Sunchaser Movie Review 1996

Mishmash of medicine and mysticism focuses on yuppie UCLA oncologist Dr. Michael Reynolds (Harrelson) who's kidnapped by 16-year-old patient, Brandon "Blue" Monroe (Seda). Blue is a half-Navajo gangbanger whose cancer is inoperable and he needs the doc to drive him to a reservation in Arizona where he feels a medicine man and the waters of a supposedly magical lake can cure him. Reynolds naturally discovers some humanity on the trip and decides to help his truculent patient. Leads give sincere performances but film is half-baked at best.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 123 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Native America, Doctors & Nurses, Teen Angst, Road Trip, Disease of the Week, Kidnapped!

Screenplay

Charles Leavitt

Cast

Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda, Anne Bancroft, Alexandra Tydings, Matt Mulhern, Talisa Soto, Lawrence Pressman, Michael O'Neill, Harry Carey

Cinematography

Doug Milsome

Director

Michael Cimino

Music

Maurice Jarre

Producer

Arnon Milchan, Larry Spiegel, Michael Nathanson, Joseph M. Caracciolo, Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros.