more or less equal.
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Russ Bates
'writerfella'
Any way you look at it, the movie was a huge disappointment. I still don't know why Nicholas Cage was even in the movie, and why was his character having a romance with a nurse?
Unfortunately for the real code talkers they were cheated. This should have been their movie, their time to shine and in true Hollywood fashion this too was stolen from them.
Post Script: Oops! I forgot to sign off. Anonymouse
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