Last of the Mohicans

Release Date: 2001-01-23, Rating R (Restricted),

Release Date: 2002-05-21, Rating R (Restricted),

Release Date: 2001-01-23, Rating R (Restricted),

Cora Madeleine Stowe and her younger sister Alice Jodhi May both recent arrivals to the colonies are being escorted to their father Colonel Munro Maurice Roeves by a troop of British soldiers. Along the way they are ambushed by a Huron war party led by Magua Wes Studi a sinister warrior with a blood vendetta against Munro. Munro's soldiers are wiped out and Cora herself is nearly killed by Magua but is saved at the last moment by Hawkeye Daniel Day-Lewis a white trapper raised by the Mohican tribe. Hawkeye promises to take Cora and her sister safely to their father and along the way Cora and the intense Hawkeye fall in love. Together they must survive wilderness war and the relentless pursuit of Magua. Returning to the theme of a great love threatened by overwhelming circumstances director Michael Mann hits the mark with an adaptation that captures the essence of the book and its historical details perfectly. Day-Lewis and Stowe are beautiful to watch delivering moving performances as two people trying to hol

Cora Madeleine Stowe and her younger sister Alice Jodhi May both recent arrivals to the colonies are being escorted to their father Colonel Munro Maurice Roeves by a troop of British soldiers. Along the way they are ambushed by a Huron war party led by Magua Wes Studi a sinister warrior with a blood vendetta against Munro. Munro's soldiers are wiped out and Cora herself is nearly killed by Magua but is saved at the last moment by Hawkeye Daniel Day-Lewis a white trapper raised by the Mohican tribe. Hawkeye promises to take Cora and her sister safely to their father and along the way Cora and the intense Hawkeye fall in love. Together they must survive wilderness war and the relentless pursuit of Magua. Returning to the theme of a great love threatened by overwhelming circumstances director Michael Mann hits the mark with an adaptation that captures the essence of the book and its historical details perfectly. Day-Lewis and Stowe are beautiful to watch delivering moving performances as two people trying to hol

DVDs. Last of the Mohicans

Release Date: 1996-01-02, Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested),

Action - general DVD - Director Michael Mann based this lushly romantic version of the James Fenimore Cooper novel more on his memory of the 1936 film version (starring Randolph Scott) than on Cooper's novel (in fact, Philip Dunne's 1936 screenplay is cited as source material for this film). Set in the 1750s during the French and Indian War, the story concerns Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), the European-born adopted son of Mohican scout Chingachgook (Russell Means). Hawkeye and his party, which also includes the Mohican Uncas (Eric Schweig), joins up with a group of Britons who have recently arrived in the Colonies. The group consists of Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe) and her younger sister, Alice (Jodhi May), who are rescued from a Huron war party by Hawkeye. Hawkeye's band accompanies them to the British Fort William Henry, which is being besieged by a French and Huron force. The fort falls to the French, and Colonel Munro (Maurice Roeves) surrenders to French General Montcalm (Patrice Chreau). The terms of the