Director: | Kevin Costner |
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Production: | Territory Pictures (Kaplan Howard), Kevin Costner, Mark Gillard, Howard Kaplan, Robert J. Scannell, Danny Peykoff, Marc DeBevoise, Armyan Bernstein, Rod Lake, Charlie Lyons |
Running Time: | 181’ |
Language: | English |
Country: | USA |
Main Cast: | Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Giovanni Ribisi, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Abby Lee, Will Patton, Ella Hunt |
Screenplay: | Jon Baird, Kevin Costner |
Cinematographer: | J. Michael Muro |
Editor: | Miklos Wright, Mark Sawa |
Production Designer: | Derek R. Hill |
Costume Designer: | Lisa Lovaas |
Music: | John Debney |
Sound: | Bradley North, Chris Carpenter, Joe DeAngelis |
Visual Effects: | Jason Neese, Jamie Neese, Armen Fetulagian |
Horizon: an American saga - Chapter 1
synopsis
Horizon: An American Saga chronicles the birth, death and rebirth of a river settlement in nineteenth century New Mexico Territory. Through the entwined and often clashing perspectives of settlers and soldiers, rail magnates and cattle traders, Indigenous Americans and Chinese migrant workers, the film tells a unique, unflinching, ground-level story of a young nation’s struggles, its promise, and its foundational sins.
director's statement
Horizon: An American Saga is a story that I started developing the idea for in 1988, and began pursuing its production in 2003, after I filmed Open Range. In the two decades since, John Baird and I grew Horizon into a four-film saga. At the heart of the saga is the story of the great migration across America. The struggles, determination and perseverance of those first settlers into that promise of hope and the opportunity for a new future.