Smoke Signals with Adam Beach: DVD Cover

    Smoke Signals Director: Chris Eyre Cast: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer

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    • DVD Release Date: 09/28/1999
    • Original Release: 1998
    • Rating: Rated PG13
    • Sales Rank: 8,196

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    This dramatic feature was written, directed, and co-produced by Native Americans. Native American writer Sherman Alexie scripted this adaptation of his 1993 short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Director Chris Eyre's previous short Someone Kept Saying Powwow is incorporated into the 88-minute feature. Developed at the Sundance Lab in 1995, the film was a winner of both the Audience Award and the Filmmakers' Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. In 1976, an infant survives a fire that kills his parents. In a flash forward to the present day, the infant has grown up to become the skinny, nerdy adult Thomas (Evan Adams). At Idaho's desolate Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation, the overeager youth is mostly ignored by others, including stoic athletic Victor Joseph (Adam Beach), even though it was Victor's father, alcoholic Arnold Joseph (Gary Farmer), who saved the infant Thomas' life in the fire. A drunken Arnold later abandoned his family, and Victor hasn't seen his father in a decade. When Victor learns of Arnold's death in Phoenix, Thomas offers to pay for the trip to Phoenix if he can accompany Victor. They make an odd couple since Victor is embarrassed by Thomas' geekiness. In Phoenix, they find that Arnold lived in a small trailer in the desert, and they meet Arnold's friend Suzy Song (Irene Bedard), who provides disturbing truths about Arnold that impact on Victor. Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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    Signals communicate the intricate relationships between peopleby Anonymous

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    June 07, 2009: Smoke signals shows our humanity and inhumanity among people. The poem at the end will blow you away! I laughed, I cried, I thought about symbolism in life and love.

    I Also Recommend: Spirit Rider.

    A Very Refreshing Change Of Pace!!!by Anonymous

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    April 17, 2009: I first came across this movie through Irene Bedard's filmography that I looked up at the IMDB website, being curious about the actress and trying to find some other movies that I hadn't come across before nor knew about at the time. Skimming through all the great reviews on this site and IMDB, I decided to check it out. I bought a copy of the DVD from this store about a couple months back and I'm so glad I did. Another reason why I purchased it was because I wanted to see a movie with the cast being a majority of the ethnic group of people we don't get to see often enough and more broadly, and less of the same stereotypically: American Indians. I found it to be truly a breath of fresh air from some, certain movies (which are too dumb and/or negative) featuring my race (black) as the majority cast, which I grew fed up with after a while, wanting to search for more good ones with those and other ethnicities for one thing. Plus, I want to give my support to the better ones, no longer sticking with the same old, same old. For me, "Smoke Signals" was one of the best movies that I never saw when it was first released, which was over a decade ago and I just then caught up with it nearly two months ago. Anyway, one way I describe this it is it's as much of a far cry away from the Native Americans' long, old perspective as it can possibly get, that they're opposing the cowboys in the Wild West. I like how after everything Victor and Thomas have gone through on their road trip, Victor eventually comes to grips with his past relationship with his father and forgives him. And the aforementioned Irene Bedard has a great supporting role. If y'all haven't already, please don't take as long as I did to see it. It's definitely not one to be neglected nor missed. There are no disappointments here at all and is worth the watch. Great to see American Indians in a different light, I hope they'll be more films like it in the future and I wish/hope that all actors/actresses of that race will get more opportunities, success and acknowledgment

    within that time as well. Has a very good message in the end.


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