Search - Wind River on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 11/27/2001 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: Lions Gate Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Western, Period Film

In 1854 Utah, 13-year old Nick Wilson (Blake Heron), bored by life on the family farm with his widowed mother (Karen Allen), accepts an invitation to join a local Shoshone tribe. The Indians are anxious to have the boy among them because he fulfills the prescient dreams of one of the elders, Anuba (Patricia Van Ingen); Nick is just happy to have the adventure. He undergoes training to become a Shoshone warrior, and his ability to shoot an arrow comes in handy as a rival tribe -- led by the fearsome Pocatello (Wes Studi) -- and a posse of white men bring danger to his newly adopted family. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide

Tom Shell's old-fashioned-white-people-among-the-Indians Western Wind River comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials are limited to a trailer. This is a skeletal, but almost acceptable release from Avalanche Home Entertainment that should appeal to genre enthusiasts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide