Product Description

FISH HAWK A Young Boy Helps an Indian Regain His Self-Respect Will Sampson (One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Outlaw Josey Wales) is Fish Hawk, an Osage Indian whose self-respect is drowning in a sea of whiskey until he befriends young Corby Boggs (Charles Fields). Having lost his wife and son to smallpox many years ago, Fish Hawk gets by on odd jobs for which he’s usually paid with a jug, and Deut Boggs (Don Francks) hires him to hunt down a bear that’s killing his stock. Giving up whiskey after it costs him the dog that was his only companion, Fish Hawk spends the winter with the Boggses, but when a wild boar ravages the countryside it puts his friendship with Corby to the test. Blanche Hanalis, who developed the Emmy Award-winning series Little House on the Prairie for television, adapted this family drama, filmed in the beautiful Canadian wild, from Mitchell Jayne’s novel Old Fish Hawk. WILL SAMPSON * DON FRANCKS * CHARLES FIELDS * MARY PIRIE CHRIS WIGGINS and featuring GEOFFREY BOWES as Towsack Charlie Executive Producers EDGAR J. SCHERICK STANLEY CHASE and DANIEL H. BLATT Produced by JON SLAN Directed by DONALD SHEBIB Screenplay by BLANCHE HANALIS From the novel Old Fish Hawk by MITCHELL JAYNE Approximately 95 minutes Color

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62607 in DVD
• Brand: Gaiam
• Released on: 2006-07-11
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 94 minutes

Customer Reviews

Fish Hawk
As a Native American, I was very displeased with the sterotyped negative image presented by the character Fish Hawk. Once again, the portrayal of a Native American as "a drunken Indian" is set forth in the yet another film. The usual portrayal of Native Americans in film is that of being blood-thirsty, savage, or ignorant. Films also portray Native Americans as being noble savages, vanishing, or one-with-earth individuals. This film was no exception! Hawk Fish was raised by white people according to the narrative in the film yet at the film's end, he walks off into the setting sun fully dressed in his Indian regalia. The film was offensive.

Great Movie
I Liked this movie but it had to many stero types. Me as a Native Indian it really bugged me. There are some Native Indians who are drunks but not alot. I liked it but not the stero types.

Fish Hawk
A very good movie for the family. I recommend the video Fish Hawk very highly. MKT