Search - The Last of the Mohicans [Director's Cut] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Not For Children, Suitable for Teens Movie Release: 1992 DVD Release: 11/23/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 57 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 36 Genres: Adventure, Romantic Adventure, Costume Adventure See Also: The Last of the Mohicans [DTS]

Director Michael Mann based this lushly romantic version of the James Fenimore Cooper novel more on his memory of the 1936 film version (starring Randolph Scott) than on Cooper's novel (in fact, Philip Dunne's 1936 screenplay is cited as source material for this film). Set in the 1750s during the French and Indian War, the story concerns Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), the European-born adopted son of Mohican scout Chingachgook (Russell Means). Hawkeye and his party, which also includes the Mohican Uncas (Eric Schweig), joins up with a group of Britons who have recently arrived in the Colonies. The group consists of Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe) and her younger sister, Alice (Jodhi May), who are rescued from a Huron war party by Hawkeye. Hawkeye's band accompanies them to the British Fort William Henry, which is being besieged by a French and Huron force. The fort falls to the French, and Colonel Munro (Maurice Roeves) surrenders to French General Montcalm (Patrice Chéreau). The terms of the surrender are that the British merely abandon the fort and return to their homes. However, the French's bloodthirsty ally, the Huron warrior Magua (Wes Studi), has made no such agreement, and, as the British retreat from the fort, he plans to massacre them in a terrible Huron attack. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Daniel Day-Lewis - Hawkeye
Madeleine Stowe - Cora Munro
Russell Means - Chingachgook
Eric Schweig - Uncas
Jodhi May - Alice Munro
Wes Studi - Magua

The DVD of Michael Mann's lush version of The Last of the Mohicans presents his director's cut of the film in a widescreen transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. This version of the film expands 15 scenes, such as the attack on the French fort and other climactic sequences. Though the disc offers no bonuses other than the theatrical trailer, this revamped Last of the Mohicans puts the focus on Mann's striking imagery and provides more of it for fans of the film and the director. ~ Heather Phares, All Movie Guide