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Set in 1845, the film follows a band of settlers who have lost their way in the Oregon wilderness. Their hired guide, Stephen Meek (a growling, unrecognizable Bruce Greenwood), is part mountain man and part salesman, spinning tales of wild adventure instead of admitting to their dire straits. Eventually one of the couples (Michelle Williams and ...
Apr 8, 2011 · In place of violence, director Kelly Reichardt ( Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy) underlines the harshness and monotony of a long journey by covered wagon. The film’s refusal to spectacularize the ...
Apr 8, 2011 · When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert. Kelly Reichardt. Director. Jonathan Raymond. Writer. Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the Oregon Trail. When their guide leads them astray, the ...
Sep 5, 2010 · The Pacific Northwest again serves as Reichardt’s setting of choice, only this time circa 1845. Three families are slowly heading West in covered wagons, led by mountain man Stephen Meek (Bruce ...
Meek's Cutoff: Directed by Kelly Reichardt. With Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan. Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
<p>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 ...
May 2, 2011 · Meek's Cutoff. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. With Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano. Kelly Reichardt’s latest film reaffirms her status as one of the most significant and truly “independent” voices in contemporary American cinema. Expanding the revisionist Western tradition that reached a highpoint in the late 1960s with The ...
