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DVD : The White DawnIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanasie Salamonie, Simonie Kopapik directed by: Philip Kaufman  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780792197904 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0792197909 Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 31, 2004 Running Time: 109 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: 1974 Sales Rank: 42464 Related Items: Editorial Review: Description: In THE WHITE DAWN, three sailors find their boat capsized while in the arctic hunting for polar bears and walruses. Rescued by Eskimo, the sailors are welcomed into the village and immediately notice that this world is much different from the society they’re used to. Daggett (Bottoms), the youngest of the group, adapts to his new style of living, while Billy (Oates) and Portigee (Gossett Jr.) have a much harder time. Without giving up hope of being rescued, they start to bring their own culture into the village, introducing the Eskimos to alcohol and gambling. The Eskimos at first tolerate this behavior, but soon after become angered. Amazon.com: This 1974 feature by Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff) is an equally fascinating and amusing piece of historical lore about three whalers (played by Timothy Bottoms, Warren Oates, and Lou Gossett) marooned on an ice cap in the Canadian Arctic. Rescued by a nomadic Inuit community, the trio gradually becomes a part of its rituals and rhythms, despite their occasional reluctance and exploitative impulses. Kaufman's grasp of the experience of wonder beyond one's usual horizons is as enthralling as his later The Wanderers or The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though the exotica of The White Dawn is craftily cut by the crusty, suspicious performance by Oates (whose character introduces his hosts to alcohol). Bottoms's boyish sentimentality brings some balance to the story, but in the end it's the fateful blending of wildly different cultures that seizes one's imagination. The great cinematography is by Michael Chapman (Taxi Driver). Henry Mancini's memorable score was re-orchestrated and used quite effectively in The Right Stuff. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Where's the ending?Having just viewed this film on DVD I have to say the acting, directing, on-location photography are all superb. No need to go into commenting of the storyline since other viewers have already done so. However, from the other reviews, and coupled with one of the special features on the DVD it's apparent something is wrong with the DVD or just my copy. My copy ends right after the young eskimo girl crawls into the snow, drunk and half-nude, then segues into the cast credits. ... Read More Rating:  - A film lost in timeThe White Dawn was a film both ahead of and behind its time. In the early 70s a film about the fatal culture clash between three stranded whalers (Warren Oates, Lou Gosset and Timothy Bottoms) and a tribe of Inuits at the turn of the 20th Century was too early for the eco-friendly green lobby and far too late for either the hippies or the slew of early pseudo-documentary adventures like Nanook of the North and Men of Two Worlds, although a fight with a polar bear did manage to infuriate animal rights ... Read More Rating:  - Fascinating Anthropological StudyThis film, based on James A. Houston's fine book, is a fascinating glimpse into the Inuit way of life. The Inuit (commonly known as the Eskimo) culture remained unchanged for thousands of years but,as with all Native American people, thier culture rapidly became threatned once Europeans arrived onto the continent. Enough has been said about the plot, so I will just tell you that there is tremendous value watching the Inuit using ancient skills developed for hunting, killing and building igloos that are ... Read More Rating:  - Oh what a jipAnd here I was hoping this was a sequel to RED DAWN. But nope here you get a movie about violence which doesnt show any! Luv Mom Rating: - Surprisingly goodThis story of three sailors marooned on the ice who were rescued and taken in by the Inuits reminded me of something I read in my cultural anthropology class in college, and was one reason I was interested in the movie. In the readings for the class I came across a statement that occasionally sailors on whaling ships in the 19th century would jump ship and go to live with the Eskimos, where, except for the rigors of arctic living, their new lives among the Inuit seemed far preferable to what they had left. ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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