Son of The Morning Star [VHS]
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Movie Review: Son of the Morning Star Soundtrack
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone interested in beautifully crafted music will find Craig Safan's soundtrack for "Son of the Morning Star" exactly what they are looking for. Not only does it capture the feel of that time in our country's history, but it also seems to bring to life the participants of the Little Bighorn battle. Even if you have no interest in the Custer and Plains Indians Saga this musical masterpiece surely stands on its own.Movie Review: Made for TV?
Summary: 4 Stars
The detail and camera work were so good that it was hard to believe this was a made for TV movie. Apart from the Battle of the Little Big Horn, I was glad to see the movie get into some of the preceding incidents and campaigns of Custer's career, which are often overlooked. After all, he was considered a hero before the Little Big Horn. My only complaint is that the movie has those awkward commercial breaks that come with all made for TV movies, and I thought the actors playing Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan overplayed the parts and looked awkward.Movie Review: The best film on Custer and the Little Bighorn!
Summary: 4 Stars
Without a doubt, "Son of the Morning Star" is the best film on the subject of Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. It also does a good job being fairly even handed with this still controversial subject. Custer is not shown as an insane Indian hater or as a self-sacrificing hero. Gary Cole does an excellent job of showing the vibrancy and arrogance of Custer which demonstrates why people either loved or hated him.The first part of this film is fairly uneven. The producers decided to add on the parallel story of Crazy Horse, which is too thinly developed. The jewel of the film, though, is the retelling of the Little Bighorn campaign and battle. Really magnificent work. As close to the historical record as any film has ever come. (Although, that really is not saying much considering the other Little Bighorn movie recreations.)
The Last Stand parts, though, are pure romance. General Custer, already mortally wounded, stands up and blazes away with his pistol in slow motion as the Lakotas and Cheyennes overrun his position. Beside him is his brother, Captain Tom Custer, behind him is Sergeant Major William Sharrow, Chief Trumpeter Henry Voss, and Sergeant Robert Hughes with Custer's personal guidon. Custer probably did not die like that; but he should have.
This movie does contain a historical inaccuracy which no film has ever had the guts to correct which is Custer's long hair. All historical accounts record that Custer cut his hair extremely short for the campaign. Combine that with the fact that all photos of Custer in his mid-30's point to a man who was going bald and you get a very different picture from all the actors who have played him with long, blond manes.
Movie Review: Son of the Morning Star
Summary: 5 Stars
This moving besides being well casted and screenplayed is so historically accurate it is scary.Movie Review: good to exellant portrayal of events leadingup to battle
Summary: 4 Stars
despite the constraints of film making,budget,time,logistics etc. this movie exceeded my expectations. I was privileged to participate in the making of this movie as a reenactor and count it as one of the best months time i have ever spent. Although more than slightly politically correct,I highly reccomend this movie.