Windwalker

Name: Windwalker
Director: Kieth Merrill
Released: 1981-01-01

1980 film by Kieth Merrill

FilmfilmQ1302685

Released: 1981
, 1980
Director: Kieth Merrill
Cast: Trevor Howard
, Nick Ramus
, James Remar
Genre: Western film
, drama film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: Cheyenne
, Crow
, English
Distributor: MOKÉP
Composer: Merrill Jenson

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Windwalker is a 1981 Western film directed by Kieth Merrill and written by Ray Goldrup, based on a novel by Blaine M. Yorgason. It stars Trevor Howard and Nick Ramus. The film is set in the pre-colonial Intermountain West, and focuses on the life of a Cheyenne man, who comes back to life to protect his family from Crow warriors and be reunited with his long-lost son. It was filmed in various natural outdoor locations in Utah. Unusually for westerns, all of the characters are Native Americans. Merrill cast Trevor Howard, an English actor, for the role of the aged Windwalker, a decision that stood out in a cast of mostly Native American actors, with authenticity as a main production value.

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Director of photography: Reed Smoot
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Color: color
Distribution format: video on demand

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