American Mystery! Special: Skinwalkers

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Adapted from Tony Hillerman's best-selling novel by James Redford (stepson of Robert Redford), Skinwalkers was the vanguard of the proposed PBS anthology American Mystery. Returning to the Navajo reservation of his birth after many years, police detective Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) investigates a series of bizarre murders. Though Leaphorn has no doubt that the killer is a human being, his young FBI-trained partner, Jim Chee (Adam Beach), has an entirely different theory. A medicine man-in-training, Chee believes that the murders have been committed by a mystical figure called the Skinwalker, who according to Navajo legend is an amalgam of all murdered Native Americans. Symbolic clues left at the scene of each murder -- some written in paint, some in blood -- confirm Chee's conclusion that the shapeshifting Skinwalker is seeking revenge on the modern-day despoilers of the Navajo's sacred land. Skinwalkers was filmed on location in Utah and Arizona by Native American director Chris Eyre, of Smoke Signals fame. ~ Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Screen: Color
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Features:
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  • The Making of Skinwalkers: Including interviews with Robert Redford and Tony Hillerman

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Adam Beach - Jim Chee
       Wes Studi - Lt. Joe Leaphorn
       Saginaw Grant - Wilson Sam
       Gerald Vandever - Officer Gorman
       Alex Rice - Janet Pete
       Nicholas Bartolo - Tommy Nakai
       Noah Watts - Ruben Maze
       Michael Greyeyes - Dr. Stone
       Sheila Tousey - Emma Leaphorn
       Concho Roman - Capt. Butler
       Jon Proudstar - Davis Nakai
       Crystal Van Keuren - Nurse
       Misty Upham - Nina
       Geraldine Keams - Gina
       Frank Soto - Dugay
       Drew Lacapa - Bobby
       Marla Finn - German Wife
       Ryan Polequaptewa - Doug
       Chesley Wilson - Lonnie Mack
       Terey Summers - Gloria
       John M. Janezic - Maurice
       Lisa Montour - Wanda

• Director:

  Chris Eyre

• Producer:

  Craig McNeil

• Teleplay By:

  James Redford

• Book Author:

  Tony Hillerman

• Cinematographer:

  Roy H. Wagner

• Editor:

  Cindy Moll

• Production Designer:

  Richard Toyon

• Executive Producer:

  Michael Nozik, Robert Redford, Rebecca Eaton, Jo Willett