Canyon cop
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Canyon cop |
| Original title | The Dark Wind |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language |
English , Navajo , Hopi |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Errol Morris |
| script |
Neal Jimenez , Eric Bergren , Mark Horowitz |
| music | Michel Colombier |
| camera | Stefan Czapsky |
| cut | Freeman Davies |
| occupation | |
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Canyon Cop is a 1991 American thriller directed by Errol Morris .
action
The young police officer Jim Chee is transferred to a reservation inhabited by Navajo and Hopi Indians. There he is faced with several mysterious cases. A man's mutilated corpse is found in the desert, a trading post is robbed, and a plane with two drug lords on board crashes. Chee, himself a Navajo, determines the connections and has to deal with the prejudices and various interests of his cop colleagues, the FBI, the divided Indian tribes and their superstitions. However, he manages to uncover the background to the crimes.
Reviews
"The calm camera work and the Indian dialogues in the original language take up the Indian point of view, while the story remains committed to the classic police film."
background
- Canyon Cop is the faithful film adaptation of the novel The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman .
- Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris made his feature film debut. Canyon Cop was produced by Robert Redford .
- The German premiere of the film was on June 20, 1994.
Web links
- Canyon Cop in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Canyon Cop. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 3, 2017 .