Taglines: Where land is power and revenge is obsession.
The North Star movie storyline. Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800’s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every mining claim that becomes available, usually after the deaths of the previous owners at the hands of McLennon’s ‘assistants’.
One of the miners targeted by McLennon, a half-Indian hunter named Hudson Saanteek, manages to escape his hired thugs and comes back into town looking to re-establish his claim and get revenge. McLennon and his men have the advantange of numbers and weapons, but Saanteek has his survival skills and knowledge of the Alaskan wilderness.
The North Star is a 1996 action-Western film starring James Caan, Christopher Lambert, Catherine McCormack, Burt Young, Jacques Francois, Mary M. Walker, Renny Hoalona Loren, Frank Salsedo and Reidar Sørensen. Directed by Nils Gaup, it was written by Sergio Donati and loosely based on Henry Wilson Allen’s 1956 Western novel The North Star. Lambert executive produced the film.
The North Star (1996)
Directed by: Nils Gaup
Starring: James Caan, Christopher Lambert, Catherine McCormack, Burt Young, Jacques Francois, Mary M. Walker, Renny Hoalona Loren, Frank Salsedo, Reidar Sørensen
Screenplay by: Sergio Donati, Lorenzo Donati, Paul Ohl
Production Design by: Ben Morahan
Cinematography by: Bruno de Keyzer
Film Editing by: Michael A. Hoey, Kant Pan
Costume Design by: Mimi Lempicka
Set Decoration by: Bo B. Randulff
Art Direction by: Billy Johansson
Music by: Bruce Rowland, John Scott
MPAAA Rating: R for some violence and language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: October 20, 1996
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