The Last Of The Mohicans (DVD)

...History: ====== The film is based upon the novel by James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 - September 14, 1851), who is often acclaimed as one of the best American writers of the 19th century. Cooper has greatly romanticised the history of the Mohicans, (whose real name is actually Mahican) but has also include enough historical references to make for a thoroughly believable story. The story takes place during the French and Indian wars (1754-1763), ...
...Story: ==== The film starts out with some beatiful shots of mist shrouded hills, accompanied by a somewhat depressing piece of music. I think that this sets the mood quite well for a movie (which I thought) was inherently sad. We are then introduced to Hawkeye (Daniel Day Lewis), Uncas (Eric Schweig) and Chingachgook (Russell Means) while they are hunting deer. These three are the last of a dying race, the Mohicans. Chingachgook and Uncas are father ...

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...Set in 1757 in the American Colonies, the war is intensifying between the French and British. Both sides are aided by the Native Americans and Tribal Indians especially. Right from the start of the movie you really get a sense of the film, although it starts of with a landscape of mountains, its not the picture that gets to you but the music. I really like the music and all the way through the soundtrack is so good, the film to me is like a dream ...
...cool. I really connected with the film. The story revolves around three men, these are the last of the Mohicans, a dying out Indian tribe. Chingachgook and Uncas are the true Mohicans, the third a white adopted man called Nathaniel Po/Hawkeye. They plan to head west to Kentucky but get caught up in a war that is none of their own fault. Not only does the story revolve the Mohicans, it has other little stories built into the film. These include such ...

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...have read this story before the story from the book, then I want to watch this film. The story takes place in 1757 during the Seven Years' War, when France and the United Kingdom battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the British, with unpredictable and often tragic results. The story centers on an eclectic band of ...
...danger and reach the besieged British fort, William-Henry. Deep within the western forests of colonial New York, Hawkeye, the white, adopted son and brother of the Mohicans, tries desperately to avoid an ever-increasing war. He is forced to act when, along with his Mohican father and brother, he encounters two endangered sisters trying to reach their father, a British colonel in command at the fort. Hawkeye, the rustic tracker, and Cora, the refined, ...

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