''Geronimo'' is a 1993 American historical
Western
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television film directed by
Roger Young and starring
Joseph Runningfox
Joseph Runningfox (born 1955 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) is a Pueblo actor.
He was featured in '' Ravenous'' as George (credited as Joseph Running Fox) and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Runningfox played Geronimo in a 1993 television mov ...
in the title role. It also stars
Jimmy Herman
Jimmy Herman (October 25, 1940 - September 13, 2013) was an Indigenous Canadian actor who appeared in several films, including ''Dances with Wolves''.
Biography
He was born on the Cold Lake Reserve in Alberta, Canada. His descents were Chip ...
and Adan Sanchez, and was distributed by
TNT
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on December 5, 1993.
Plot
The film is a fictionalized account of the
Apache leader
Geronimo.
Cast
*
Joseph Runningfox
Joseph Runningfox (born 1955 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) is a Pueblo actor.
He was featured in '' Ravenous'' as George (credited as Joseph Running Fox) and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Runningfox played Geronimo in a 1993 television mov ...
as
Geronimo
*
Nick Ramus
Nickolas George Ramus, also known and credited as Nick Ramus, (September 9, 1929 – May 30, 2007) was a Blackfoot Native American actor, best known for his appearances on television.
Early life
Ramus was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew u ...
as Mangas
*
Michael Greyeyes
Michael Greyeyes (born June 4, 1967) (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) is an Indigenous Canadian actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator.
In 1996, Greyeyes portrayed Crazy Horse in the television film ''Crazy Horse''. In 2018, Greyeyes port ...
as Juh
* Tailinh Agoyo as Alope (as Tailinh Forest Flower)
*
Jimmy Herman
Jimmy Herman (October 25, 1940 - September 13, 2013) was an Indigenous Canadian actor who appeared in several films, including ''Dances with Wolves''.
Biography
He was born on the Cold Lake Reserve in Alberta, Canada. His descents were Chip ...
as Old Geronimo
*
August Schellenberg
August Werner Schellenberg (July 25, 1936 – August 15, 2013) was a Canadian actor. He played Randolph in the first three installments of the ''Free Willy'' film series (1993–1997) as well as characters in ''Black Robe'' (1991), '' The New Wor ...
as
Cochise
Cochise (; Apache: ''Shi-ka-She'' or ''A-da-tli-chi'', lit.: ''having the quality or strength of an oak''; later ''K'uu-ch'ish'' or ''Cheis'', lit. ''oak''; June 8, 1874) was leader of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen and principa ...
* Michelle St. John
*
Eddie Spears
Edward Spears (born November 29, 1982) is an American actor. He is a member of the Kul Wicasa Oyate Lakota (often called "Sioux") Lower Brulé Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Early life
Spears was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota on the Lower Br ...
as Ishkiye
*
Nick Young as Purlington
*
Cody Lightning as Young Daklugie
* Ray Geer as
Teddy Roosevelt
* Annie Olson as Mrs. Roosevelt
Production
It was shot in
Tucson, Arizona
, "(at the) base of the black ill
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Reception
''Geronimo'' debuted on television five days before the theatrical release of ''
Geronimo: An American Legend''.
Walter Hill, director of the theatrical film, blamed the poor reception of his film on the screening of the TV movie. Hill said, "I don't think there are a hell of a lot of movies where you can take basically the same story, show it to 50 million people and bring yours out a week later and think that you're going to do great. What can you say, `My Geronimo has better locations?' "
References
External links
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1993 television films
1993 films
1993 Western (genre) films
Cultural depictions of Geronimo
Cultural depictions of Theodore Roosevelt
Films about Native Americans
Apache Wars films
Films set in the 1880s
TNT Network original films
American Western (genre) television films
1990s English-language films
Films directed by Roger Young
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