Neo-Western mystery Thunderheart received an upgrade to 4K UHD earlier this year following a restoration that was approved by cinematographer Roger Deakins. The story was inspired by events that took place on several Native American reservations during the 1970s.

Synopsis

Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard and Graham Greene star in this powerful murder mystery. Kilmer stars as Ray Levoi, a hotshot FBI agent who’s thrust into a strange new world when he is sent to solve a murder on an Indian reservation. Hand-picked because of his part-Sioux ancestry, Levoi is teamed with a legendary older agent (Shepard) to capture a radical Native American protester. But once on the reservation, Levoi encounters the irreverent local sheriff (Greene), and the tribe’s religious leader (Chief Ted Thin Elk), who knows secrets about Levoi’s own lost heritage. And as Levoi’s awareness of the native culture grows, so does his belief that the U.S. government has framed an innocent man.

Special Features

• Commentary with Screenwriter John Fusco
• Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew
• Theatrical Trailer

DIRECTOR: Michael Apted
SCREENWRITER: John Fusco
CAST: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, and Fred Ward, Fred Dalton Thompson, introducing Sheila Tousey, Chief Ted Thin Elk, John Trudell, Julius Drum

TriStar Pictures released Thunderheart in theaters on April 3, 1992.

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