American Indians were "cool" in 1970, the year A Man Called Horse made its vigorous, feverishly real, and occasionally shocking debut alongside Little Big Man and Soldier Blue. Unlike the latter two films, however, Horse is less an allegory for Vietnam-era America and more of a vision quest for historical identity. In one of his defining roles, Richard Harris plays an English aristocrat captured by Dakota Sioux in 1825. Over time, he adopts their way of life and eventually becomes tribal leader--but not before undergoing savage initiation rituals, the most famous of... which involves being suspended by blades inserted beneath Harris's pectoral muscles. Horse looks clunky, quaint, and inadvertently demeaning in some respects today, but the film's Native-American milieu is at least defined on its own terms, making no concessions to familiar Western conventions. The real draw is Harris, whose performance has a soulful integrity. --Tom Keogh [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. English aristocrat John Morgan (Richard Harris) is captured by the Sioux in America in 1825. Subjected to torture he proves to be as brave as his captors, who eventually convert him to their way of life. Followed by two sequels ' Return of a Man Called Horse' and 'Triumphs of a Man Called Horse'.
RICHARD HARRIS STARS IN THIS CAREFULLY DOCUMENTED EPIC THAT ATTEMPTED TO REALISTICALLY PORTRAY THE LIFE OF THE AMERICAN SIOUX IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. WHEN AN ENGLISH LORD (HARRIS) IS CAPTURED BY A SIOUX INDIAN TRIBE, HE IS GIVEN TO THE CHIEF'S AGING MOTHER (DAME JUDITH ANDERSON) AS A SERVANT. GRADUALLY, HE EMBRACES THE TRIBE'S WAY OF LIFE AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE CHIEF'S SISTER. BUT BEFORE HE CAN BE ACCEPTED WITH HONOR, AS AN EQUAL MEMBER OF THE TRIBE, HE MUST TAKE PART IN THE SUN VOW - AN EXTREME RITUAL THAT WILL TEST HIS DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT.
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