Beautifully photographed in the remote mountains of Utah.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
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Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 14
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Sydney Pollack directs this notable picturesque film in which a solitary man named Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) battles ruthless Indians, who use him as the target of a long-awaited vendetta,... Sydney Pollack directs this notable picturesque film in which a solitary man named Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) battles ruthless Indians, who use him as the target of a long-awaited vendetta, and the merciless elements of nature, in search of peace. Set in the mid-19th century, after the Civil War, the film centers on Jeremiah as he becomes disillusioned with the ways of his civilization and the ravages of war, and he sets out determined to survive in the Rocky Mountain wilderness by himself. [More]
Starring: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch, Josh Albee
Starring: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch, Josh Albee, Allyn Ann McLerie, Charles Tyner, Delle Bolton, Joaquin Martinez, Paul Benedict, Matt Clark, Richard Angarola, Jack Colvin, Tim McIntire
Director: Sydney Pollack, John Milius
Director: Sydney Pollack, John Milius
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Reviews for Jeremiah Johnson
Beautifully photographed in the wilds of Utah, this film unfortunately doesn't know when to stop; it feels consumed by a self-concious desire to be arty, and offers a treatment too cool for its subject matter.
Director Sydney Pollack has given a skilled, observant mounting as he carefully allows the man to grow in experience and knowhow.
Pollack does right to put his faith in one man and a whole lot of mountains. The result is impressive.
Like other films of the 1970s, Pollack's saga combines nostalgia and cynicism in equal measure, thus pleasing both right-wing and left-wing viewers, not to speak the delight of seeing Robert Redford at his most handsome in a cowboy attire.
There are momoments of great beauty and terror and deeply earned pathos. There are as well such not-so-incidental pleasures as John Rubinstein's lovely and serviceable musical score, and a cast of excellent supporting actors.
Pollack and Redford collaborated successfully, their earnestness yielding some handsome, if over indulgent, movies such as this factually based adventure.
A very entertaining film that doesn't flinch about how tough life was for the early settlers.
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