Soldier blue handles the material with bludgeoning crudity, little big man with feeling and subtlety. This excessivelyviolent western centers on the brutal and inhuman acts performed upon the cheyenne by the cavalry in retaliation for an. Staring peter strauss, candice bergen, donald pleasence and john anderson. Soldier blue 1970 tt0066390 after a cavalry group is massacred by the cheyenne, only two survivors remain. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name soldier, soldier wont you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum. Yify hd torrent download free movie yify torrents for 720p. May 16, 2008 this is the movie version of the song soldier blue. Soldier blue is a 1970 american revisionist western film directed by ralph nelson and starring candice bergen, peter strauss, and donald pleasence. Download all yts yify movies torrents for free in 720p, 1080p, 4k and 3d quality. I saw soldier blue when it first came out and i forgot how long it took to get to the final massacre scene. The film soldier blue aired on bbc2, late at night on friday 16th august, between 00. Marie certainly deserves more than kudos for the title song soldier blue definitely a must see. Find similar and related movies for soldier blue 1970 ralph nelson on allmovie.
It was on past my bedtime so unfortunately i never saw it but i distinctly remember my parents discussing it the next day and how shaken they were by the amount of violence the movie used in showing a massacre against the indians at the end. Together, they must try to reach the cavalrys main base camp. After a cavalry group is massacred by the cheyenne, only two survivors remain. Your isp can monitor you, unless you use a zero log. May 25, 20 soldier blue 1970 is an extremely visceral experience, filled with savagery and hate in its brutal retelling of one of the biggest military scandals to ever disgrace the american military. Soldier blue 1970 is a western movie starring candice bergen, peter strauss and donald pleasence. Plot a young woman, cresta lee bergen, and young u.
With candice bergen, peter strauss, donald pleasence, john anderson. Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and cresta, a young woman who had lived with the cheyenne two. Soldier soldier is a british television drama series. Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and cresta.
Soldier blue 1970 bluray 1080p yts yify after a cavalry group is massacred by the cheyenne, only two survivors remain. Box office edit the film was the thirdmost popular film at the british box office in 1971. A grimly embarrassing antiracist western about the us cavalrys notorious sand creek indian massacre in. On that day, the colorado territory militia descended on a village of peaceful cheyenne and arapaho, murdering, raping and even mutilating. Gallery of 26 movie poster and cover images for soldier blue 1970. Phillip french, westerns, 2005 p 56 the films social message is heavy handed, but this makes it clear and challenging and, as such, more likely to have considerable impact, which it did. The brutal sand creek massacre of 1864 forms a parable for the vietnam war in this violent cult classic in which a soldier and a. This is the movie version of the song soldier blue. Soldier blue 1970 bluray 1080pmultilangmultisub western t. After a cavalry group is massacred by the cheyenne, only two.
Ipg carmaker torrent hodgepodge workshop santiago chopper 20. After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the cheyenne, the two. Buy soldier blue bluray 1970 region 2 import from amazons movies store. Candice bergen is great as the rescued woman, and peter strauss warms my heart being this shy, stuck up, naive with a great heart guy. Jan 18, 2015 before anything can be said of ralph nelsons 1970 film, soldier blue, we must first look at the horrific reallife event that film is based on. The film, written by john gay, is based on the book arrow in the sun by. Vhs trailer for the 1970 revisionist western soldier blue, directed by ralph nelson, starring candice bergen, peter strauss, donald pleasence. It stands out for its attempt to put some reality into american history, but before it gets there it is basically a story of the relationship between candace bergens character and peter strausss. For all that, soldier blue is worth watching and superbly uses wide screen. Soldier blue, director ralph nelsons revisionist western from 1970, wraps a fictitious story around this historical event, peppering it with modern political references to the united states thencurrent involvement with the vietnam war, and more specifically, with the my lai massacre. It recalls the events of the 1864 sand creek massacre as over 700 cavalry men murdered, slaughtered, raped, and razed their way through a peaceful. In the bbcs defence, though, it was a good clean print, and was almost in the right ratio, as far as i could tell. After the success of sam peckinpahs the wild bunch in 1969 and its ground breaking approach to violence, for a major studio particularly, it immediately opened the doors for other film makers to push the envelope to greater heights, and also sparked a renewed interest in westerns in the u. Buffy saintemarie soldier blue movie version youtube.
Perhaps the mosttalkedabout was soldier blue 1970, an ultraviolent statement about the u. Soldier blue is indeed savage, but it wears its clock of truth selfconsciously. Soldier blue is a very good movie, showing the drama and realities of war following two lead characters through a story with a very bloody ending. In september 1970, dotson rader of the new york times, wrote that soldier blue must be numbered among the most significant, the most brutal and liberating, the most honest american films ever made. As they travel onward, honus is torn between his growing affection for. Adapted by john gay from the novel arrow in the sun by t. Bite the bullet 1975 gene hackman, candice bergen, james. It is supposed to be a proindian movie, and at the end the camera tells us the story was true, more or less, and that the army chief of staff himself called the massacre shown in the film one of the most shameful moments in american history. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
I recall sometime in the late 1970s a film called soldier blue being broadcast on itv. Why, its ads asked, does soldier blue show, in the most graphic way possible, the rape and savage slaughter of american indians by american soldiers. Double helix multiplayer test demo, and many more programs. After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort. The most savage film in history after a cavalry group is massacred by the cheyenne, only two survivors remain.
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