| | Smoke Signals DVD (7 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, Friends Videos, Coming Of Age, Fathers And Sons, Race Relations, Native American | | Starring | Adam Beach, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal, Evan Adams | | Director | Chris Eyre | | Associate Producer | Roger Baerwolf, Randy Suhr | | Cinematographer | Brian Capener | | Composer | B.C. Smith | | Costume Designer | Ronald J. Leamon | | Editor | Brian Berdan | | Producer | Scott Rosenfelt, Larry Estes | | Screenwriter | Sherman Alexie |
This 89 minute DVD feature film is a feel-good comedy about an unlikely pair of young Native American men who take a l ife-challenging road trip and discover the ties that bind t hem and the value of friendship. Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-A-Fire are brought together by Victor's father who saves Thomas from a fire that destroys his house and kills his parents. In close proximity all their lives on the Coeur D'Alene Indian reservation in Idaho, the boys could not be more different. Victor is the extrovert who excels at basketball and Thomas is the savant who lives with his grandmother after the death of his parents. The journey the two young men take to the home of Victor's estranged father in far off Arizona brings out of the past the remarkable events that brought them together. Smoke Signals Reviews: "...A heartfelt and wryly hilarious tale....[Alexie] is an important new voice in film..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...A bittersweet comedy....SMOKE SIGNALS is indeed poignant....There is a most inviting and unpretentious yet sophisticated look and feel to SMOKE SIGNALS..."
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times Smoke Signals | List Price | $14.99 (You save $7.24) | | Studio | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1998 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1502  | | CD Universe Part number | 1266695 | | Catalog number | 01744400 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 28, 1999 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Running Time | 89 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color |
Smoke Signals Movie Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews A movie about spirit and humor of our people
Smoke Signals is based on the story by "Sherman Alexie" and his novel Loneranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" It is a great relflection to those like myself who have grown up on the reservation and knows what it means to be Native American. The story is great with colorful characters and hilarious situations. Directed by Chris Eyre (Skinwalkers) he uses a style of telling the story like Rodriguez did in "El Mariachi" or Spielberg in the "Color Purple" To others, you may not understand the humor at times. But for us, it is a great feeling that we can tell beautiful stories that others can share. If you like this, here are others you should look up: Dance Me Outside, Skinwalkers, The Dark Wind, Thunderheart, and Running Brave.
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 Paulva Shaw
I love this movie because it shows the actual truth about our rez lives today. Today not much of our aboriginal truths are told as it should be.
Submitted by Paulva Shaw (Manitoba)
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Great indie film
This movie deals a lot with identity and forgiveness. Sometimes we only see the bad in people; sometimes only the good. Sometimes two people can look at an individual and feel two completely different ways about him. The two main characters are very different, but they work well together. This movie gives a feel for the native american way of life - both humorous and tragic at times. I definitely plan on buying this movie, it's that good!
Submitted by sunken_soul (Jackson, MI, USA)
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This film manages to combine deep tradegy and humor very well. It had me in stiches with lines like 'You should look more stoical - as if you've just killed a bufallo.' Which produces the reponse,'But my people are fishermen.'
And the girls so poor they drive with their car stuck in reverse gear. Or the Res weather forecast that just describes the shape of the clouds.
There are real issues about employment, Indian-Identitiy, health, drunkeness and so on behind the humor - but you never feel that you're being preached at.
Submitted by brian (Basingstoke, England)
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I Can Watch This Over and Over Again
My daughter and i went to see it at the movie theatre, and we fell in love, with the movie, it was funny and sad and it kept you interested in what was going to happen next.It should be brought back to the big screen again.
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Critically acclaimed as one of the best films of the year, SMOKE SIGNALS was also a distinguished winner at the Sundance Film Festival! Though Victor and Thomas have lived their entire young lives in the same tiny town, they couldn't have less in common! But when Victor is urgently called away, it's Thomas who comes up with the money to pay for his trip. There's just one thing Victor has to do: take Thomas along for the ride! You're in for a rare and entertaining comic treat as this most unlikely pair leave home on what becomes an unexpectedly unforgettable adventure of friendship and discovery!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Region 1
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Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned
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Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
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