Smoke Signals

1998
PG
1h 29m

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7.2/10

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Evan Adams, Adam Beach, and Irene Bedard in Smoke Signals (1998)

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Buddy Comedy Coming-of-Age Quirky Comedy Road Trip Comedy Drama

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.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.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.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

13K

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Awards
- 15 wins & 8 nominations total

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Trivia
The first movie to be written, directed, and co-produced by Native Americans.

Goofs
There is no way that one bus driver could have driven the same bus continuously from Idaho to Arizona. Federal law would prohibit it.

Quotes
Thomas Builds-the-Fire: How do we forgive our fathers? Maybe in a dream. Do we forgive our fathers for leaving us too often, or forever, when we were little? Maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage, or making us nervous because there never seemed to be any rage there at all? Do we forgive our fathers for marrying, or not marrying, our mothers? Or divorcing, or not divorcing, our mothers? And shall we forgive them for their excesses of warmth or coldness? Shall we forgive them for pushing, or leaning? For shutting doors or speaking through walls? For never speaking, or never being silent? Do we forgive our fathers in our age, or in theirs? Or in their deaths, saying it to them or not saying it. If we forgive our fathers, what is left?

Crazy credits
Any similarity to actual persons, living, dead, or indigenous, is purely coincidental.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Out of Sight/Smoke Signals/Doctor Dolittle/Picnic at Hanging Rock/Insomnia (1998)

Soundtracks
Her Song
Music and Lyrics by André L. Picard Jr.
Performed by André L. Picard Jr. and John Sirois

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Featured review

9/10

Overlooked masterpiece

This film did not get the attention it deserved. When I first heard about a film made by Native Americans, I was afraid it would be an exercise in political correctness. But the ethnicity of the characters took a back seat to the universal themes of friendship and learning to come to terms with one's past. This is one of the greatest "buddy movies" ever made. A couple of years after I saw it I drove through the American Southwest for the first time, and images of the film kept coming into my head. This is a film which really stays with you.