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Smoke Signals
Victor and thomas couldnt have been more different. But when victor gets called away from home it is thomas who offers to pay his way on one condition thomas gets to go along for the ride. The unlikely pair set off on a comic adventure where they discover the ties that bind them and learn about friendship. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 03/01/2005 Starring: Adam Beach Evan Adams Run time: 89 minutes Rating: Pg13 more
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- Posted: Feb-03-2009
Great movie for sons and fathers... mostly fathers
This is a great movie from a great collection by Sherman Alexie. While there are certainly important themes about life on the reservation and relations with those of us on the outside, I found this to be an excellent treatment of father-son relationships, particularly when the father falls off...
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- Posted: Jan-02-2009
True to The Life
I saw this movie when it first came out, with a Cheyenne friend of mine with whom I shared memories and context. At the end of the film, I sat silent in my seat, ashamed for him to know I was crying. I wept for many reasons: hunger and thirst for good native stories; grief of my own and that for...
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- Posted: Nov-03-2008
Beautiful universal story
There is something so beautiful about this movie, and yet I find it hard to explain. I try to recall this movie whenever I run into someone I can not find redeemable. Sometimes you can only focus on the bad, and sometimes you only focus on the good, and sometimes you discover the middle. Victor...
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- Posted: Oct-26-2008
Universal Themes from a Native American perspective
On the Coeur D'Alene reservation in Idaho, not much seems to be happening, as witnessed by the deadpan "traffic" and "weather" reports of local radio KREZ. But for two young men, Victor Joseph (Adam Beach) and Thomas Builds-the-Fire, (Evan Adams) their lives became entwined when as babies,...
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- Posted: Oct-08-2008
Storytelling
I had this on VHS and I finally got it DVD. It is still nice to watch after not seeing it for years. The story is timeless, the acting and directing are fantastic. What I like about Smoke Signals is it's an original film about American Indians and it's not everyday you see movies about our...
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- Posted: Jul-31-2008
Awesome
It's a fantastic movie, funny, and has a good little under story. I reccomend - it's not pow wow-ish or anything, it's just a story that is on a reservation..
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- Posted: Jul-17-2008
A story is only as good as all of its parts
"Smoke Signals" is a 1998 film based on short stories from Sherman Alexie's book "Tonto and the Lone Ranger Fistfight in Heaven." This is one of the first films directed by, written by, acted by and crewed by a full Native American team. The story is about two unlikely young Native American men...
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- Posted: Jun-12-2008
Funny...
Film is set on an Indian Reservation in Idaho. This is the first film directly, acted and produced entirely by Native Americans. The story is centered around Victor and Thomas. Victor is handsome, athletic and a guy's guy. Thomas is a short, geeky nerd and relishes in storytelling. The boys...
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- Posted: May-14-2008
If you liked Northern Exposure...
You'll like this movie. (Personally, I loved both!) Not only did it include at least two members of the NE cast, it had that same kind of otherworldly-yet-relatable feel to it. I enjoyed the acting of both lead characters, although Thomas's accent was a little odd (it sounded similar to an Irish...
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- Posted: May-03-2008
Powerful story. Sherman Alexie is a genius.
Smoke Signals is a deeply affecting, heartfelt story of Victor's struggle with his father-- how his father was as a "dad", how and why his father left, and the stories about his father spun by Victor's friend, Thomas. ANYONE with "issues" with a parent or the past needs to watch this film. It's...
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