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Windwalker is a american film of genre Drama directed by Kieth Merrill released in USA on 12 december 1980 with Trevor Howard
Windwalker (1980)
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Add to a movie listWindwalker is a 1981 western adventure film, based on a novel by Blaine M. Yorgason, starring Trevor Howard and Nick Ramus. It was shot in various outdoor locations in Utah. To maintain authenticity to the story, the film's dialogue is subtitled in English with Cheyenne and Crow languages spoken. The film was directed by Academy Award-winning director Kieth Merrill. The music was composed by Merrill Jenson.
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Windwalker is an aged Cheyenne warrior. As a husband and father, he helplessly watched the killing of his wife Tashina and the kidnapping of one of his twin sons during a raid by rival Crow warriors. After many years of searching for his lost son unsuccessfully, Windwalker dies during the winter months of 1797 in what will become the state of Utah. After Windwalker's funeral, his remaining son Smiling Wolf leads his family south to join the rest of the tribe; on the way they are attacked by a band of Crow warriors, and despite fighting them off Smiling Wolf is badly wounded and the family is forced to hide.Actors
Trevor Howard
(Windwalker)
Nick Ramus
James Remar
(Windwalker (young))
Silvana Gallardo
(Little Feather)
Bart l'ours
(The Bear)
Billy Drago
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