The only person to win the Oscar for Best Actor three times for My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and Lincoln, the great Daniel Day-Lewis didn’t win a single role in The Last of the Mohicans. Worse: he didn’t even give a name! Far from saying that she should win a statue for each of her roles, it’s still a bit of a “scandal” because she’s incredible in the Michael Mann film that Arte is presenting tonight.
It was released in cinemas in 1992. Last of the Mohicans Immerse the viewer in 1757 New York State, while a war rages between the French and the English for the appropriation of Indian territories. A young English officer is tasked with bringing two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro, to their father. They are rescued from an ambush by Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), a frontiersman of European descent, Mohican Chingachgook and his son Uncas. Three men agree to take two girls to their destination.
Adapted from James Fenimore Cooper’s novel published in 1826. Last of the Mohicans is a fantasy adventure film centered on the struggle for freedom. A film as breathtaking as it is moving, with its lavish settings, superb staging Michael Mann (Heat) and the magical music of Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman will leave an impression on you. But The Last of the Mohicans is above all a film in which Daniel Day-Lewis Offers exceptional performance with great precision.
Stepping into Nathaniel Hawke’s shoes Daniel Day LewisTrue to his reputation as an extreme comedian, he spent several weeks alone living as a hermit in nature in Alabama. “If he didn’t hunt what he ate, he wouldn’t eat it.”Michael Mann will say. The British also learned to use the tomahawk, track animals, build a canoe and use his famous rifle.
Fans of adventure movies? Big movie fans? Fans of actors with XXL dimensions? Get your Arte quick tonight!
Tonight on Arte at 9 o’clock.
Trailer for Michael Mann’s new movie “Ferrari” on Amazon Prime Video March 8:
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