The Revenant

Director: Alejandro González, Manny Palo Alejandro González

Overview

In 1820s America, frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his teenage son Hawk (Forrest Goodluck) join a pelt-gathering expedition. However, their party are attacked by Arikara Native Americans, who kill a number of the men. Glass then tries to lead the remainder of the group to safety, charting a new path to a U.S. fort. Unfortunately, he is soon mauled by a grizzly bear while hunting for food, and is horribly wounded. He is left in the care of roughneck John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) and the young and inexperienced Jim Bridger (Will Poulter), while Hawk watches on in horror. Fitzgerald betrays him and leaves him buried alive in a shallow grave, but Glass nurses himself back to health and sets out to seek revenge. Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu directed this pulse-pounding epic.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/19/2016
UPC:	0024543118701
Original Release:	2015
Rating:	R
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:36:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Forrest Goodluck	Hawk
Paul Anderson	Anderson,Actor
Melaw Nakehk'o	Powaqa
Brad Carter	Johnnie
Brendan Fletcher	Fryman
Kristoffer Joner	Murphy
Grace Dove Syme	Wife of Hugh Glass
Kory Grim	Traper
Dave Burchill	Francuski traper
Vincent Leclerc	Francuski traper
Joshua Burge	Przysadzisty Bill
Christopher Rosamond	Boone
Chris Ippolito	Trapper
Mark Krysko	Actor
McCaleb Burnett	Beckett
Duane Howard	Elk Dog
Fabrice Adde	Toussaint
Arthur Redcloud	Hikuc
Tyson Wood	Weston
Stephane Legault	French Trapper
Cole Vandale	Coulter Naked Pale Trapper
Tom Guiry	Billy Brother Trapper
Scott Olynek	Johnnie Brother Trapper
Timothy Lyle	Gordon in Shack
Chesley Wilson	Arikara Elder
Adrian McMorran	American Soldier,American Soldier #43
Alexandre Bisping	Trapper
C. Adam Leigh	Trapper
Javiar Lopez	Nightmare Character
Haysam Kadri	Doctor
Anthony Starlight	Arikara Chief
JC de Vera	Actor
Julia Montes	Actor
Edu Manzano	Actor
Ina Raymundo	Actor
Boboy Garovillo	Actor
Yayo Aguila	Actor
Jett Pangan	Actor
Ricardo Cepeda	Actor
Melissa Mendez	Actor
Peter Strand Rumpel	Scalped Shirtless Trapper
Jay Cardinal Villeneuve	French Fur Trapper
Charles Fathy	Voices
Christopher Rosamund	Boone
Amelia Crow Shoe	Pregnant Pawnee Woman
Jamie Medicine Crane	Arikara Crying Woman
Veronica Marlowe	Arikara Crying Woman
Clarence Hoof	Arikara Healer
Dion Little Child	Arikara Warrior
Blake Wildcat	Arikara Warrior
Paul Young Pine	Arikara Warrior
Cody Big Tobacco	Arikara Warrior
Dallas Young Pine	Arikara Warrior
Michael Fraser	Trapper Violin Player
Scott Duncan	Trapper Violin Player
Mariah Old Shoes	Pawnee Prostitute
Isaiah Tootoosis	Boy Hawk
Jeffrey Olynek	Trapper
Kevin Corey	Trapper
Daniel Rampanen	Trapper
Jordan Crawford	Fort Butcher
Carsten Nicolai	Composer
Bryce Dessner	Composer

Technical Credits

Malou N. Santos

Patrick John Valencia

Michael Punke

Alejandro González	Director
Manny Palo	Director
James W. Skotchdopole	Producer
Malou N. Santos	Producer,Screenwriter
Charo Santos-Concio	Producer
Markus Barmettler	Producer,Executive Producer
Jennifer Davisson Killoran	Executive Producer
Paul Green	Executive Producer
Patrick John Valencia	Screenwriter
Michael Punke	Screenwriter
Alex Altman	Sound Effects
Brian Chumney	Sound Effects
David Kanter	Executive Producer
Francine Maisler	Casting
Frank Montaño	Sound/Sound Designer
Jon Title	Sound/Sound Designer
D. Chris Smith	Sound/Sound Designer
Dave McMoyler	Sound/Sound Designer
Hector Gika	Sound/Sound Designer
Bill Dean	Sound/Sound Designer
Adam Kopald	Sound/Sound Designer
Jon Taylor	Sound/Sound Designer
Stephen Robinson	Sound/Sound Designer
Lon Bender	Sound/Sound Designer
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu	Producer

Editorial Reviews

In 1820s America, frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) joins a pelt-gathering expedition under the direction of Captain Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson) in the unsettled wilderness of what are today the Dakotas. The large hunting party, which also includes Glass' half-Native American teenage son Hawk (Forrest Goodluck), disgruntled roughneck John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), and the young and inexperienced Jim Bridger (Will Poulter), are soon attacked by the Arikara Indians. The natives are searching for a female member of their tribe who was kidnapped and abused by a band of hunters, and they kill most of Captain Henry's outfit. Glass, the most experienced woodsman of the remaining trappers, charts a new course inland to a U.S. fort to avoid further confrontation with the natives -- much to the consternation of Fitzgerald, who's more concerned about getting paid for this job. As conditions worsen and food becomes scarce, distrust runs high amongst the group. While hunting alone for sustenance, Glass encounters a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs. The bear defends her clan by ferociously mauling Glass, leaving him with life-threatening wounds and a broken leg. Fitzgerald, Bridger, and Hawk are supposed to stay behind to monitor Glass and give him a proper burial after he dies. Anxious to receive his money and avoid the Arikara, Fitzgerald instead murders Hawk in front of his father and leaves Glass to die, unarmed and without any supplies, in a shallow grave. But Glass survives and seeks revenge against Fitzgerald, pursuing him across the massive, unforgiving land. The Revenant is immersive, event cinema at its absolute finest. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and co-writer Mark L. Smith turn a straightforward, revenge-minded Western into a study of the natural world, mortality, and the human condition. Glass is haunted by visions of his late wife, a Native American woman, and is confronted with the crippling emotional toll of Hawk's murder during his incredible journey of vengeance. Improbable as it may seem, Hugh Glass really did exist, and The Revenant was adapted from Michael Punke's 2002 nonfiction novel based on the larger-than-life man. The opening attack by the Arikara on Glass and the trappers is directed with such chaotic fervor that it calls to mind Saving Private Ryan. Iñárritu demonstrated his skillful sense of pacing with 2014's Best Picture winner Birdman, and he again relies on cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki to pull off breathtaking tracking shots. The Revenant bounces seamlessly between moments of extraordinary action and extended sequences of pure human suffering, betrayal, and survival. Not all moviegoers want to see these challenging cinematic exploits on display, but if they do appeal to your sensibilities, The Revenant is a masterpiece of filmmaking. Likewise, the photography here is a reminder that Lubezki operates in a class of his own. The crushing landscape of the frontier is painted in muted greens and greys, while the spatter of crimson blood on the snow-covered terrain serves as a stark reminder of the unforgiving nature of this environment. Shot using only natural light, Lubezki's upward-panning shots of the forestry above the characters are so artfully affecting that Terrence Malick would blush. Each snowstorm and river rapid that Glass encounters on his odyssey toward Fitzgerald is a visceral delight. So much of the press surrounding The Revenant has been focused on DiCaprio's chances at winning his first Academy Award. He's never been more committed to a role -- we see him bearded and bloodied, reserved and delirious -- and he delivers a stunning performance. Glass is pushed to the brink of physical and mental anguish, and DiCaprio makes us feel every shred of his pain. He's matched pace for pace by a fantastic Tom Hardy, as well as proficient work from Gleeson and Poulter. Iñárritu depicts this singular quest in painstaking, harrowing detail -- Glass is forced to survive by sucking the bone marrow from a skeleton and suturing his wounds with less-than-ideal resources. He's consumed with revenge, but the harsh reality of the frontier is that these pursuits eventually amount to very little. No character, tribe, or yearning is above falling into moral depravity, and the human truths that Iñárritu probes in The Revenant are as bleak as the plains themselves. Iñárritu asks a lot from audiences who are willing to endure the film's strife, but the payoff is a picture of both astonishing beauty and grueling agony.