Powwow highway / Handmade Films presents ; screenplay, Janet Heaney & Jean Stawarz ; producer, Jan Wieringa ; director, Jonathan Wacks.

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Among the Lame Deer tribe in Montana, mystically-driven Philbert Bono and big, plain-spoken activist Buddy Red Bow are sent on a road trip in a dilapidated 1964 Buick named Protector when Buddy's sister winds up in hot water with the law in Santa Fe. Along the way they encounter life-changing experi...

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Uniform Title:Powwow highway (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Handmade Films (Production company)
Image Entertainment (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Heaney, Janet, 1958-1997 (Screenwriter)
Stawarz, Jean (Screenwriter)
Wieringa, Jan (Film producer)
Wacks, Jonathan (Film director)
Martinez, A., 1948- (Actor)
Farmer, Gary, 1953- (Actor)
Wyss, Amanda, 1960- (Actor)
Trudell, John (Actor)
Born, Roscoe, 1950-2020 (Actor)
Kane, Margo (Actor)
Greene, Graham, 1952- (Actor)
Studi, Wes (Actor)
Goldberg, Barry (composer (expression))
Kurita, Toyomichi, 1950- (director of photography.)
Seals, David
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2011]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > Drama.
Vision quests > Drama.
Friendship > Drama.
Seals, David > Film adaptations.
Road films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Road films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Pow wow highway.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Among the Lame Deer tribe in Montana, mystically-driven Philbert Bono and big, plain-spoken activist Buddy Red Bow are sent on a road trip in a dilapidated 1964 Buick named Protector when Buddy's sister winds up in hot water with the law in Santa Fe. Along the way they encounter life-changing experiences before they reach their final destination and a deeper understanding of each other.--Container.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Based on the novel of the same title by David Seals.
Special features: Powwow Highway (trailer); other Handmade Films favorites (trailers).
Call Number:CW9 D0127784 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA Rating: R.
Credits:Original music, Barry Goldberg ; costume designer, Isis Mussenden ; production designer, Cynthia Sowder ; editor, James Austin Stewart ; director of photography, Toyomichi Kurita ; executive producers, George Harrison & Denis O'Brien ; art director, Don Diers ; set decorator, Celeste Lee.
System Details:DVD; NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo; fullscreen presentation (aspect ratio: 1.33:1).
Cast:
A. Martinez, Gary Farmer, Amanda Wyss, Joanelle Nadine Romero, Geoff Rivas, Roscoe Born, Wayne Waterman, Margo Kane, Sam Vlahos, John Trudell, Graham Greene, Wes Studi.
Event Details:
Filmed on location: Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana; Sheridan, Wyoming; Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Reservation, South Dakota; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Nambé Reservation, New Mexico.