Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303687261 Format: Closed-captioned ISBN: 6303687261 Label: Turner Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Turner Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Turner Home Entertainment Release Date: 1995-11-21 Running Time: 92 Studio: Turner Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1995-06-04
Bio-pic on Shawnee tribe leader Tecumesh, and his attempts to unite all Native American tribes.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Tecumseh was a man. Comment: One of the more civilized men who deserved the good legend history has given him I was really quite pleased seeing this film about this man. It has many of the Hollywood mistakes but what film doesn't when it comes to historical figures.
I loved that it showed his father was mixed blooded.
I loved the way it showed him in relationship with his family. I loved the costuming and the setting of the villages. I thought the fight scenes were extremely well done.
I was really pleased with the way they used coloring to show the Indians who were free as filled with color while those who have given in have become dark and depressed falling into drunkenness and despair with children of mixed blood wandering like ghosts between the huts. But as the old chief who was once so fierce points out There Comes a time when the cries of widows take over.
Tecumseh resisted that to the death all his life. When he died so did his dream.
The only thing I wish the film had contained was the Witch Hunting he and his followers instigated against people in their own tribes whom they wished to eliminate much as was the case in Salem for even though it is the dark half of the man it is none the less a part of him. Just as his brighter more civilised behavior makes him worthy of our admiration. Customer Rating: Summary: alternative film history. Comment: shown on U.K TV 5-11-05.. BRAVE WARRIOR. depicting events leading up to the battle of Teppecanoe. this film portrays the BRITTISH INSURGENCY in Indiana. attacks by the Kings own .??against Governor Harrisons Troops.. and the envolvement of the Shawnee. on the instigation of bothe sides.. Tecumseh seems bewildered in all these events. The battle scenes are well depicted.. but facts are at foult..???. Jay Silverheels portrays .Tecumseh...also stars Jon Hall. and Michael Ansara.. this is a good historicle film...the crys of war ..and those damned brittish. resoundind.. a 1952 film..Directed by S P Bennet.. Customer Rating: Summary: Tecumseh, the first attempt Comment: While i thought it was good that the life of Tecumseh was finally the subject of a movie, i was disappointed at the narrowness of its scope.Very little of the Native traditions about Tecumseh were included,which means that dreams and visions that guided him were not a part of the plot.Also,the characterization of Tecumseh was stereotypically stoic so as to make him seem one-dimensional and historical rather than real and contemporary.Tecumseh deserves a better effort. Customer Rating: Summary: Tecumseh: The Last Warrior Comment: As an educator, I strongly recommed the film Tecumseh: The Last Warrior because it is one of its kind in bringing into action the cultural beliefs and way of life of Native American groups such as the Shawnee, who were affected by the clash of cultures and seizure of their ancestoral lands by whites. I use the film as a reward for the students who have studied federal policies toward the Native Americans including those of our past presidents and view points of Native Americans such as Tecumseh, who fought hard to drive the whites out of their lands in the Ohio, Illinois, and other present day states that were organized under the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Organized under Tecumseh, native groups resisted to further white expansion and fought hard to preserve their way of life. This film is accurate in depicting Native American stuggles and sufferings and I truly recommend it. Customer Rating: Summary: Indian Wars of the Old Northwest Comment: I was excited when I saw this TV adaptation of James Alexander Thom's historical novel "Panther in the Sky". I have had an avid interest in American frontier history and the indian wars of the Old Northwest. The story of Tecumseh and his indian confederacy is one of great triumph and tragedy for the last of the tribes east of the Missisiippi river in the early 19th century. It is amazing to me how much we are NOT taught about the very bloody conflicts between the native tribes and white settlers that took place in the areas that make up modern-day Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. Tecumseh was considered by many, indian and white alike, to be the greatest native resistance leader of all time. While I was pleased with many aspects of this movie, I was disappointed in several historical errors. I understand that when adapting history to film it is neccessary to fudge some things for dramatic intensity, but it can be annoying nonetheless. Overall, I enjoyed this movie and would recommend it to anyone looking for a good movie about a great leader.
