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Very good movie about American West
Jeremiah Johnson is an excellent movie boasting a very good performance by Robert Redford. Jeremiah Johnson is a man fed up with civilization so he decides to go west and become a mountain man. At first, he struggles to survive, but he comes upon an old grizzled mountain man, Bear Claw, who teaches him how to survive on his own in such a harsh environment. Now living on his own, Jeremiah comes upon a boy whose family has been massacred by Crow Indians and takes him along with him. He also takes an Indian wife, and the trio make an unlikely family. This is a very good movie that shows very accurately what life was like in the mid 1800's. As well, the film is beautifully shot in the mountains of Utah.

Robert Redford is very good as mountain man, Jeremiah Johnson, who becomes a legend during his time in the mountains. Redford is surprisingly believable in the role as the mountain man who must survive on his own. Will Geer is perfectly cast as the grizzled mountain man, Bear Claw, who teaches Jeremiah how to survive. The DVD offers widescreen and fullscreen presentations, production notes, and a making of featurette. This is a very good movie that does not shy away from showing it like it was in the west before it was settled. For an excellent movie with a great performance by Robert Redford, check out Jeremiah Johnson!

SOME SAY HE WILL NEVER DIE
A classic film, JEREMIAH JOHNSON starring Robert Redford continues to be an enduring statement about survival, priorities and the lasting beauty of a lost western frontier. Based on the vintage western book Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher.

Johnson moves west to escape a war-filled past and to find what he hopes will be a better lifestyle. Instead he discovers himself and realizes he doesn't know.

Befriended by Bear Claw Grislap, a seasoned mountain man played wonderfully by Wil Geer, Johnson is trained and prepared for what will be an arduous life. When Crow warriors cruelly murder his adopted son and his Indian wife, Swan played by Delle Bolton, Johnson is forced to engage in a personal war, one man against his enemies. The war he engages includes one of the most gripping fight scenes you will ever see on film and leads to a poignant movie climax.

"Some say Johnson is dead on account of this others say he never will be on account of this." From the standpoint of a classic film I choose to believe the latter.

Douglas McAllister

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