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Title: Excellent Use of Language
Review: While this film is fiction an is more of a drama set in the 1880's than a classic western as such, Ron Howard is to be commended on his use of the Chiricahua Apache language to give realism to the film. Howard (the director) employed the late Berle Kanseah and also Elbys Hugar (great-granddaughter of Cochise), both from the Mescalero Apache reservation in New Mexico, to teach the Native American actors (as well as Tommy Lee Jones)their lines in the Chiricahua language. This gave realism to the film and is the first time actors who portray Chiricahua Apaches have spoken the language ("Geronimo:an American Legend" used Western Apache language, which is quite different). Also, the movie was filmed in New Mexico and the scenery is superb.
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