Wind River

"Nothing is harder to track than the truth."

2017 1h 47m EN

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 6,000

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Synopsis

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An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

“Nothing is harder to track than the truth.”

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Cast

Jeremy Renner
Cory Lambert
Elizabeth Olsen
Jane Banner
Gil Birmingham
Martin Hanson
Graham Greene
Ben
Jon Bernthal
Matt Rayburn
Kelsey Asbille
Natalie Hanson
Teo Briones
Casey Lambert
Tantoo Cardinal
Alice Crowheart

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Taylor Sheridan
Writers: Taylor Sheridan
Languages: English
Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Wind River Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Taylor Sheridan, shot by Ben Richardson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen and Gil Birmingham carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Taylor Sheridan directs. Ben Richardson behind the camera. Nick Cave scores. Gary D. Roach cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in France, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.
2Released 9 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Part of the "Wind River Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Taylor Sheridan, shot by Ben Richardson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Nick Cave. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Gary D. Roach shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen and Gil Birmingham carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Nothing is harder to track than the truth.".
10IMDB entry: tt5362988 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 19 themes, including "wyoming, usa", "fbi", "investigation", "native american".
12Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ben Richardson
Original score: Nick Cave
Editing: Gary D. Roach
Production design: Neil Spisak
Costume design: Kari Perkins
Makeup / hair: Tim Muir
VFX supervisor: Dottie Starling
Sound: Tom Ozanich
Stunt coordinator: Wade Allen
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $11,000,000
Box office: $44,998,252
Return: 409% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Wind River (2017)

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Gimly2017-11-10
★ 7/10
The icy tundra of Wind River is an oppressive backdrop for this vicious crime thriller, with tones of Western. Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.
Wuchak2018-03-04
★ 8/10
RELEASED IN 2017 and written & directed by Taylor Sheridan, "Wind River" chronicles events at the remote Wind River Indian Reservation where a curiously barefooted young Native woman is found dead in the wilderness; a Fish & Wildlife tracker (Jeremy Renner) and an FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) team-up to solve the mystery. Graham Greene plays the Reservation police chief, Gil Birmingham appears as the victim’s grieving father and Jon Bernthal & James Jordan are on hand as security guards at a drill site. There are several others. The film is based on hundreds of actual stories similar to it. The issue of assault against Native women on Reservations, many mysteriously disappearing, has existed since the inception of the Reservation system, but in the past 15-20 years it has exploded and yet gets no attention, which was the motivation for the film. In ages past the tribes (e.g. Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho) would migrate out of the area during the unrelenting winters, but the Reservation system basically forces the tribespeople to permanently stay where people weren’t meant to live year round (or so it is argued). This is a straight-forward crime drama/murder mystery/thriller taking place completely in wintery conditions in the remote modern American West. The story starts kind of dull, but interest slowly builds until everything eventually explodes in the second half. If you like stories where the clues slowly lead to the culprit/culprits you’ll probably like this movie. Renner is a quality taciturn Westerner and likable Olsen with her cutie face & figure is strong on the female front. The action scenes are effective because they’re sudden & realistic and not over-the-top cartoonish. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour 47 minutes and was shot in Utah (Coalville and Park City Studios) and Wyoming (Wind River Reservation, Fremont County and Lander). GRADE: A-
write2topcat2018-03-22
★ 10/10
I love this film for many reasons. It's not an overly complicated film. But it is well done. The setting is a Native American Reservation in Wyoming. The land is starkly beautiful. Winter here is harsh and unforgiving. I love the outdoors, and I love the tough, isolated, lifestyle of those living far from civilization, so I enjoyed this film from the start. The cast is very good, the acting also. I don't need a lot of surprise twists and a shocking ending in a detective story in order to enjoy a film, so it doesn't bother me at all that this one doesn't have that. The things which make this film different make it more enjoyable to me. I am frankly tired of the 'action/mystery' movies and the familiar formulas and techniques they employ: the rapid shift of camera perspectives used to simulate fighting action, the 70's reminiscent, 'fast n furious' car stunt segments with their blaring music, etc. Pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, preachers, and social conservatives are so frequently employed as villains in such films that it's beyond boring now. This film is different. It tells a story about the brutal death of an Indian girl, and her missing boyfriend. We see the actions of a few dedicated, over worked, law officers trying to solve the crime and bring the perpetrator to justice, and a civilian tracker contracted to help them. It pushes no hidden or thinly veiled agenda. It's just a story, set in the modern west, about human nature, crime, and justice.