Fierce People (film)

Infobox Film
name = Fierce People


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caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Griffin Dunne
producer =
writer = Dirk Wittenborn
narrator =
starring = Diane Lane
Anton Yelchin
Donald Sutherland
Chris Evans
Kristen Stewart
Paz de la Huerta
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Lions Gate Films
released = April 24, 2005 (Tribeca Film Festival)
runtime = 135 min.
country = USA
language = English
amg_id = 1:306113
imdb_id = 0401420
website = http://www.fiercepeoplemovie.com/

"Fierce People" is a 2005 American drama film based on a novel written by Dirk Wittenborn. It was directed by Griffin Dunne, and stars Anton Yelchin, Diane Lane, Chris Evans, Donald Sutherland and Kristen Stewart.

Plot

Trapped in his mother's Lower East Side apartment, sixteen-year-old Finn (Anton Yelchin) wants nothing more than to escape New York and spend the summer in South America studying the Iskanani Indians, or "Fierce People," with the anthropologist father he's never met. But Finn's dreams are shattered when he is arrested in a desperate effort to help his drug-dependent mother, Liz (Diane Lane), who scrapes by working as a masseuse. Determined to get their lives back on track, Liz moves the two of them into a guesthouse on the vast country estate of her ex-client, the aging aristocratic billionaire, Ogden C. Osbourne (Donald Sutherland). In Osbourne's close world of privilege and power, Finn and Liz encounter a tribe fiercer and more mysterious than anything they might find in the South American jungle: the super rich. While Liz battles her substance abuse and struggles to win back her son's love and trust, Finn falls in love with Osbourne's beautiful granddaughter, Maya (Kristen Stewart), befriends her charismatic older brother, Bryce (Chris Evans), and even wins the favor of Osbourne himself. But when a shocking act of rape shatters Finn's ascension within the Osbourne clan, the golden promises of this lush world quickly sour. And both Finn and Liz, caught in a harrowing struggle for their dignity, discover that membership always comes at a price.

Cast

*Anton Yelchin as Finn Earl
*Diane Lane as Liz Earl
*Donald Sutherland as Ogden C. Osborne
*Chris Evans as Bryce
*Kristen Stewart as Maya
*Paz de la Huerta as Jilly
*Blu Mankuma as Gates
*Elizabeth Perkins as Mrs. Langley
*Christopher Shyer as Dr. Leffler
* Gary Chalk as McCallum

Production

Portions of this film were shot on location in British Columbia, Canada at Hatley Castle [ [http://www.hatleypark.ca/about-us/hatley-castle.htm Hatley Castle] ] .

Reception

Having only received a limited release, this film grossed just $85,410 at the box office. [http://www.hollywood.com/movie/Fierce_People/1747663 Hollywood.com] , and received mixed reviews [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/movies/07fier.html Movie Review - "Fierce People" (2006): Surviving in That Rain Forest East of the Delaware River] "New York Times", September 7, 2007.] [ [http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/movie_review/fierce-people/168053/content Movie Review - "Fierce People" (2006)] "chicago.metromix.com."]

References

External links

* [http://www.fiercepeoplemovie.com/ Official Site]
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* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10004029-fierce_people/ Fierce People] at "Rottentomatoes".;Video links
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=fierce+people&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGIC_enIN272IN273&um=1&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title# "Fierce People" (2007) Excerpts]