Meek's Cutoff
2010 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
The year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a short cut, 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 own 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 the natural enemy.
Direction Kelly Reichardt
Cast Michelle Williams · Bruce Greenwood · Rod Rondeaux · Paul Dano · Shirley Henderson · Neal Huff · Will Patton · Zoe Kazan · Tommy Nelson
Soundtrack Jeff Grace
Screenplay Jonathan Raymond
Cinematography Christopher Blauvelt
Original title Meek's Cutoff
6.6
2K votes (FilmAffinity)
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