The New World Movie Review 2005

Malick's vision offers the story of Pocahontas (Kilcher), stripped of its revisionist history and cartoon-fantasy world and elevated to a mythic retelling of the establishment of an American colony by the London based Virginia Co., which brought Captain John Smith (Ferrell) in contact with the Powhatan Indians. As the story surrounding Fort James unfolds, Malick brings into question the motives and desires of Pocahontas, Smith, and later John Rolfe (Bale), the tobacco farmer who eventually marries Pocahontas and brings her back home to England. Ends up as a beautifully crafted metaphor for the effect Europe had on the new world and vice versa.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 160 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Historical Romance, Native America, Period Piece: 17th Century, True Stories, Explorers, Interracial Affairs, Great Britain

Screenplay

Terrence Malick

Cast

Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, August Schellenberg, Wes Studi, David Thewlis, Yorick Van Wageningen, Ben Mendelsohn, Raoul Trujillo, Brian F. O'Byrne, Irene Bedard, John Savage, Jamie Harris, Alex Rice, Michael Greyeyes, Noah Taylor, Jonathan Pryce, Q'orianka Kilcher, Klanai Queypo, Alexandra Malick

Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki

Director

Terrence Malick

Music

James Horner

Other

Jose Antonio Garcia, Richard Chew, Hank Corwin, Saar Klein, Mark Yoshikawa, David Crank, Sara Hauldren, Jacqueline West, Jack Fisk

Producer

Sarah Green, New Line Cinema

Awards

Natl. Bd. of Review 2005: Breakthrough Perf. (Kilcher).