Filming locations 8 filming dates 1 filming locations. Wind river is a gripping murder mysterythriller written and directed by taylor sheridan best original screenplay oscar nominee for hell or high water starring jeremy renner, elizabeth olsen and graham greene, featuring an unusually strong supporting cast that includes many fine native american actors. On the whole i found wind river to be an almost well made and competent film, but that there wasnt a great deal to be able to say that id particularly recommend it. The raft shooting the rapids of found this interesting. October 2015 the film is centered on the americas cup series of yachting races and uses them as a backdrop for both an action. Wind river lures viewers into a characterdriven mystery with smart writing, a strong cast, and a skillfully rendered setting that delivers the bitter chill promised by its title. Wyoming the movie everyone is already talking about has remote ties to wyoming. The river wild is a 1994 american adventure thriller film directed by curtis hanson and starring meryl streep, kevin bacon, david strathairn, john c. For the inhabitants of wind river in both the taylor sheridan feature film and the reallife reservation in wyoming these are the kind of conflicts they must. Wind river is a mystery about two people who join together to find out what happened to a young indian woman found dead on a reservation,in my opinion. Wind river is just one of three independent movies filmed in utah recently that, thanks to a coincidence of scheduling, are in area theaters this week.
But just how much of this movie is wyoming and how will it portray our state. The forgotten landscapes of wind river are chillingly real. A veteran hunter helps an fbi agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a wyoming native american reservation. The grueling location shoot was filmed in real blizzardy conditions with crew and equipment being primarily ferried to locations on snowmobiles and snowcats, since regular vehicles were totally unsuitable for the hazardous terrain. Elizabeth olsen on what she learned filming wind river.
Taylor sheridan, the screenwriter of last years socially conscious crime drama hell or high water, proves an undeniably strong director with. Reilly, benjamin bratt, and joseph mazzello as roarke. Stretching roughly 60 miles east to west and 50 miles north to south, the indian reservation is located in the wind river basin and includes portions of the wind river mountain range, owl. A tracker investigates the murder of a native american girl in a tense. Fish and wildlife service tracker and an fbi agent, respectively, who try to solve a murder on the wind river indian reservation in wyoming. Wind river movie native american women sad true story. You can hear the crunch of snow and feel the bitter chill, which runs so deep that it can be deadly. Wind river 1 hour 43 minutes chapters special features. Wyoming, usa sign on highway lander wyoming, usa city limit sign fremont county, wyoming, usa county the above loca. Borden deals dunbars cove and william bradford huies mud on the stars, drawing for plot from deals story of a battle of wills between. Wind river, taylor sheridans third filmed screenplay and second film as a director, seems to crystallize the notion that hes a talented storyteller but not exactly a.
Wind river is a bleak and thrilling drama acacia filmed entertainment wind river is a bleak and depressing dive into a rural murder mystery. The wind river indian reservation wyomings wind river country is home to the seventh largest indian reservation in the country. Wind river 2017 cory lambert is a wildlife officer who finds the body of an 18yearold woman on an american indian reservation in snowy wyoming. Wind river is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie fbi agent elizabeth olsen who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past jeremy renner to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote native american reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death written and directed by taylor sheridan, wind river. Visitors to the area can go to powwows and museums to learn more. Wind river has compelling characters, engaging story, beautiful visuals, and outstanding performances. Modernday frontier movie wind river filmed on location in utah to tell the story of a murder investigation on a native american reservation in central wyoming. The wind river reservation, located in the valley of warm winds, is home to two native american tribes. The truth behind this years most shocking film, wind river. About 80 miles to the east, the middle fork section of the flathead river was also used, alongside route 2, between west glacier and essex in the waterton glacier international peace park. The film was shot on location in the tennessee valley, and was adapted by paul osborn from two novels.
Wind river opens on a landscape of white, of cold, of desolation. Last week i got to talk to elizabeth olsen for taylor sheridans new film wind river. You would think taylor sheridan has been directing for years. Elizabeth olsen on wind river and battling the elements. With kelsey asbille, jeremy renner, julia jones, teo briones. Wind is a 1992 film directed by carroll ballard and starring matthew modine, jennifer grey and cliff robertson.
According to imdb the filming locations are as follows. Wind river is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie fbi agent elizabeth olsen who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past jeremy renner to. The wind river indian reservation is located in the centralwestern portion of the u. Wind river a sparse murder mystery that infuriates as often as it compels, despite its impressive moments. Wind river is written and directed by taylor sheridan, who also wrote the screenplays for the brilliant hell or high water and the intense sicario. Wind river taylor sheridan, the screenwriter of hell or high water and sicario, makes his directorial debut with another humanistic crime drama, though this. Wind river will be in local theaters when it opens august 4. If renner doesnt get an oscar nomination, it will be an absolute travesty. Montgomery clift plays an idealistic tva agent, assigned to convince the locals to move from their property so. Let the tribes share their stories and traditions through powwows, music, museums, cultural centers, historic sites, ancient petroglyphs and tours. Other than a brief but nice shot entering in lander from the east, and another brief shot of the sign entering wind river reservation, according to the credits it was mostly filmed in utah and oddly enough louisiana. Wind river, a film set on the wind river reservation in wyoming, is opening in theaters this week the film features a largely native cast, though not in the two primary roles. The film marks directorial debut of the oscarnominated screenwriter hell or.
Why dont movies set in wyoming get filmed in wyoming. East of boulder flats, deep into the vast and unforgiving white territory of the wind river indian reservation, the seasoned game tracker, cory lambert, discovers the frozen body of the young native american, natalie. It is a brutal place where the landscape itself is an antagonist, he says. Filming locations 10 filming dates 1 filming locations. Tierra del viento takes us on a beautiful road trip with fineart photographer eliseo miciu as he sets out to capture the patagonian wind. Additional scenes were filmed on the rogue river, between hog creek and argo riffle, north of medford in southwest oregon.
Wind river, a groundbreaking example of a modern western, and the academy awardwinning brokeback mountain both set in wyoming were filmed elsewhere. Film set on wind river reservation boasts native cast and. Wind river is full of vast, scrubby expanses that give way to pristine blankets of white, interrupted only by a snowmobile slashing a solitary path. The film is set on the wind river reservation but it was not shot there. The film would go on to have its world premiere in park city at the 2017 sundance film festival. As i recall a louisiana indian tribe was given credits for a substantial contribution to make the film. It is a place where addiction and murder kills more than cancer, and rape is considered a rite of passage for girls on the cusp of womanhood. Taylor sheridans thriller wind river spielt im kalten wyoming in einem.
Wind river is a 2017 crime dramathriller written and directed by sicario and hell or high water screenwriter taylor sheridan the film stars jeremy renner and elizabeth olsen as us fish and wildlife hunter cory lambert and fbi agent jane banner respectively who team up with local police to solve a murder of a young woman on the wind river indian reservation in wyoming. Filming locations park city studios, utah, usa wind river reservation. Wind river brings wyoming noir to the big screen video. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Wild river is a 1960 american drama film directed by elia kazan and starring montgomery clift, lee remick, jo van fleet, albert salmi and jay c. Wind river is a 2017 neowestern murder mystery film written and directed by taylor sheridan.
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