Son of The Morning Star
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VHS Movie Reviews of Son of The Morning Star
Movie Review: Good enough to get you started reading the real history
Summary: 4 Stars
Without a doubt, this is the best fictionalization of the Battle of Little Big Horn available today. I have watched it many times and the acting and overall effect eclipse the saccharine Dances with Wolves in every category including the musical score. If you are an historian of the event, armchair or otherwise, numerous inaccuracies and omissions will strike you as they did me. That is the beauty of this movie: it stirs you to find out the real and complete story. Read the books including Grinnell's, the books on the recollections of the Arikara scouts and Lakota Noon, the Story of Wooden Leg etc. and the Hearings on Reno's role that tell you so much more you need to know to understand this event. The desire to do so may be this movie's most lasting legacy and its greatest tribute to the Native Americans and soldiers who died June 25 and 26, 1876.Movie Review: Close to being historically correct
Summary: 5 Stars
This film has many wonderful attributes, which one is being filmed close to the actual sites. The casting is great and Gary Cole does a surpurb job as General Custer. The casting was excellent all the way around.
The film portrays George Custer soon after the American Civil War was over and Custer is ordered to report to the central plains to help maintain the peace between the white immigrants and the various Indian tribes.
I especially liked the sets of this film which looked more authentic then previous films concerning the Little BigHorn battle. Fort Lincoln located just out of Bismark, North Dakota was Custer's home base. The Fort Lincoln setlooked very similar to the real thing. Another major asset to the film is the Indian perspective to the film. It shows their side and the casting was excellent.
One critical thought is that the part played by Tom O'Brian playing Charlie Reynolds was called by another name in the film. This could have been easily corrected to maintain historical accuracy. Charlie Reynolds was a major figure in the last Custer Campaign.
If you are interested in the life of General George Custer I would recommend in buying this film. The musical score is excellent. There are of course other historical errors by in all this film portrays the LBH more accurately then the previous films.
Movie Review: Compelling & Historically Accurate as Hollywood Can get
Summary: 5 Stars
Son of The Morning Star is an anomoly in Hollywoods treatment of historical material: It is 90% historically accurate. Custer is depicted ( a great Gary Cole ) as the half mad / half sane egocentric individual he was according to historians. This is no heroic crock like 'They Died With Their Boots On' or cartoon Custer depiction like 'Little Big Man'.Striking perhaps most of all is the shown banality of genocide and it's seeming normalcy. Just like real life.
The film has the feel and psychlogical under current of a Documentry film. James Riddle
Movie Review: Morning Star Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
A friend of mine lent me a tape of Son of the Morning Star. Having no interest in the subject, I fast forwarded to the end to watch the Last Stand. Seeing a theatrical quality, I rewound a little bit. Hearing the incredible music, I went back a little more. Soon, I was watching the tape from beginning to end. What an experience. The cinematography was better than most movie movies. The acting, especially Gary Cole and David Strathairn was great, and THAT MUSIC, what a score by Craig Safan. How this gem of a film didn't get more recognition is beyond me. If you haven't seen this yet do your self an immense favor.Movie Review: Excellent soundtrack - Deserves a listen
Summary: 5 Stars
Although the movie was made for TV, this soundtrack has a big screen feel to it. Anybody who has seen 'Son of the Morning Star' will know how good and well-suited the music is to the events that are unfolding on the screen. However, any movie score buff should also give this soundtrack a listen. It really is a compelling and beautiful composition. Well done Mr. Safan