Jeremiah Johnson

Name: Jeremiah Johnson
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Released: May 12, 1972
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Allyn Ann McLerie, Charles Tyner, Delle Bolton, Joaquín Martínez, Josh Albee

1972

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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critics

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Jeremiah Johnson

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GP	Warner Bros. \| Release Date: May 12, 1972

Starring: Allyn Ann McLerie, Charles Tyner, Delle Bolton, Joaquín Martínez, Josh Albee, Paul Benedict, Richard Angarola, Robert Redford, Stefan Gierasch, Will Geer

Summary: A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians, and proves to be a match for their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.

Director: Sydney Pollack

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Western

Rating: GP

Runtime: 108 min

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Austin Chronicle - Marcel Meyer

Director Pollack and scriptwriter John Milius transform Vardis Fisher's novel Mountain Man into a gritty, cinematic tall tale that resonates across geography, time, and the loneliest regions of the solitary heart. Read full review

Empire - William Thomas

Pollack does right to put his faith in one man and a whole lot of mountains. The result is impressive. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Staff (Not Credited)

Beautifully photographed in the wilds of Utah, this film unfortunately doesn't know when to stop; it feels consumed by a self-concious desire to be arty, and offers a treatment too cool for its subject matter. The dialogue, by John Milius and Edward Anhalt, is full of homespun homilies that undercut the attempted seriousness. Read full review

Chicago Reader - Don Druker

The dialogue is spare, the scenery the real star. Satisfying and impressive. Read full review

Variety - Staff (Not Credited)

The film has its own force and beauty and the only carp might lie in its not always clear exegesis of the humanistic spirit and freedom most of its characters are striving for. Read full review

The New York Times - Roger Greenspun

There are momoments of great beauty and terror and deeply earned pathos. There are as well such not-so-incidental pleasures as John Rubinstein's lovely and serviceable musical score, and a cast of excellent supporting actors. Read full review

Time Out - Staff (Not Credited)

A flawed but immensely appealing film adapted in part from Vardis Fisher's Mountain Man, a superb historical novel which explores the myth and the reality of the tough trappers who roamed the unconquered West in the 1850s. Read full review

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