The Dark Wind
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| The Dark Wind | |
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| Directed by | Errol Morris |
| Produced by | Mario Kassar Patrick Markey |
| Written by | Eric Bergren Neal Jimenez |
| Starring | Lou Diamond Phillips Fred Ward John Karlen Gary Farmer |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Jost Vacano |
| Editing by | Freeman Davies Susan Crutcher |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema Carolco Pictures Le Studio Canal+ Seven Arts Columbia Pictures (1993) |
| Release date(s) | June 1, 1990 |
| Running time | 111 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65 million |
| Gross revenue | $261,299,840 |
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The Dark Wind is the second Tony Hillerman novel to feature Officer Jim Chee. The plot involves the (real life) land dispute between the Navajo and the Hopi, a plane crash, stolen cocaine, and windmill vandalism.
It was adapted into a feature film in 1991. It starred Lou Diamond Phillips as Chee, Fred Ward as Joe Leaphorn and Gary Farmer as Cowboy Dashee. It was directed by Errol Morris and produced by Robert Redford. Noted documentary filmmaker Errol Morris made his dramatic feature debut with this story about murder and other dirty dealings on an American Indian reservation. Recent college graduate Jim Chee (Lou Diamond Phillips) has just taken a job with the Navajo Reservation Police in Arizona, where he helps keep the peace with his superior Joe Leaphorn (Fred Ward) on land earmarked for joint use by Navajo and Hopi tribes. Cowboy Dashee (Gary Farmer), a sheriff from the Hopi law enforcement group, discovers a decaying and unidentified body in the desert, an event he thinks may be linked to a recent robbery at the reservation's trading post. The shop's Hopi manager, Jake West (John Karlen), is convinced that Joe Musket, a Navajo drug dealer and ne'er-do-well, is responsible, and as Chee and Leaphorn investigate the murder, the robbery, and a mysterious plane crash, they find themselves drawn into a web of corruption, prejudice, and deceit. Dark Wind was based on a novel by noted crime author Tony Hillerman.
[edit] MPAA Rating
The Dark Wind is Rated R for language.
