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| The Last of His Tribe | 
 enlarge | Director: Harry Hook
Actors: Jon Voight, Graham Greene, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Blessing, Anne Archer
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 8717
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 90
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: HBOD90693D
ISBN: 0783130511
UPC: 026359069321
EAN: 9780783130514
ASIN: B00021R7CQ
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1992
Release Date: June 1, 2004
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Between 1800 & 1900 almost 300000 native americans were slaughtered. It was thought that none had remained in teh wild until one day in 1911 a doctor & his wife discover one survivor - and with him the secrets of a vanished land. Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 06/01/2004 Starring: Jon Voight Anne Archer Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Harry Hook
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 excellent on many levels March 19, 2002
104 out of 106 found this review helpful
This film is a must see for many reasons, primarily because it documents the very end of the ~15,000 year legacy of free Native Americans on this continent: "Ishi," the last Yahi and free ranging Native American is forced by circumstance to enter modern civilization in the early 20th Century in California. The historical significance alone makes it worth seeing.
Beyond that, Graham Greene and Jon Voight give outstanding and moving performances. Greene (who is always excellent - Clearcut, Thunderheart, Dances With Wolves, etc.) as Ishi, and Voight as the genius anthropologist who takes him in.
Voight's character is a pure scientist through and through who finds it difficult to get emotionally involved with much of anything. He prefers to look at the world in terms of evidence and hard data. He is distant as his wife is dying, and Ishi tells him (paraphrasing) 'you put me in your book, but not in your heart.'
Heart Wrenching! July 6, 2000
54 out of 59 found this review helpful
I read the book, but the movie really brings home what the story meant. Truly amazing and heart wrenching - you will cry for Ishi, you will cry for all the Native Americans. Truly a must see! You will not be disappointed. Greene does another remarkable job!
 A satisfying, sweet, & good, (if not great) movie March 11, 2006
36 out of 37 found this review helpful
"Last of his Tribe" is a satisfying, sweet, & good, (if not great) movie. It is the simplified (& slightly fictionalized) account of the last Yana Indian nicknamed, "Ishi" by A. Kroeber (an early anthropologist at U.Berkley). It accurately portrays Kroeber's struggle to keep emperical distance from his subject as his love & friendship grew for this stoic, kind, and generous man. It is based upon the (second-hand account) book written by Kroeber's second wife Theodora (also an Anthropologist) over a decade after the events. A. Kroeber never published anything about Ishi- and even quit Anthropology for a few years after Ishi's death, so distraught was he over his friend's death, and the perception that they had killed him by working him too hard (Ishi died of tuberculosis 3 months into Sapir's linguistic analysis). The film is sensitively acted by experts (Jon Voight, Graham Greene, David Ogden Stiers). The sets & details are reasonably accurate , but even when they could translate Ishi's stories, songs, & explanations literally, they could often not make sense of them- lacking the cultural background knowledge & the Yahi's conception of the universe/ time. The film takes some unnecessary liberties with the story (**No mention of translators E. Sapir or Indian S. Botwi** Ishi was more involved with the community- playing with local children, dating, etc.** what stunned Ishi most was crowds- he had never seen more than about 60 people together in his life** Dr. Pope was one of Ishi's main advocates/friends & not weird & insensitive ** Kroeber was able to go on sabbatical in Europe [not work at a NY museum] b/c Sapir was working with Ishi... You'll cry at the end. Read T. Kroeber's book, " Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America" and the dvd documentary, "Ishi - The Last Yahi".
Whatever happened to... June 6, 2002
19 out of 26 found this review helpful
Every time i start to wonder "whatever happened to Jon Voight?..."I discover another gem like The Last Of His Tribe. Graham Greene (one of my all-time favorite actors) connects with his usual manly grace with Jon to make for a very convincing performance. This is a "period" video...1911...and the set design, costuming and language are all very well done.
Excellant Graham Greene Movie March 23, 2000
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
I loved this movie! It really showed what Native Americans lost. I couldn't help but cry at the end of this movie, it all seemed so cruel to this brave yet innocent man.
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