The famous wind river reservation is where it all happened in margarets best selling book series. After finding the body of an 18yearold woman on an american indian reservation in the frozen wilderness of wyoming, a divorced federal wildlife officer helps a less experienced fbi agent to solve the mystery of teens rape and murder. Whats the story follows a rookie fbi agent elizabeth olsen who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past jeremy renner to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote native american reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing wind river near you. Wind river 2017 cory lambert is a wildlife officer who finds the body of an 18yearold woman on an american indian reservation in snowy wyoming. Check out the new trailer starring elizabeth olsen, jeremy renner, and jon bernthal. I blanked it in case you wanted to remain totally unspoiled. Wind river, written and directed by taylor sheridan and starring jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen, is something special. From its start, taylor sheridans neowestern wind river opens up with a nod to a traditional motif.
A veteran hunter helps an fbi agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a wyoming native american reservation. When she finds out ashley is engaged to his cousin melanie, she is heartbroken. The film was shot on location in the tennessee valley, and was adapted by paul osborn from two novels. A veteran hunter helps an fbi agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a wyoming native american. See plot diagram summary part 1 scarlett ohara is a willful, attractive 16yearold who lives on her fathers plantation, tara, with her parents and her two sisters. Us fish and wildlife service agent cory lambert discovers a body in the rugged wilderness of the wind river indian reservation. As for the notion that wind river, which sheridan says is part of a loose trilogy that looks at the american frontiers mythology through a modern lens, hides an attempt to shed light on how.
Wind river is full of vast, scrubby expanses that give way to pristine blankets of white, interrupted only by a snowmobile slashing a solitary path. For all its strengths, wind river stumbles in its final act, as it struggles to balance its themes of solemn grief, macho retribution, and gender and cultural enlightenment. Wind river may be their home, but this is lamberts story. Wind river is a decent, if flawed, directorial effort from sheridan that showcases his strength as an actors director, more than as a writer corey lambert jeremy renner is a u. Taylor sheridan is one of my favorite people in hollywood. It starts from the foothills of the wind river mountains and spans across the plains of west central wyoming. At the end of the movie, when cory is in natalies bedroom, cory stops and looks at a picture of natalie and his. In wind river, youll be forced to watch, and youll be forced to listen. Not to be confused with the river wild wild river is a 1960 american drama film directed by elia kazan and starring montgomery clift, lee remick, jo van fleet, albert salmi and jay c. The fbi sends in rookie agent jane banner, but she is unprepared for the difficulties created by the oppressive weather and isolation of the wyoming winter. Taylor sheridan directed wind river, a film about a young womans assault and murder on the wind river indian reservation. After all, as extreme and disturbing as the events depicted in wind river are, theyre not fantastical.
When wildlife officer cory lambert jeremy renner discovers the body of a young woman on wyomings wind river native american reservation, fbi agent jane banner elizabeth olsen is sent to investigate. At times poetic, at others bleak and brutal and how could it be. He was being interviewed as an oscar contender for his script for hell or high water an he is talking about the themes running through that, sicario and wind river. He, in the end, is the great white savior which is a plot device hollywood has been using since well before the days of john ford and howard hawks. Wind river is as much of a gritty crime thriller as it is a character study.
Wind river is a stark look at life on the edge of an imposing wilderness, where the rule of law is eclipsed by the laws of nature. Natalie hanson, an 18yearold native american woman, is running barefoot through the snow while crying and looking back over her shoulder when we see the opening credits. In wind river, natalie, a young native american woman, has been found dead after a horrific sexual assault, and while the movie is a very. Wind river is sheridans directorial debut, and hes still learning. After finding the body of an 18yearold woman on an american indian reservation in the frozen wilderness of wyoming, a divorced. Be the first to watch, comment, and share trailers and movie teasersclips.
The setting is the wind river indian reservation, a vast, wintry area of land in central wyoming. After killing it with screenplays for both sicario and hell or high water. The sicario and hell or high water writer has turned director with wind river, an acclaimed crime thriller set on a native american reservation. Fish and wildlife service agent and divorced parent who makes his living huntingkilling predators that prey on the animals and farmland of the wind river indian reservation in wyoming. Wind river story, wind river hollywood movie story, plot. The story of wind river is swallowed up by outlandish plot devices.
The truth behind this years most shocking film, wind river. The film stars jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen as a u. You can hear the crunch of snow and feel the bitter chill, which runs so deep that it can be deadly. The movie opens at night in a cold, remote wyoming wilderness on the wind river indian reservation. He tells nprs scott simon its based on thousands of stories just like it. Wind river is a 2017 neowestern murder mystery film written and directed by taylor sheridan. The movie opens on a breathtaking night sky and snowcapped mountains, with a young woman running over a long stretch of open land. After banner hires lambert as her tracker, the two must brave the isolated winter terrain and local criminal underworld in order to crack the case. Everything you need to know about wind river movie 2017.
Its a modestlyscaled character study about lizzy caitlin gerard, a resourceful, alienated frontierswoman wholiving in a desolate cabin in the middle of an undisclosed part of 19th century americaslowly loses her grip on reality. Wind river shows how crime thrillers should be made. These talents were paramount in his script for hell or high water, probably the bestwritten movie of 2016. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Wind river lures viewers into a characterdriven mystery with smart writing, a strong cast, and a skillfully rendered setting that delivers the bitter chill promised by its title.
After all, as extreme and disturbing as the events depicted in wind river are, they re not fantastical. I was immediately excited about how involved i became with wind river. Every boy in the county is in love with her, but she secretly loves her neighbors son, ashley wilkes. Here, the overstretched police force have been called to. Taylor sheridans wind river, with jeremy renner, is a. The teacher gail hartman is facing problems with her marriage with her husband, the workaholic architect tom hartman. On the birthday of their son roarke, gail decides to leave her daughter with her parents and take her family to raft down a wild river where she was a guide. Wind river packs an elemental power that knocks you for a loop. Oscarnominated hell or high water and sicario writer taylor sheridan discusses his directorial effort wind river, sicario 2 and 3, and the western genre. The description of fly fishing and wild life in wyoming were unbelievable. The size of rhode island and delaware combined, wind. The next day, we see cory jeremy renner, a lone cowboy who does hunting and tracking for a living. Hell or high water scribe taylor sheridan makes his debut behind the camera with wind river, a wyomingset mystery starring jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen.
Fish and wildlife service tracker and an fbi agent, respectively, who try to solve a murder on the wind river indian reservation in wyoming. Wind river 1999 tom shell synopsis, characteristics. While the former sometimes suffers in service of the latter, the film is, in the end, greater than the sum of its parts. Jon bernthal, jeremy renner, elizabeth olsen, martin. Now, hes directing for only the second time as well as writing with wind river, which feels very much of a piece with those two previous films. Jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen have been set to star in wind river, a movie written by sicario scribe taylor sheridan, who will direct. The wind, an impressive horrorwestern hybrid, is the kind of artful genre movie that some filmgoers think simply doesnt get made anymore. Wind river follows a rookie female fbi agent elizabeth olsen who teams up with a veteran, local game tracker with a haunted past jeremy renner to. The wind river reservation first made news in 2012, when it was the subject of a new york times expose. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Where wind dances the branches of the tree, casting leopards spots of. Wind river takes off from the rampant violence and criminality raging through the arapaho and shoshone populations on the.
With kelsey asbille, jeremy renner, julia jones, teo briones. Taylor sheridan on wind river, sicario 2, and westerns. The dark pulp of taylor sheridans wind river filmtv. Taylor sheridan directed a cheapo horror movie in 2009 called vile, but its his success as a screenwriter that has earned him the right to strike out on his own as a writerdirector with wind river, a topical murder movie with an exorbitant ratio of corpses to characters. He writes mature movies with adult themes for an adult audience. Wind rivers lambert, played by jeremy renner, is an animal tracker who shoots the coyotes and mountain lions that kill stock.
Natalie hanson, an 18yearold native american woman. Gil birmingham, jon bernthal and graham greene also star sheridan has said that he wrote the film to. Wind river movie native american women sad true story. From taylor sheridan, the writer of sicario and hell or high water. Wind river is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie fbi agent elizabeth olsen who teams up with a local game tracker. The story of wind river is swallowed up by outlandish. Wind river is overwritten, but has a crazypowerful ending. August 11, 2017 toronto,vancouver august 18, 2017 expands august 25, 2017 expands.
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