Son of the Morning Star (1991) DVD

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Son of the Morning Star (1991) Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette

Director: Mike Robe

Co-stars: Stanley Anderson, Ed Blatchford, Terry O'Quinn, David Strathairn, Dean Stockwell

187 minutes, Color

DVD-R: Region ALL

The film, in two parts, begins in 1876 when the Terry-Gibbon column relieves the remnants of the 7th Cavalry that had survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn. They discover Custer's battalion has been annihilated, and the film 'flashes back' and tells Custer's story from the point of view/narrative of his wife, Elizabeth, beginning with the Kansas campaign of the mid-1860s. Concurrently, the Indian perspective is told through the narrative of Kate Bighead, a young Cheyenne woman, who encountered Custer on several occasions. Kate Bighead's narrative is also used to describe events like the Fetterman Massacre and the Battle of Washita River, as is Elizabeth Custer's, to provide a balanced point of view.

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Product Code: SONC95X913