War Party (1988 film)

War Party
	War Party movie poster
Directed by	Franc Roddam
Produced by	John Daly; Derek Gibson; Bernard Williams
Written by	Spencer Eastman
Starring	Billy Wirth; Kevin Dillon
Music by	Chaz Jankel
Cinematography	Brian Tufano
Edited by	Sean Barton
Production; company	Hemdale Film Corporation
Distributed by	Hemdale Film Corporation
Release date	September 15, 1988
Running time	99 minutes
Language	English
Box office	$657,190[1]

War Party (released in the Philippines as Toy Soldiers Too) is a 1988 film directed by Franc Roddam and starring Billy Wirth and Kevin Dillon. Set in present-day Montana, it explores the tension and mistrust that can characterize interactions between Native Americans and White Americans.

Plot

A group of re-enactors attempt to stage a 100th-anniversary battle between US Cavalry and Blackfeet Indians. Racial hostilities and a real gun lead to some all too real casualties, and three young Blackfeet men are caught in the middle. The film follows their flight for freedom in the face of an angry community which has mistakenly blamed them for the violence.

Cast

Billy Wirth as Sonny Crowkiller
Kevin Dillon as Skitty Harris
Tim Sampson as Warren Cutfoot
Jimmie Ray Weeks as Jay Stivic
Kevyn Major Howard as Calvin Morrisey
Jerry Hardin as The Sheriff
Tantoo Cardinal as Sonny's Mother
Bill McKinney as The Mayor
Guy Boyd as Major Crawford, National Guard
R.D. Call as Posse Member #1
William Frankfather as The Governor
M. Emmet Walsh as Colin Ditweiler
Dennis Banks as Ben Crowkiller / Dead Crow Wolf
Saginaw Grant as Freddie Man Wolf
Rodney A. Grant as The Crow

Production

Filming largely took place on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. A few scenes were filmed in Glacier National Park, in the town of Cut Bank, Montana and in the town of Choteau, MT.

Release

The film was released in the United States on September 15, 1988. In the Philippines, the film was released as Toy Soldiers Too on July 3, 1992, connecting the film to the unrelated 1991 film Toy Soldiers.[2]

References

"War Party (1989)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
"Opens Today". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. July 3, 1992. p. 24. Retrieved June 9, 2020. A Film That Was Banned in Los Angeles to LA Riots.

External links

War Party at IMDb
War Party at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "War Party (1989)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-05.

[2] "Opens Today". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. July 3, 1992. p. 24. Retrieved June 9, 2020. A Film That Was Banned in Los Angeles to LA Riots.