INTO THE WEST: 2005

Review by: Ian Coote


Six Parts = One Great Movie

Executive Producer Steven Spielberg

From the World on Fire music video sung by Sarah Mclachlan and Robbie Robertson, made for the intro the West soundtrack, to the fantastic cinema-photography, this is a grand epic story paralleling White and Native American Indian families as the west is opened up for exploration and the Indians tried to understand how to deal with the threat to their way of life.

The story focuses on several generations of two families , one White and one Native American. You are shown the glory, the infamy, the ideals, the adventure, the severe hardships, the pioneer spirit and the cruelty of the 1800's in North America.

If you are interested in America's past, see this movie. It's long, six episodes, about 9 1/2 hours in total, but worth every minute.

Part 1 "Wheel to the Stars " 1824 -1838

Part 2 "Manifest Destiny" 1836 -1845

Part 3 "Dreams and Schemes" 1848-1861

Part 4 "Hell on Wheels" 1863-1868

Part 5 " Casualties of War " 1874-1883

Part 6 "Ghost Dance" 1886-1892

I'll give it a Great Big 10

Review by Ontario Correspondent: Ian Coote