Russell MeansFilmography

Rez Bomb

Actors: Tamara Feldman, Trent Ford, Russell Means, Chris Robinson

Synopsis: Crime and retribution take a violent turn on a Native American reservation in this independent drama from writer and director Steven Lewis Simpson. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is one of the poorest communities in the United States, and it's where Harmony (Tamara Feldman), a Read More

Unearthed

Actors: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Luke Goss, Beau Garrett, Charles Q. Murphy, Tonantzin Carmelo

Synopsis: When an unexplained trucking accident knocks out phone lines in the town of Pueblo, New Mexico and blocks the only route out of town, an investigation into the cause of the crash reveals an otherworldly creature that could pose a threat to the entire human race. Awakening from her usual hangover Read More

Pathfinder

Actors: Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown, Jay Tavare

Synopsis: The sole survivor of a Viking "dragon" vessel shipwrecked on the eastern shores of the New World 15 years ago provides the only hope for the a Native American tribe faced with certain destruction by Norse berserkers in director Marcus Nispel's (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) dark action adventure. Read More

Brando

Actors: Richard Bailey, Ed Begley, Jr., Janet Aemisegger, Ellen Adler, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, James Caan, Jane Fonda

Synopsis: As originally screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, at the Cannes Film Festival, and on Turner Classic Movies, the mammoth, epic-length documentary Brando chronicles in encyclopedic detail (and with a consistently reverent overtone) the life and career of the man widely regarded as the most Read More

Black Cloud

Actors: Eddie Spears, Julia Jones, Tim McGraw, Saginaw Grant, Branscombe Richmond

Synopsis: Actor Rick Schroder makes his directorial debut with this inspiring drama set in the American Southwest. Black Cloud (Eddie Spears) is a young Native American who grew up in a violent household and is still struggling to come to terms with his family and his heritage. Black Cloud's life has forced Read More

Into the West

Actors: Matthew Settle, Josh Brolin, Skeet Ulrich, Keri Russell, Matthew Modine

Synopsis: Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, the sprawling six-part, 12-hour TV miniseries Into the West covers 65 years of American history, from the first major migration westward in the mid-1820s to the massacre at Wounded Knee in the early 1890s. The story is largely seen through the eyes of two Read More

The Last Shot

Actors: Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tony Shalhoub, Calista Flockhart, Ray Liotta

Synopsis: Directed by Jeff Nathanson, The Last Shot follows what happens when, like so many aspiring entertainers, the FBI gets caught up in the grandeur of showbiz. When Agent Joe Devine (Alec Baldwin) is given a key role in an elaborate scheme to take down the infamous mob boss John Gotti, he gladly Read More

29 Palms

Actors: Jeremy Davies, Rachael Leigh Cook, Chris O'Donnell

Synopsis: Leonardo Ricagni, director of the 1998 Uruguayan comedy El Chevrolé, helmed this straight-to-video ensemble crime thriller, in which the main character is a bag of money. Initially belonging to a casino on an Indian reservation, The Chief (Russell Means) hires The Hitman (Chris O'Donnell) to track Read More

Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Actors: Russell Means, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Didi Conn, Michael E. Rodgers, Cody McMains

Synopsis: The internationally popular children's television program Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (shown in the United States as part of the PBS series Shining Time Station) makes its way onto the big screen in this feature-length adventure. On her way to see her Grandpa Burnett (Peter Fonda), young Read More

Cowboy Up

Actors: Pete Postlethwaite, Molly Ringwald, Marcus Thomas, Kiefer Sutherland, Daryl Hannah

Synopsis: The exciting and dangerous world of professional bull riding provides the backdrop for this drama about the pull between romantic love and a brother's loyalty. Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) dreams of being a star on the professional rodeo circuit, and even though he's learned from experience that Read More

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Actors: Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Billy Zane, David Ogden Stiers, Jean Stapleton

Synopsis: For this animated direct-to-video sequel to Disney's 1995 animated Pocahontas, Irene Bedard returns to the title role -- with Judy Kuhn once again providing Pocahontas' singing voice. The story starts in colonial Jamestown before Pocahontas travels to England to meet with the king in hopes of Read More

Black Cat Run

Actors: Patrick Muldoon, Peter Greene, Russell Means, Kevin J. O'Connor, Amelia Heinle

Synopsis: In this thriller, a young man finds himself accused of abducting his own girlfriend and holding her for ransom. Meanwhile, his lover is in grave danger from her murderous captor. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Wind River

Synopsis: In 1854 Utah, 13-year old Nick Wilson (Blake Heron), bored by life on the family farm with his widowed mother (Karen Allen), accepts an invitation to join a local Shoshone tribe. The Indians are anxious to have the boy among them because he fulfills the prescient dreams of one of the elders, Anuba Read More

The Song of Hiawatha

Actors: Michael Rooker, Litefoot, Irene Bedard, Graham Greene, Russell Means

Synopsis: This screen adaptation of the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the tale of Hiawatha (Litefoot), a Native American brave, and his great love for the beautiful Minehaha (Irene Bedard). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Touched By an Angel: Written in Dust

Synopsis: Still bitter over the fact that his Jewish grandfather Sam (Harold Gould) had opposed his marriage to a Catholic girl named Roseanne (Holly Fulger), archaeologist Henry Moskowitz (Corey Parker) stubbornly resists Sam's attempts at reconciliation. At the same time, Henry is at odds with a group of Read More

The Pathfinder

Actors: Kevin Dillon, Graham Greene, Laurie Holden, Jaimz Woolvett, Russell Means

Synopsis: Based on James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel, this adventure follows a mid-18th-century British scout through the wilderness on a mission to sneak into a French fortress. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Pocahontas

Actors: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, Judy Kuhn, Linda Hunt, Russell Means

Synopsis: History gets the Disney kiddie treatment and a politically correct interpretation in the studio's 33rd feature-length animated movie, the first to be based on actual events and people. Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) is the daughter of Algonquin chief Powhatan (Russell Means), who promises her in Read More

Natural Born Killers

Actors: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: A frenetic, bloody look at mass murder and the mass media, director Oliver Stone's extremely controversial film divided critics and audiences with its mixture of over-the-top violence and bitter cultural satire. At the center of the film, written by Stone and Quentin Tarantino, among others, are Read More

Windrunner

Actors: Russell Means, Jason Wiles, Margot Kidder

Synopsis: Margot Kidder and Russell Means star in this drama about a young man whose father is convicted of a serious crime and sent to prison. His family moves to be closer to where their father is incarcerated, but the teen quickly discovers that people look down on him because of his father's legal Read More

Wagons East!

Actors: John Candy, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Robert Picardo

Synopsis: Comedian John Candy, who died during the making of this poorly received comic western, plays James Harlow, a 19th century wagon master who is heading back east with a wagon train full of oddball characters who have had their fill of Western life. They include ex-doctor Phil Taylor (Richard Lewis) Read More

The Last of the Mohicans

Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Wes Studi

Synopsis: 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 Read More