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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396198166
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: January 01, 2008
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 16109
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: August 24, 2007
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Academy Award® winner Jon Voight Terence Stamp and Trent Ford star in this film based on the true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre the brutal murder of 120 men women and children on September 11 1857 as their wagon train passed through Utah on its way to California. The question of whether the attack was carried out by local Paiute Indians or by a renegade sect of the Mormon church remains unresolved to this day.Set against the breathtaking beauty of the Utah mountains September Dawn explores what might have happened when the ill-fated settlers stopped near Cedar City to rest before completing the last leg of their journey. Local Mormon Bishop Jacob Samuelson (Voight) is suspicious of the group so he dispatches his oldest son Jonathan (Ford) to spy on them. Jonathan soon falls in love with an angelic member of the wagon train the minister s daughter Emily (Tamara Hope) and is horrified when he discovers that his father thinks the settlers are enemies of the church and is planning an attack on them.While Jonathan makes plans to escape with Emily his father sets in motion a chain of events fueled by revenge and fanaticism which culminates in a violent and tragic ambush.System Requirements:Run Time: 111 Mins.Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: DRAMA/LOVE & ROMANCE Rating: R UPC: 043396198166 Manufacturer No: 19816
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September Dawn is an unusual hybrid: a love story, a Western, a historical drama, and a statement against religious intolerance. The fit between the four parts is uneasy at best. Christopher Cain (Young Guns) begins in 1877 as Utah governor Brigham Young (Terence Stamp, making no effort to disguise his British accent) presents his side of the story. (The director's son, Dean Cain, cameos as Joseph Smith.) The narrative then returns to 20 years before: A Missouri wagon party seeks permission from Bishop Jacob (Jon Voight) to rest on his land for a fortnight before continuing to California. Jacob gives his consent, but comes to regret his hospitality; after all, the state of Missouri forced his people to flee in order to practice their religion in peace. Then his son, Jonathan (Trent Ford), falls for the 'gentile' Emily (Tamara Hope). Jacob becomes convinced the travelers will corrupt his entire community if he doesn't take action, so he negotiates with the Paiute tribe to execute the lot of them, leading to the Mountain Meadows Massacre of September 11th, 1857. On that date, as many as 140 settlers were killed, some by Native Americans, some by Mormons. Though the movie may have been made to 'set the record straight,' it seems more likely to offend modern-day members than to provide catharsis for descendents of the victims. Suffice to say, September Dawn was not produced with the support of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - The PAST as judged by the PRESENT
The film takes the anti-Mormon historical accounts of the event as fact. Again, modern Americans use a cinematic event to judge and condemn people of former times with current attitudes. This gives modern Americans the opportunity to feel righteous indignation against other people. YES the event did happen. Did Brigham Young order it or did John D. Lee commit the massacre on his own? Since we can only read what is written by observers of the times we will never know. This will not stop modern bigots ... Read More
Rating:  - A movie of hate, to condemn hate--how ironic!
I think this could have been an important and powerful story to tell. But like any movie "based on real events", there is an obligation to at least get the general facts right. Sadly, that opportunity was not only missed, but it seems clear, intentionally distorted by the producer who stated in interviews that his film was to show his disdain for relgion and his belief that all relgion leads to fanatical acts of violence. It was his ode to moral relativism between Muslim fanatics and Christian fanatics. ... Read More
Rating:  - With the proper respect due to any organized religion that
is tax exempt. If it is a true event, it really speaks volumes about the intellegence of the people and I've read that the human race gets dumber every generation. Boy are we in trouble!
Rating: - Greatly One Sided
It always amazes me how so called Historians and Writers, take a one sided view of History and write their movies and books to express their view points. In this movie it is very clear the writer and director are very anti Mormon and thus want to portray all Mormons in a negative light. Yes they say they did their research, but to what extent. What was it they were really looking for. Mormons have acknowledged the fact that Mountain Meadows happened and was a tragedy. However it was a group of misguided ... Read More
Rating:  - DYNAMITE! An indictment against organised religion at it's WORST!
I've been studying this incident for meny years, and having just seen SEPTEMBER DAWN, it rekindled my dislike and mistrust for organized religion, especially these loonies! The LDS church has NEVER come close to admitting even knowledge of the incident, much less full-blown blame for it. Brigham Young not only knew about it; he ORDERED it, just as portrayed in the film. I'm sure the Mormons are telling their members to buy all the copies they can and burn them (it should really help sales figures), but it's ... Read More
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