A new film from the heart of Native America.
Release Date: 1998-06-26
Rating:6.8 / 10(117 votes)
Status: Released
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Runtime: 89 min
Director: Chris Eyre
Writer: Sherman Alexie
Two young Native American men who take a road trip from an Idaho reservation to Phoenix, Arizona, to collect the ashes of an estranged father. Victor Joseph (Adam Beach) and Thomas Builds-the-Fire (Evan Adams) live on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in Idaho. Victor is stoic and angry, holding deep resentment toward his father, Arnold, an alcoholic who abandoned their family. Thomas is an eccentric, cheerful storyteller who views Arnold as a hero because Arnold saved him from a devastating 1976 house fire that killed Thomas's parents.
Adam Beach
Victor Joseph
Evan Adams
Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Irene Bedard
Suzy Song
Gary Farmer
Arnold Joseph
Tantoo Cardinal
Arlene Joseph
Cody Lightning
Young Victor Joseph
Simon Baker
Young Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Monique Mojica
Grandma Builds-the-Fire
John Trudell
Randy Peone
Elaine Miles
Lucy
Michael Greyeyes
Junior Polatkin
Michelle St. John
Velma
Cynthia Geary
Cathy the Gymnast
Tom Skerritt
Police Chief
Molly Cheek
Penny Cicero
Robert Miano
Burt Cicero
Perrey Reeves
Holly
Nicolette Vajtay
Julie
Chief Leonard George
Darwin Haine
