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Smoke Signals is a 1998 coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Chris Eyre from a screenplay by Sherman Alexie, based on Alexie's short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993). The film won several awards and accolades, and was well received at numerous film festivals.
Nov 27, 1998 · Smoke Signals: Directed by Chris Eyre. With Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer. Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.
Indigenous Film Archive. Young Indian man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family, and Victor hasn’t seen his father for 10 years.
Jul 3, 1998 · Smoke Signals. "It's a good day to be indigenous!'' the reservation radio deejay tells his American Indian listeners as "Smoke Signals'' opens. We cut to the station's traffic reporter, who scrutinizes an intersection that rarely seems to be used. "A big truck just went by,'' he announces.
PG-13 Released Jan 16, 1998 1h 28m Comedy Drama List. 90% Tomatometer 92 Reviews 82% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings Arnold (Gary Farmer) rescued Thomas (Evan Adams) from a fire when he was a child....
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Smoke Signals is a humorous yet serious story about Victor, a young man who Director Chris Eyre describes as "trying to forgive his father." The movie gives us a glimpse into the contemporary Native American world, and is created by an almost exclusively Native American cast.
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Smoke Signals explores the nature of Native American stereotypes in popular cinema by both seriously challenging them and humorously poking fun at them. At times, the reference to standard Indian clichés, types, and stereotypes takes the form of a simple line of dialogue or a joke; at other times it is interwoven into the fabric of the characters.
Smoke Signals. Two young American Indian men take a road trip to Phoenix. 5,486 IMDb 7.2 1 h 29 min 1998. 7+. Comedy · Drama · Gentle · Touching.
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