Arrowhead

Starring:Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith, Mary Sinclair, Milburn Stone, Richard Shannon, Lewis Martin, Frank DeKova, Robert J. Wilke, Peter Coe (III), James Anderson, John Pickard, Pat Hogan, James Burke, Don Dunning, Holly Bane, Richard Farnsworth, Rachel Ames, Rus Conklin
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

Description

Set in Texas, ARROWHEAD stars Charlton Heston as Chief of Scouts Ed Bannon, an arrogant man raised by Apache who hates them with a vengeance. When the new Apache chief, Toriano, returns to his people after schooling in the Eastern U.S., Bannon senses the man isn't trustworthy and does not believe the Apaches will uphold the peace plan they have agreed to. With the U.S. Army anxious to send the Apaches to a reservation in Florida, they hope Bannon will not interfere.

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Heston against Palance in a good-looking Western!.......2006-11-10

Any film with Jack Palance as the villain is intense and strong... This great actor is unique and classic in this respect!

His order to his braves: 'There will be no more fighting until Bannon has met Toriano!,' marks a summary of the entire motion picture: Toriano against Bannon!

But who are these two men?

Ed Bannon (Charlton Heston) is the Chief of Scouts for U.S armed forces fighting Apaches in the post Civil War... He despises Apaches: 'Anything Toriano for, I'm against!'

Toriano (Jack Palance) is the son of the Old Apache Chief Chattez (Frank Dekova). He rejects permanent confinement and refuses to accept how his warriors are gathered like cattle in their reservation...

Apache Wars were among the fiercest fought on the frontier... The U.S government attempted to limit their territories and movements...

In the film we learn that an Indian cannot touch, harm or kill a man if he comes unarmed into their encampment; an Apache leader can be mystified through the Great Spirit by ritual drum beat; when an Indian and a white man are blood brothers, the only way to break the bound was for one of the two to die-- This explains why Toriano and Bannon assigned the time and place to meet in a single combat to death at the end of the picture...

The pretty Katy Jurado is Bannon's lover, a young girl, half Indian, half Mexican, who admires Toriano as a true leader...Wanting to serve him, she keeps an eye on Bannon, spying all his moves...

Shot in Technicolor, with good directing and strong supporting cast (Brian Keith in his film debut), "Arrowhead," overcomes as a good-looking Western by the excellent acting of its stars...

Trust an Apache?.......2006-11-04

Not in ARROWHEAD you don't, lessen you're one of those dunderheaded fools who reckon we can trust, and live in peace with, the bloodthirsty heathens. Charlton Heston plays the moody Chief of Indian Scouts, Brian Keith the young and naïve commander of a small unit of cavalry isolated out on the west Texas border sometime in the 1870s, and Jack Palance is college-educated Apache who comes back to the reservation with revolt, and personal glory, on his mind in ARROWHEAD, a cowboys-and-indians western from 1953.

A cowboys-and-indians western with an attitude, it should be noted. Not all that pleasant an attitude, either. The US Government, through Keith, wants to parlay with the Apaches. Heston, who grew up with `em and can read a pony trail or a smoke signal like a native, will have none of it. To Heston - and the movie, because Heston is never proven wrong - the Apaches are treacherous, back-stabbing fiends whose perfidious ways are etched in their genes. He's not a hater, though. In fact, at one point he clears that point up by saying "I don't hate `em, I know `em." Put that in your peace pipe and smoke it! My favorite line in this odd movie, though, is again uttered by Heston when a character he was on intimate terms with dies (after unsuccessfully trying to stab him in the back) by her own hands when she turns her knife on herself. You'd think this movie would be the least little curious about what motivated this sequence of events beyond the "Apache blood" excuse it uses throughout, but no. So, fresh corpse on the floor, fresh corpse of a recently intimate acquaintance, and the movie has Heston say, with undisguised disgust, `There's a dead Apache in here. Get it out.' It's amazing to think that this one came out AFTER "Broken Arrow," the landmark Jimmy Stewart/Delmer Daves film from 1950 that is usually credited with opening up movies to a sympathetic treatment of Native Americans.

A trend that wasn't stemmed much by this pretty much forgotten little oater. If you can get past the movie's mean and narrow point of view it's an alright actioner. Heston plays it with cool authority, gets to keep a couple of fort women on the string, and plumbs absolutely none of the psychological depths his Apache-raised character is filled with (to be fair, the movie doesn't seem much interested in whatever conflicts his character is experiencing, either.) Jack Palance, one of the more sinister actors in movie history, is very effective as the war-minded Apache. Recommended with (no pun intended) strong reservations.

Army Scouts & Apache Warriors.......2005-05-21

This 1953 western movie is an excellent movie for its time and for all time.

The script is based on W. R. Burnett's hardcover novel, ADOBE WALLS, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1953. The western novel by Burnett is loosely based on the life of Albert Seiber exemplar frontiersman and U.S. Army Scout in Arizona Territory during the Apache Wars of the 1880s. Much of the happenings are true to the time and true also to Al Seiber's life.

Whether one cares for this movie or not, and judging by the first two reviews here they don't, any film of historical background is noteworthy. While it is true the film takes much dramatic license in many ways, if one reads on the west these items are easily spotted and do not get in the way of enjoying the movie.

The setting of the movie is realistic and the use of old Fort Davis adds an aura of authenticity to the location shots. It was acceptable in those 1950 days to have non-Indians portray Indians, and at times Hollywood dared to change history. But in many respects true lore comes through in this movie, for example, the Ghost dance with its expectation of a 'messiah' to lead in the extermination of the white man, and dancing to make the Indians impervious to bullets, and the attempt to dance back the bison and the good times, all have their basis in historical fact.

The plot also involves double dealing by some Apache Scouts, and while most were very trustworthy, a few were not and some ending up being hung. The Apache Kid turned renegade and was able to elude capture, with no white ever knowing how he ended up. Even the attempt to relocate the Apache out of the territory to Florida did in fact occur. So while there is much fiction in this movie, there is also much fact.

If one has some knowledge of the west, or just plain enjoys an interesting movie of the west, the viewer should do 'ok' watching it.

But again, as evidenced by the first two reviews here, a movie sometimes just doesn't meet everyone's expectations.

Good cast of actors, bad movie.......2005-04-16

Heston is grumpy and Palance hateful Indian with a grudge. This seemed like a movie that was made because the actors didn't have a job at the moment and the script was there.

The actors I like but the movie misses. However, in the era it was made we would watch anything so perhaps it filled its purpose.

I'm sure Katy J. and a the entire cast was happy when the filming was over and would like to forget they made the movie.

Arrowhead is in my Heston movie library, however...just for the historical flow of Heston movies.

Heston vs Palance should have been more exciting........2003-11-11

Charlton Heston stars as Ed Bannon in a role the NRA would be proud of. Ed has a fierce hatred for the Apache Indian which dates as far back as his childhood. The movie starts out with Ed killing some go-between Indians who come in peace to relay a message that the tribe is surrendering. Ed belongs to the US Army and is kicked out for the aforementioned action by Captain Bill North, played by Brian Keith. Keith does a great job in his role, at times sounding like John Wayne but never carrying it out quite as coolly or confidently.

Captain North and his men are tasked with taking the Apaches to an Indian reservation in Florida. However, it?s not going to be so easy thanks to Apache Toriano, played by Jack Palance. The Captain thinks he and his men can pull off this feat without much trouble, but can they, without help from Bannon? After all, he's lived with the Apache and knows how they think.

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The baseline of flintknapping is percussion flaking. One half of this two hour video is spent "in the classroom" learning John's comprehension of the physics behind flake removal. The 2nd hour is spent; 1- removing flakes making a core and, 2- making a bifacial preform. Flake by flake, unravel the secrets. The McPhersons are internationally know as experts in the field of primitive technologu. Featured most recently on National Public Radio, Voice of America TV, Kansas Public Television and the History Channel, they are currently involved in an ongoing program teaching these skills to Instructors of the U.S. Military Special Operations School.

Breakin' Rock 2, Let's Make an Arrowhead

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Breakin' Rock 2, Let's Make an Arrowhead

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Primitive Fire & Cordage
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ASIN: B000E3VZ6Q
Release Date: 2006-07-13

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Following the rules set forth in his first flintknapping video, Breakin' Rock 1, primitive skills expert John McPherson takes us thru one hour of non-stop flake removal to show that the secret of making an arrowhead is not so secret. Step by step, flake by flake (one flake at a time, the mystery is removed and science prevails as john, making two arrowheads in detail, shows how to overcome various obstacles. The McPhersons are internationally known as experts in the field of primitive technology. Featured most recently on National Public Radio, Voice Of America TV, Kansas Public Television and the History Channel, they are currently involved in an ongoing program of teaching instructors from the U.S. Military Special Operations School skills just such as this.

Tickle Me 'till Me Laff --A belly-full of Guyanese Laughter)

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Some funny stuff/Bad sound quality
Guyanese Laughter--Tickle me 'till Me Laff
Tickle Me Till Meh Laff

Tickle Me 'till Me Laff --A belly-full of Guyanese Laughter)

Manufacturer: Golden ArrowHead Productions
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Caribbean: Guyana: A Tropical Adventure (Guyana Eco-Tours)
Caribbean: Guyana: Jane Engage(Folk Songs of Guyana)
Indians in Guyana: A Concise History from Their Arrival to the Present

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Rare Guyanese Productions
A Display of Guyanese talent

ASIN: B000229UFW

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A belly-full of Guyanese Laughter featuring such characters as Dutty-Frock, Yhap-kee, Father Pouch, Stupidee and Sensiby Bill etc

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Some funny stuff/Bad sound quality.......2006-12-14

Definitely a 'home made' production.
DVD suffers from poor sound quality.
If you are Guyanese you will probably enjoy this.
If not you may be left scratching your head (what did he say?)

Guyanese Laughter--Tickle me 'till Me Laff.......2005-05-15

What was special for me viewing this 1 1/2 hrs production of Guyanese comedy, is not so much the comedy--and they had the right amount of that to go around--but the novelty of viewing your own accent, your own situations back home on tv over here. I was enveloped with such a great sense of nostalgia and very impressed with the length the entire team went to give us a darn-good production, I only wish there were more of this, but for now we have Golden ArrowHead Productions to thank. Kudos for this Guyanese motion picture company. Their other title is A Topical Adventure (Guyana Ecotours) which is also a great production available on Amazon.com. Tickle me 'till meh laff is a good low budget start. We should give Golden ArrowHead Production all the support it needs to burgeon into the great Motion Picture Company it obviously aspires to be. Kudos for GAP!--This review was excerped from Caribbean Diary Magazine and written by Nadia De Frietas, its Assistant Editor

Tickle Me Till Meh Laff.......2004-04-24

This is Guyanese at their most rediculous, most funny. I recommend this DVD to anyone in the Caribbean who would like to pop some Caribbean laughter into their DVD player or VCR next time they have friends or family over. A definite opportunity to show off.

Caribbean: Guyana: A Tropical Adventure (Guyana Eco-Tours)

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Caribbean: Guyana: A Tropical Adventure (Guyana Eco-Tours)

Manufacturer: Golden Arrowhead Productions
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Binding: DVD

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Tickle Me 'till Me Laff

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