Son of The Morning Star | Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette

Son of The Morning Star | Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette | Let Morningstar Shine on DVD

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	Son of The Morning Star Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette Republic Pictures, 1998 average customer review:based on 45 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Release this to DVD now!!!!,

I have been waiting now for years to see it uncut on DVD. Maybe not the absolut historically correct Custer, but one of the best Custer films ever made.

Let Morningstar Shine on DVD

I haven't seen this in years but remember it being stellar. I agree wholeheartedly with Gerhard above -- release this on DVD format.

an accurate learning experience

I wholeheartedly concur with the previous reviewer. This is the most historically accurate film version of the events leading up to the battle of the Little Big Horn and the battle itself. The film makers went to allot of trouble to portray all parties in a fair way. The story is more or less 'narrated' by both Custers wife and a Cheyenne woman who had survived the Sand Creek massecre and had witnessed Custers demise on 25 June 1876. This is beautifully done in that one gets the subjective views of both sides of the conflict. Ultimately the sympathy the viewer experiences, quite correctly, lies with the Indians. Although the film is based on the story of Custer (his Crow name 'son of the morning star'), it goes way beyond this. It is the story of the Lakota and Cheyenne people at the very end of their independance. It accurately portrays the politics behind the US government's deveopment of 'indian policy'. A number of events involving Grant, Red Cloud, Sitting Bull and Custer give the viewer historical insight into why things turned out the way they did. The conflict between Custer and his officers whilst on expedition is also portrayed as it may very well have been. I always appreciate it when people speak in their native language. This is well done in terms of the appropriate use of the Lakota and Cheyenne languages. There is no over dramatization of events; this a serious film.

This is an Epic well worth watching more than once.

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Great

This movie was historically accurate and fair to both sides. The acting was good and the movie was very good overall. I suppose the subject matter was not popular with Euroamericans and that maybe explains why this movie did not get a bigger audience. It deserves to be seen by everyone.

A Score for the Ages ... really!

28 reviews and only 2 even mention the score. I HIGHLY recommend this epic sweeping offering from one of Hollywoods greatest little known talents! Son of the Morning Star is one of Craig Safan's best works. It is a HUGE score that could have easily supported a feature film as opposed to a tv mini-series. Anyone familiar with Mr. Safan's work will love this album. For those not familiar with him, do check out his work. He has scored such films as The Last Starfighter (beyond excellent), Remo Williams (one of my personal favorites) and Stand and Deliver. His television work includes not only Son of the Morning Star but the tv mini-series Burden of Proof and hit shows like Cheers and Life Goes On.

A must have for any sountrack fan!!!!

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