Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)
- Western
- Historical drama
by Dee Brown
- Aidan Quinn
- Adam Beach
- August Schellenberg
- Anna Paquin
- Dick Wolf
- Tom Thayer
- Michael Brown
- Michael D. Ornstein
- Wolf Films
- Traveler's Rest Films
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2007 American Western historical drama television film adapted from the 1970 book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films.
The book on which the film is based is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the 1860s and 1870s, focusing upon the transition from traditional ways of living to living on reservations and their treatment during that period. The title of the film and the book is taken from a line in the Stephen Vincent Benét poem "American Names." It was shot in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and premiered on HBO on May 27, 2007.
Plot
The plot, which is based on events covered by several chapters of Brown's book, other sources, and on real events, revolves around four main characters: Charles Eastman né Ohiyesa, a young, mixed-race Sioux doctor educated at Dartmouth and Boston University, who is held up as proof of the success of assimilation; Sitting Bull, the Sioux chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, their dignity and their "sacred" land, the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas; U.S. Senator Henry L. Dawes, an architect of government policy for allotment of Indian lands to individual households to force adoption of subsistence farming; and Red Cloud, whose decision to make peace with the American government and go to a reservation disturbed Sitting Bull.
While Eastman and his future wife Elaine Goodale, a reformer from New England and Superintendent of Indian Schools in the Dakotas, work to improve life for Native Americans on the reservation, Senator Dawes lobbies President Ulysses S. Grant for more humane treatment of the Native Americans. He opposes the adversarial stance of General William Tecumseh Sherman. The Dawes Commission (held from 1893 to 1914)[1] develops a proposal to break up the Great Sioux Reservation to allow for American demands for land while preserving enough land for the Sioux to live on. The Commission's plan is held up by Sitting Bull's opposition. He has risen to leadership among the Sioux as one of the last chiefs to fight for their independence. Dawes, in turn, urges Eastman to help him convince the recalcitrant tribal leaders. After witnessing conditions on the Sioux reservation, Eastman refuses.
The prophet Wovoka raised Western Native American hopes with his spiritual movement based on a revival of religious practice and the ritual Ghost Dance; it was a messianic movement that promised an end of their suffering under the white man. The assassination of Sitting Bull, and the massacre, by the 7th Cavalry, of nearly 200 Native American men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890, ended such hopes.
Henry L. Dawes' wanted to increase the cultural assimilation of Native Americans into American society by his Dawes Act (1887) and his later efforts as head of the Dawes Commission. During the 47 years of implementing the Act, Native Americans lost about 90 million acres (360,000 km2) of treaty land, or about two-thirds of their 1887 land base. About 90,000 Native Americans were made landless. The implementation of the Dawes Act disrupted Native American tribes' traditional communal life, culture, and unity.[2][3]
Cast
- Adam Beach as Charles Eastman
- Anna Paquin as Elaine Goodale
- Chevez Ezaneh as Ohiyesa / Young Charles
- August Schellenberg as Chief Sitting Bull
- Aidan Quinn as Henry L. Dawes
- Colm Feore as General William Tecumseh Sherman
- Fred Dalton Thompson as President Ulysses S. Grant
- Duane Howard as Uncle
- Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse as One Bull
- Brian Stollery as Bishop Whipple
- Shaun Johnston as Colonel Nelson A. Miles
- Gordon Tootoosis as Chief Red Cloud
- Billy Merasty as Chief Young Man Afraid of His Horses
- Morris Birdyellowhead as Chief American Horse
- Eddie Spears as Chasing Crane
- Sean Wei Mah as Bull Head
- Eric Schweig as Chief Gall
- Jimmy Herman as Yellow Bird
- Patrick St. Esprit as Major James Walsh
- J.K. Simmons as James McLaughlin
- Wes Studi as Wovoka / Jack Wilson
- Marty Atonini as Colonel James W. Forsyth
- Lee Tergesen as Daniel F. Royer
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | Artios Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – TV Movie of the Week | René Haynes | Won | [4] |
Hollywood Post Alliance Awards | Outstanding Color Grading – Television | Kevin O’Connor | Nominated | [5] | |
Outstanding Editing – Television | Michael Ornstein | Won | |||
Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Motion Picture | Won | [6] | ||
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Aidan Quinn | Nominated | |||
August Schellenberg | Nominated | ||||
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Anna Paquin | Won | |||
Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Yves Simoneau | Won | |||
Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Daniel Giat | Nominated | |||
Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Won | ||||
Best Costume Design in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Won | ||||
Best Editing in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Nominated | ||||
Best Lighting in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Won | ||||
Best Makeup/Hairstyling in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Nominated | ||||
Best Music in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Won | ||||
Best Production Design in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Won | ||||
Best Sound in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Nominated | ||||
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Made for Television Movie | Dick Wolf, Tom Thayer, Yves Simoneau, and Clara George | Won | [7] | |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Aidan Quinn | Nominated | |||
August Schellenberg | Nominated | ||||
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Anna Paquin | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Yves Simoneau | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Daniel Giat | Nominated | |||
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie | Ian Thomas, D.A. Menchions, and Paul Healy | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | René Haynes, Rhonda Fisekci, and Candice Elzinga | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | David Franco | Won | |||
Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Mario Davignon, Micheline Rouillard, and Jill Blackie | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Iloe Flewelling, Chris Harrison, Heather Smith, and Penny Thompson | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic) | Gail Kennedy, Rochelle Pomerleau, and Joanne Preece | Won | |||
Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) | George S. Clinton | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie | Michael Ornstein and Michael Brown | Won | |||
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Stephen Hunter Flick, Avram Gold, Steffan Falesitch, Eric Hertsgaard, Patricio Libenson, Denise Horta, Adam Johnston, Paul Berolzheimer, Dean Beville, Jeff Sawyer, Ken Young, Mike Flicker, David Lee Fein, and Hilda Hodges | Won | |||
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie | George Tarrant, Rick Ash, and Edward C. Carr III | Won | |||
Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | David Goldberg, Chris Del Conte, Joseph Bell, Justin Mitchell, Erik Bruhwiler, Tommy Tran, Benoit Girard, Tammy Sutton, and Andrew Roberts | Nominated | |||
Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated | [8] | ||
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Aidan Quinn | Nominated | |||
2008 | American Cinema Editors Awards | Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television | Michael Ornstein and Michael Brown | Nominated | [9] |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movie/Miniseries/Pilot | David Franco | Nominated | [10] | |
Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Miniseries | George Tarrant, Rick Ash, and Edward C. Carr III | Won | [11] | |
Costume Designers Guild Awards | Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries | Mario Davignon | Won | [12] | |
Critics' Choice Awards | Best Picture Made for Television | Won | [13] | ||
Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television or Miniseries | Yves Simoneau | Won | [14] | |
Golden Globe Awards | Best Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated | [15] | ||
Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Adam Beach | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Anna Paquin | Nominated | |||
Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Long Form Television | Stephen Hunter Flick, Avram D. Gold, Steffan Falesitch, Eric Hertsguaard, and Patricio A. Libenson | Won | [16] | |
Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Long Form Television | Stephen Hunter Flick, Avram D. Gold, Paul Berolzheimer, Dean Beville, Adam Johnston, Jeff Sawyer, Kenneth Young, David Fine, and Hilda Hodges | Won | |||
Humanitas Prize | 90 Minute or Longer Network or Syndicated Television | Daniel Giat | Won | [17] | |
NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Nominated | [18] | ||
Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | Adam Beach | Nominated | |||
Producers Guild of America Awards | David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television | Clara George, Tom Thayer, and Dick Wolf | Won | [19] | |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Anna Paquin | Nominated | [20] | |
Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial or Music Video | Phi Tran, Matthew Lee, Martin Hilke, and Justin Mitchell (for "002_05") | Won | [21] | |
Western Heritage Awards | Television Feature Film | Won | [22] | ||
Writers Guild of America Awards | Long Form – Adaptation | Daniel Giat – Based on the book by Dee Brown | Nominated | [23] | |
Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special – Leading Young Actor | Chevez Ezaneh | Won | [24] |
References
- ^ [1] Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine|Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (The Dawes Commission), 1893-1914
- ^ Case DS, Voluck DA (2002). Alaska Natives and American Laws (2nd ed.). Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Press. pp. 104–5. ISBN 978-1-889963-08-2.
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- ^ "60th DGA Awards". Directors Guild of America Awards. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
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- ^ "Previous Nominees & Winners: 2007 Awards Winners". Writers Guild Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- ^ "29th Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
External links
- Official website
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee at AllMovie
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee at Rotten Tomatoes
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee at IMDb
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