Directed by:
Kelly ReichardtScreenplay:
Jonathan RaymondCinematography:
Christopher BlauveltComposer:
Jeff GraceCast:
Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Will Patton, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, Tommy Nelson, Rod RondeauxVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Meek's Cutoff, from acclaimed director Kelly Reinhardt (Wendy and Lucy, Old Joy), is a stark and poetic drama set in 1845, the earliest days of the treacherous Oregon Trail. A wagon train of three families (including two-time Academy Award® nominee Michelle Williams) has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as their natural born enemy. (KinoSmith)
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Meek's Cutoff
Music from the Motion Picture
Label: Milan Records
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 21:52
Notes: CD-R on demand.
| 1. | The Desert | Jeff Grace | 03:40 |
| 2. | Sighting And Capture | Jeff Grace | 02:51 |
| 3. | Talking To Stars / Tree Of Life | Jeff Grace | 02:53 |
| 4. | Sunset Processional / Pile Of Rocks | Jeff Grace | 03:25 |
| 5. | Petroglyph Canyon | Jeff Grace | 01:57 |
| 6. | Reprise | Jeff Grace | 01:33 |
| 7. | Ending And Titles | Jeff Grace | 05:33 |