Meek's cutoff [videorecording] / Oscilloscope Laboratories presents ; an Evenstar Films, Filmscience, Harmony/Primitive Nerd production ; produced by Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Jon Raymond ; directed by Kelly Reichardt.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: OSC-031 | Oscilloscope PicturesLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: [United States] : Oscilloscope Pictures, c2010.Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Cinematographer, Christopher Belauvelt ; music, Jeff Grace ; editor, Kelly Reichardt.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adult DVD
|
Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | WESTERN Meek's c | Available | 33111006954909 | ||||
|
Adult DVD
|
Northport Library | DVD | WESTERN Meek's c | Available | 33111006954925 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A braggart meets his match in a courageous woman in this period drama from independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt. It's 1845, and Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood) is a boastful, rough-hewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who want to start new lives on the other side of Oregon's Cascade Mountains. Meek constantly tells his charges that he knows the Oregon Trail like the back of his hand, but when they veer off for a shortcut he says is foolproof, they soon find themselves in forbidding territory, without water and with Indians on the horizon. While the men of the party travel with Meek, their wives are made to follow them in a separate wagon, and Emily Tetherow (Michelle Williams), the strong-willed wife of Solomon Tetherow (Will Patton), begins openly questioning Meek's competence among the other women, especially her friend Millie Gately (Zoe Kazan). While making their way through the wilderness, the party happens upon a Cayuse Indian (Rod Rondeaux); Meek captures the Indian and proposes they kill him, but Emily bravely speaks up for him, believing he has the right to live and perhaps the knowledge to lead them safely over the mountains. Meek's Cutoff was an official selection at the 2010 New York Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
DVD release of the 2010 motion picture.
Special features: The making of Meek's cutoff; original theatrical trailer.
Cinematographer, Christopher Belauvelt ; music, Jeff Grace ; editor, Kelly Reichardt.
Bruce Greenwood, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan.
A wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival. When they encounter a Native American, they must choose between following their guide or an 'enemy.'
MPAA rating: PG; some mild violent content, brief language and smoking.
DVD ; all regions ; fullscreen (1.37:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround and stereo.
In English, with optional subtitles in English.