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• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: Adventure Drama
• Themes: White People Among Indians, Culture Clash
• Director: Philip Kaufman
• Main Cast: Akshooyooliak, Namonai Ashoona, Atcheelak, Higa Ipeelie, Oolipika Joamie, Meetook Mallee, Neelak, Seemee Nookiguak, Jacob Partridge, Sagiaktok, Aupalotak Simonee, Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett, Jr., Simonie Kopapik, Joanasie Salomonie
• Release Year: 1974
• Country: US
• Run Time: 109 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

Director Philip Kaufman took his production of Eskimo life to actual locations in the Arctic Circle, making it only the third film in history (after Nanook of the North and Eskimo) to shoot there. Kaufman also employs authentic Eskimo dialect in the film, which adds a heightened bit of realism. The story concerns three whalers -- Billy (Warren Oates), Daggett (Timothy Bottoms), and Portagee (Louis Gossett Jr.) -- who becomes stranded in the Arctic Circle and are rescued by a tribe of Eskimos. Living in the Eskimo village, the three men introduce the chief vices of their civilization -- gambling, thievery, and Western-style sex -- to the isolated Eskimo village. At first the natives put up with the behavior of the Westerners, but as their ways begin to encroach upon the traditional Eskimo customs, the villagers begin to resist the three men's habits. A clash of cultures results. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Warren Oates - Billy
• Timothy Bottoms - Daggett
• Louis Gossett, Jr. - Portagee
• Simonie Kopapik - Sarkak
• Joanasie Salomonie - Kangiak
• Akshooyooliak - Old Mother
• Namonai Ashoona - Nowya
• Atcheelak - Hunters
• Higa Ipeelie - Evaloo
• Oolipika Joamie - Mia
• Meetook Mallee - Ikuma
• Neelak - Panee
• Seemee Nookiguak - Avinga
• Jacob Partridge - Archer
• Sagiaktok - Shaman
• Aupalotak Simonee

Pilitak - Neevee; Simonie Kopapik - Sark

Credit

Don Carmody - Location Manager; Michael Chapman - Cinematographer; Don Guest - Producer; Philip Kaufman - Director; Henry Mancini - Composer (Music Score); Martin Ransohoff - Producer; Martin Ransohoff - Screenwriter; Tom Rickman - Screenwriter; Douglas Stewart - Editor; Richard Lightstone - Sound/Sound Designer; Jon Anderson - First Assistant Director; James Houston - Associate Producer; James Houston - Screenwriter; James Houston - Book Author

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