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Sioux City

  • Directors: Lou Diamond Phillips; Jim Goldthwait
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Crime
  • Movie Type: Detective Film
  • Themes: Adoption, Discovering One's Heritage, Amateur Sleuths
  • Main Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips, Ralph Waite, Melinda Dillon, Salli Richardson, Adam Roarke
  • Release Year: 1994
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: PG13

Plot

A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller. Because of his upbringing, Jesse Rainfeather Goldman knows almost nothing of Native American traditions. He is doing his internship when he suddenly receives an amulet from the Lakota reservation in Sioux City. It is from his real mother. Jesse's curiosity is piqued and he immediately travels to his birthplace to learn why she sent it. Unfortunately, by the time he arrives, his mother's body is discovered in the smoldering wreckage of her home. She was shot before she was burned. Jesse's investigation into her death is not welcomed by the local captain of police and his assistant. He is almost beaten to death, but is saved by his grandfather, a shaman, and a Lakota woman. The newly healed Jesse begins to explore his tribe's customs. He then contacts his mother's spirit and she leads him to the film's conclusion. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Bill Allen - Dan Larkin; Gary Farmer - Russell Baker; Apesanahkwat - Clifford Rainfeather; Earl Boen - Andre; Tantoo Cardinal - Dawn Rainfeather; Lise Cutter - Allison; John Dye - Colin Adams; Joseph Marcell - Dr. Darryl Reichert; Shanti Kahn - Leslie Baker

Credit

Cheryl Goetschius - Co-producer, L.Virginia Browne - Co-producer, Lou Diamond Phillips - Director, Jim Goldthwait - Director, Mark Fitzgerald - Editor, Christopher Rouse - Editor, Jeff Lawenda - Executive Producer, H. Daniel Gross - Executive Producer, Vicky Herman - Line Producer, Christopher Lindsey - Composer (Music Score), Geoffrey Lucius Patterson - Musical Direction/Supervision, Rando Schmook - Production Designer, James W. Wrenn - Cinematographer, Brian Rix - Producer, Jeff Lawenda - Producer, Jane Ubell - Producer, H. Daniel Gross - Producer, L.Virginia Browne - Screenwriter, Jeff G. Waxman - Supervising Producer

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Sioux City
Directed by Lou Diamond Phillips
Produced by Brian Rix
Written by L. Virginia Browne
Starring Lou Diamond Phillips
Salli Richardson
Bill Allen
Melinda Dillon
Apesanahkwat
John Dye
Music by Christopher Lindsay
Cinematography James W. Wrenn
Editing by Mark Fitzgerald
Distributed by IRS Media
Release date(s) 1994
Running time 102 min.
Country USA
Language English

Sioux City is a 1994 mystery / crime film directed by and starring Lou Diamond Phillips.

Plot

A young Lakota Sioux (Lou Diamond Phillips) is adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple. When he ages he gets in touch with his cultural roots.

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