Jeremiah Johnson Rating: Release Date: 29 October, 1997 Retail Price: $14.96 OUR Price: $8.99 You SAVE: $5.97! Cast: Robert Redford Will Geer Josh Charles Sydney Pollack Complete Cast (6 total)

Jeremiah Johnson Reviews

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The way that you wander is the way you choose, the day you tarry is the day you lose
Jeremiah Johnson has always been one of my favorite films and one that comes highly recommended.

Redford has teamed with Director Sydney Pollack on several projects (This Property is Condemned, Three Days of the Condor, The Way We Were, Out of Africa and The Electric Horseman- all recommended), and their collaborations have always delivered interesting, intelligent and diverse work. Jeremiah Johnson is the most personal one of them all, I think. It offers something very different.

There is a peaceful, quiet quality to the feeling in this film- one very much like the peace that Johnson is seeking in its beginnings as he retreats from `civilized life' to find a new way in the mountains. The scenic beauty, John Rubenstein and Tim McIntyre's music and songs, the honest portrayal of frontier life and its depictions of the Crow and Blackfoot Indian communities. They all give it a flavor all its own.

Redford's portrayal of Johnson is some of the best work he has ever committed to film. He moves through the naïve beginnings the man faces as he must learn to survive, through the unfolding truths the land, the Indians, the Old Man and the quickly created family he is offered, to the hurt and pain it all leads to when he inadvertently offers the wrong help in the wrong way. Redford's performance is seamless as he goes from the naïve, hopeful beginnings to the jaded, worn warrior by its end. It's a role that demanded depth and he digs for it here.

This isn't a film that one can categorize (thankfully) but I feel it's more historical in nature than a western or action piece. And although it may not be a complete essay on the real Jeremiah Johnson's life and times, it seems a well thought out one on what it was like for the men and women of these times. The struggles, the confusion- the clash of cultures in their bid to survive and prosper- the peace, the violence and the aftermath of it all.

There is humor, beauty, depth and character to the film and it is definitely one you can buy for your own personal library.


Good story; Great setting
Very entertaining with great scenery. Liked every moment. One of Redford's best, in my opinion. Spectactular scenery, well acted on all fronts.

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