Smoke Signals

Release Date:

Jan 16, 1998

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Running Time:

1:28

Genre:

Comedy Drama

Director:

Chris Eyre

Cast:

Adam Beach	Victor Joseph
Evan Adams	Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Irene Bedard	Suzy Song
Gary Farmer	Arnold Joseph
Tantoo Cardinal	Arlene Joseph
Cody Lightning	Young Victor Joseph
Simon Baker	Young Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Michelle St. John	Velma
Robert Miano	Burt Cicero
Molly Cheek	Penny Cicero
Monique Mojica	Grandma Builds-the-Fire
Elaine Miles	Lucy
Michael Greyeyes	Junior Polatkin
Leonard George	Lester Fallsapart
John Trudell	Randy Peone
Darwin Haine	Boo
Tom Skerritt	Police Chief
Cynthia Geary	Cathy the Gymnast
Perrey Reeves	Holly

Producers:

Scott Rosenfelt , Larry Estes , David Skinner , Carl Bressler

Language:

English

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Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family. Uneasy rivals and friends, Thomas and Victor spend their days killing time on a Coeur d'Alene reservation in Idaho and arguing about their cultural identities. When Arnold dies, the duo set out on a cross-country journey to Phoenix to retrieve Arnold's ashes.

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