The Dark Wind

Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Fred Ward, Gary Farmer, et al.

A Navajo policeman has dead drug smugglers and a mutilated corpse on his reservation. Directed by Errol Morris.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 012236146780
• Release Date: February 2011
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Lions Gate
• Directors: Errol Morris, Robert Redford
• Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Fred Ward, Gary Farmer, John Karlen, Lance Baker, Gary Basaraba, Arlene Bowman, Jane Loranger, James Koots, Neil Kayquoptewa
• Runtime: 1 hour, 49 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: ntsc
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

Hillerman's novel comes to life

"Enemies unseen... Fears unspoken...... A dark wind has entered his soul." Jim Chee, the local rookie cop, is guarding a windmill that is periodically being put out of business when he hears a plane crash. This leads to many mysteries, including a body with a message in its mouth. This takes place on the reservation, so we have an overlap of authority in the search for clues between the local authorities (Lou Diamond Phillips as Officer Jim Chee, Fred Ward as Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn) and the Feds. There are also overlapping rights between the Hopi and the Navajo. If you have read Tony Hillerman, then you will recognize your old friends. It is also nice to see the area where the story takes place, around the Navajo reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. Of course, being a different media there is some consolidation of characters and allowance for acting style, overwritten character descriptions. The movie is still fun to watch.