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Synopsis: Academy Award winner Jon Voight, Terence Stamp and Trent Ford star in this film based on the true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre - the brutal murder of 120 men, women and children on September 11, 1857 as their wagon train passed through Utah on its way to California. The question of whether the attack was carried out by local Paiute Indians or by a renegade sect of the Mormon church remains unresolved to this day.
Starring: Terence Stamp, Trent Ford
Supporting actors: Krisinda Cain, Shaun Johnston, Franklin E. Levinson, Jon Gries, Lolita Davidovich, Jon Voight, Taylor Handley, Daniel Libman, Tamara Hope, Barbara Gates Wilson, Huntley Ritter, Dean Cain, Ron Webber, David Trimble, Gary Lauder, Peter Skagen, Chad Nobert, Geoff Erwin, Marty Antonini, Tracey Woolsey
Directed by: Christopher Cain
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western, History
Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
Release year: 2007
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence.
ASIN: B0011MV78U
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  • US Theatrical Release Date: August 24, 2007
  • MPAA: Rated R for violence.
  • Production Company: September Dawn, Voice Pictures
  • USA Box Office: $ 1 Million
  • Filming Locations: Augustina Farms, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | CL Ranch - 45001 Township Road, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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24 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best; not the worst, January 9, 2008
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This review is from: September Dawn (DVD)
Surprised to see this film currently has a rating of 4.5 stars. I guess Mormon advocates haven't realized this item is up and open for comments. Glad I can get mine in before the comment wars begin. I liked the movie overall. As a professor of religion I know the story accords with historical facts of the Mountain Meadows massacre as well as we know them. It truly does show how human beings can do the most atrocious things to one another if they believe they receive the blessing of God in doing so. I would only wish they ask some basic epistemological questions about the justification of their claim to knowledge that it is God they are truly hearing. The film mentions possible motives like the belief the federal government was about to start a war against the Mormons and payback for the murder of Joseph Smith in Missouri. One explanation for the massacre the film does not address but needs to be explored is using religious justification for plain old greed. There was a lot of wealth, cattle and horses with that wagon train. The Paiutes didn't get it. Who did? The film nicely points out how John Lee is the only Mormon forced to suffer penalty for the event. As for the film itself, it is beautifully filmed. I thought the Davidovich character was shallow, and her death is left unexplained. The real clinker in the film, though, and the reason I reduce its rating to a three star, is the clumsily melodramatic love affair between the son of the Mormon Bishop and the daughter of the wagon train's minister. As part of that story you have the son being imprisoned by the Bishop by being chained at the ankle in a barn. The chain, though, is around his boot. Why doesn't the kid just remove his foot from the boot? That's the kind of silliness that creeps in when you import melodrama into this tragic story. My greatest concern: The Mormons (with the exception of the lovestruck son of the Bishop) were uniformly caricatured as the embodiment of hate, while those on the wagon train were uniformly portrayed as the embodiment of sweetness and light. That's too simple-minded an approach. There are other comments to be made, but I don't want to turn this into a lecture on religion. Good film, but not great by any stretch.
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41 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Pre-mortem comment, December 6, 2007
This review is from: September Dawn (DVD)
Been waiting for this DVD to come out since first seeing it in the theatres- and having since read several histories about the historical event. There already have been numerous website slugfests about just how accurate the movie is, with most of the debate just re-emphasizing how, 150 years later, the Mormon community still struggles to reconcile this documented part of their church history.
But before the DVD is even released, and before the anticipated subsequent storm of prejudiced-laced customer "reviews" ( and it doesn't even matter which side they are for), let me just say that the "editorial review" summary ought to at least introduce the topic fairly. For one, it is hardly an issue of uncertainty whether or not Mormons participated in the massacre- indeed, the valid histories (even the source work by Juanita Brooks, herself a devout Mormon)all confirm that Mormons did most of the killing, and even eventually owned-up to that, but only after years of trying to pawn it off on the Paiute Indians. I've seen the movie and read the histories, and the only aspect of the movie which is somewhat "over-the-top" is its clear portrayal of Brigham Young as a main architect of the massacre; the available histories at least conclude that there is some doubt as to his actual role. Whether viewers of the movie liked the love story subplot or not isn't really what this movie is about, after all....it's just a cinematic technique used to make the history more personal (much like Cameron did with "Titanic", and Kate Winslett and Leonard DiCaprio).
But having said that, I'm sure the DVD release of this movie will again spark all the prejudicial comments about Mormons, etc.....but none of that changes the facts, and the movie does a fair job with that. But don't believe me- don't believe ANY reviewer: read the published histories, then you decide.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, September 7, 2009
This review is from: September Dawn (DVD)
Great movie. Though now that I live in Salt Lake City - it took me a while before I heard of it. I hope that it is getting more press/exposure outside of Utah. Important movie that should be seen.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A mass crime and the uniquely American religion could have used a better film
The actors did a nice job. I can't imagine anyone else playing zealot quite like Voight. Ladies and gentlemen, that's how you play crazy with conviction and, dare I say, heart... Read more
Published 17 hours ago by Reticuli

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
The Mormons, The Masons, The Illuminatii, The Catholics, The Muslims, etc. Everybody has skeletons in their closet. Read more
Published 8 days ago by J. Delbert Brooks

1.0 out of 5 stars A tale without a basis in truth, just to attack Mormonism. . .
September Dawn

Christopher Cain made a movie, but he failed to tell the whole truth in about every aspect. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Robert Burns Wadley

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative drama. Great depiction of an historical event. So sad the tragedy. Frightening to know this evil deed occurred.
The events portrayed were reminders that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. People seeking truth in religion fail to recognize that truth is in your own heart... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jean

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good movie
My husband and I knew what this movie was about before we watched it, but I must say that we still weren't prepared for the deeply disturbing ending. Read more
Published 2 months ago by P. Ross

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie
This movie was a history lesson for me, as I do not remember ever hearing about this in school. It is a jawdropping sort of movie and you wonder how this could have possibly... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Connie Lineberry

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Historical Perspective
This film offered an interesting, fact-based perspective on the westward expansion, as well as the inherent secretiveness of the Mormon cult. Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. James

4.0 out of 5 stars Movie review
DVD came if find shape.

Movie was very violent, but unfortunately mostly true. Morman church still makes excuses and cover ups for their brutality today.
Published 3 months ago by Linda High

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm speechless too
Just watched it. Have read the histories, as suggested at the blogs, to be fair. Then came here to see the dutiful, indignant comments of the Faithful, like driving slowly past a... Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. T. Larcade

5.0 out of 5 stars Left Me Speechless.
This is a difficult movie to watch. It's a frightening, gut-wrenching film of how Brigham Young ordered the slaughter of a wagon train filled with 140 innocent Christian men,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Calamity Jane

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