Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2898 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-02-04
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 127 minutes

DVD Description
Inspired by the best-selling book by Dee Brown, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee tells the tragic and powerful story of the subjugation and cultural extermination of the American Indian. Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story culminates in the massacre at Wounded Knee. The story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman (Adam Beach, Flags of Our Fathers), a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull (August Schellenberg, The New World), the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.

Synopsis
Golden Globe nominated, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee follows in the footsteps of fellow high-quality HBO productions such as Deadwood. The action begins at Little Big Horn with the Sioux triumph over General Custer, and then continues by following three key figures from the battle.

Customer Reviews

Wounded Knee hardly get s a look in! Get the book instead!
I was hugely disappointed with this film. I've read the book many years ago and have recommended it to everyone I know. I've had to rebuy the book many times, as I've foolishly lent it out and never got it back. As for the movie, I cannot see the link with the book. It is also totally inaccurate. The movie starts with US cavalry attacking the camp site - they never made it that far at Big Horn, didn't even make it across the river. Eastman was never at it. He wasn't even Dawes right hand man. Sitting Bull never lashed his men. He also surrendered at Ft. Buford and not at Standing Rock. My biggest disappointment was that the Massacre of Wounded Knee was like an afterthought, as if the director finished filming and thought 'Ooops, we forgot Wounded Knee!' Nearly forgot to mention that the movie also gives you the impression that Sitting Bull died on the same day as the Wounded Knee Massacre. Sitting Bull was killed Dec 15 and the massacre occured 2 weeks later on the 29th.

Not my cup of tea!
I find myself in total agreement with the comments of C.D.McBride. I too have read and bought the Dee Brown book many times, told people about it, lent it out, then bought it again.
I did think, at last, something good to watch other than the usual fairy tale stories about this period of time in American history, but it was not so. Along with, and because of the gross misrepresentation of facts throughout the film, I have to say give this one a miss and save yourselves some money.
If you want simply a western with a host of Native American actors to add to your collection, go ahead and buy it, thats all it appears to be (and quite a bad one at that). Buy the book instead, you'll learn a lot more than buying the dvd.

If your native, don't waste your money on this - just for white folks only
Firstly as a filmmaker and secondly as a Oglala Lakota/Northern Cheyenne human being from Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge rez with a family background that goes way back, I watched 'Bury My Heart' today with some trepidation and really couldn't believe my ears and my eyes.
Why would HBO get a guy from Canada to direct this US plains film, I will never know. His attempt at understanding a native worldview illustrates his ignorance and lack of depth. Shame that just when we as native people need more of our stories seen in mainstream media we get stuff like this.
I would love to direct this myself. Watch out for my documentary 'Coloring the Media'
Bad directing, bad dialogue and waste of great talent by a terrible director. My advice stay on that side of the border when dealing with stories that you don't really understand - better still use a Native Director. C'mon HBO get to grips with the 21st century.
Mitakuye Oyasin!!!!