Jeremiah Johnson

"Some say he's dead...some say he never will be."

1972 1h 48m EN

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 730

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While slowly adapting to the grueling life of a mountain man in the Rocky Mountains, Jeremiah Johnson encounters the Crow and Flathead tribes as well as hunters, trappers and settlers, all of whom call these mountains home.

“Some say he's dead...some say he never will be.”

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Cast

Robert Redford
Jeremiah Johnson
Will Geer
Bear Claw
Delle Bolton
Swan
Josh Albee
Caleb
Joaquín Martínez
Paints His Shirt Red
Allyn Ann McLerie
Crazy Woman
Stefan Gierasch
Del Gue
Richard Angarola
Chief Two-Tongues Lebeaux

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sydney Pollack
Writers: John Milius, Edward Anhalt
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $45M — a 14.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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54 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sydney Pollack, shot by Duke Callaghan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Rubinstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Thomas Stanford shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Robert Redford and Will Geer and Delle Bolton carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Some say he's dead...some say he never will be.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sydney Pollack directs. Duke Callaghan behind the camera. John Rubinstein scores. Thomas Stanford cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $3.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $45M — a 14.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
354 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Sydney Pollack, shot by Duke Callaghan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Rubinstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Thomas Stanford shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Robert Redford and Will Geer and Delle Bolton carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Some say he's dead...some say he never will be.".
9IMDB entry: tt0068762 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "based on novel or book", "loss of loved one", "rocky mountains", "survival".
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Duke Callaghan
Original score: John Rubinstein
Editing: Thomas Stanford
Costume design: Wesley Jeffries
Makeup / hair: Gary Liddiard
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,100,000
Box office: $44,700,000
Return: 1442% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

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John Chard2017-05-06
★ 9/10
The Rocky Mountains are the marrow of the World. Jeremiah Johnson is directed by Sydney Pollack and is inspired by two books, Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker's Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson and Vardis Fisher's Mountain Man. Script was written by John Millius and Edward Anhalt and cinematography is by Duke Callaghan. It stars Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch, Delle Bolton and Josh Albee. Hardened after the war with Mexico, and fed up with everyday life, American Jeremiah Johnson (Redford) leaves civilisation behind to live life as a mountain man. He intends to be self-sufficient as a trapper, but he finds that mother nature can be tough, and out here in the mountain wilderness he is not alone. There are others here, and Jeremiah must face many challenges if he is to truly survive. Filmed entirely on location in the vast wilderness beauty of Utah, Jeremiah Johnson is light on plot but all the better for it. Film basically constitutes Redford's mountain man learning to survive up in them thar mountains, and, earning the right to do so. A number of issues will arise to test his metal, giving him a number of hardships and adventures to define his transformation from average Joe to a fully fledged mythical man of the Earth. Redford is wonderfully at ease in the title role, and very quickly he gets the audience on side to share in his journey. But ultimately it's the landscapes that you take away from this movie. Not only gorgeous, but also the critical character that frames Johnson during his isolation and battle for survival. 8/10
AmazoniaNOTAmazon2019-09-16
★ 10/10
I watched it in September 2019, and found it absolutely amazing. The beauty of the landscapes are astonishing. If you like adventure movies, then this film "Jeremiah Johnson" is for you, do not hesitate a second. Sydney Pollack shows here how a great director he is. You will see how hard the life in mountains is, especially in winter, and especially in the 18th and 19th century. Robert Redford plays greatly and this movie is really worth being seen. I rate it very highly.