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OSC-031
Meek's Cutoff
Dir. Kelly Reichardt
In Theaters 04/08/11 On DVD 09/13/11 On DVD & Blu Ray Combo 09/13/11
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SYNOPSIS
The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in one another's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as a natural born enemy.
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DIRECTOR:
Kelly Reichardt
American landscapes and narratives of the road are themes that run throughout Kelly Reichardt’s work. MEEK’S CUTOFF, shot on the dry plains of Oregon’s high desert, offers a vision of the earliest days of American frontier culture. WENDY AND LUCY, filmed along the railroad tracks that surround an Oregon suburb, reveals the limits and depths of people’s duty to each other in tough times. Reichardt’s film OLD JOY is an exploration of contemporary liberal masculinity, set in the tamed wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. ODE, a super-8 retelling of the Legend of Billy Joe McAllister, is set around the creeks and underpasses of the rural south. Her first feature, RIVER OF GRASS, was shot in her hometown of Dade County, Florida. Sun-drenched highways, bus stations and dilapidated motels were the denatured setting for this lovers-on-the-run story. Reichardt is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and teaches at Bard College.
DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY:
- MEEK'S CUTOFF (2010)
- WENDY AND LUCY (2008)
- OLD JOY (2006)
- TRAVIS (2004)
- THEN A YEAR (2002)
- ODE (1999)
- RIVER OF GRASS (1994) -
Cast
Michelle Williams Emily Tetherow Bruce Greenwood Stephen Meek Will Patton Solomon Tetherow Paul Dano Thomas Gately Zoe Kazan Millie Gately Shirley Henderson Glory White Neal Huff William White Rod Rondeaux The Cayuse Tommy Nelson Jimmy White -
Credits
Directed by Kelly Reichardt Written by Jon Raymond Edited by Kelly Reichardt Executive Producers Todd Haynes
Phil Morrison
Andrew Pope
Laura Rosenthal
Mike S. Ryan
Rajen Savjani
Steven TuttlemanProducers Elizabeth Cuthrell
Neil Kopp
Anish Savjani
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DVD Features:
The Making of Meek's Cutoff
Original theatrical trailerWith an exclusive essay by Richard Hell
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Release Info
Catalog Number: OSC-031
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