Thunderheart

– An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 59 Minutes
Release Year:
1992
Thunderheart (1992)

An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:

Thunderheart (1992) - Trailer

Release Date:

03 Apr 1992

Language:

English, Sioux

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Michael Apted

Writer:

John Fusco

Main Actors:

Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward

Plot:

An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage. Slowly he rejects the intimidating tactics of his fellow FBI agents, who are not so interested in solving the crime as covering up an incriminating situation with the locals, and as he becomes more tuned to his heritage, the locals begin trusting him. Based on actual Reservation occurrences of the '70s.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%