Buffalo Soldiers

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Frank Military and Susan Rhinehart scripted this western, a look back at the post-Civil War Black cavalry troops known as the Buffalo Soldiers, the fierce fighting unit previously covered in a PBS four-parter (1970) and an NBC pilot (1979). In the New Mexico Territory, ex-slave Sgt. Wyatt (Danny Glover) and the Buffalo soldiers arrest Captain Draper (Robert Knott) and other Texas Rangers, but politics mean the Rangers are quietly freed later. Back at Fort Craig, Wyatt reports to anti-black General Pike (Tom Bower) and Col. Grierson (Bob Gunton), a white responsible for assembling and supporting the black regiment. A search is underway for Indian chief Victorio (Harrison Lowe). Indian prophet Nana (Chesley Wilson) is tortured in an effort to get him to reveal Victorio's whereabouts. Determining that Victorio is at Rattlesnake Springs, the Buffalo Soldiers head in that direction for a confrontation. Filmed in the desert of Arizona's Cochise County, Buffalo Soldiers premiered December 7, 1997 on TNT. ~ Bhob Stewart, 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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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Danny Glover - Sgt. Wyatt
       Bob Gunton - Col. Grierson
       Carl Lumbly
       Tom Bower - General Pike
       Gabriel Casseus
       Glynn Turman
       Mykelti Williamson
       Robert Knott - Captain Draper
       Timothy Busfield
       Clifton Powell
       Matt Ross
       David Jean Thomas
       Keith Jefferson
       Mike Warren
       Lamont Bentley
       Chesley Wilson - Nana
       Jeri Brunoe - Samson
       Dutch Lunak
       Harrisson Lowe - Victorio
       Chris Gatewood
       Mark Bustamante
       Barrie Tompkins
       Matthew Wilson
       Tony Brubaker

• Director:

  Charles Haid

• Producer:

  Gordon Wolf

• Screen Story:

  Frank Military

• Screenwriter:

  Frank Military

• Screen Story:

  Jonathan Klein

• Screenwriter:

  Susan Rhinehart

• Cinematographer:

  William Wages

• Composer (Music Score):

  Joel McNeely

• Editor:

  Andrew Doerfer

• Production Designer:

  Michael Baugh

• Co-producer:

  Carolyn McDonald

• Executive Producer:

  Danny Glover, Pen Densham, Richard Barton Lewis, David R. Ginsburg, John Watson, Ilene Kahn

• Costume Designer:

  Michael T. Boyd

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Tim Cooney

• Casting:

  Reuben Cannon, Eddie Dunlop