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Into the West

Name: Into the West
Released: 2005

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2005-2005
1 Season
Paramount Home Entertainment
Action & Adventure, Drama
TV-14

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An epic tale of two figures during the American colonization of the west, one white and the other Native American. Jacob Wheeler leaves his dull life behind to strike out west, while Loved By the Buffalo faces his destiny to try to fight a prophecy that his people will be wiped out by the settlers. Jacob marries Loved By the Buffalo's sister Thunder Heart Woman, uniting the two families while around them relations between the two races crumble.

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Cast & Crew See All

Joseph M. Marshall

Old Indian

Irene Bedard

Margaret Light Shines Wheeler

Gil Birmingham

Older Dog Star

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Wheel to the Stars

Fri, Jun 10, 200591 mins

Wheel to the Stars.

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Awards

2006 - Golden Globe - Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - nominated
2006 - FAITA Award - Outstanding Actor Performance in a TV Movie/Special (Lead) - winner
2006 - Vision Award - Best Dramatic Performance - winner
2006 - Vision Award - Best Drama - nominated

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Wed, Sep 28, 2011

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Question: Rumors of Speedy on ER, rumors of Speedy on Alias — it's enough to drive the girls of FanForum crazy! What's the real scoop?Answer: The real scoop is I have no clue if Speedman was ever up for the new agent role on Alias, but it's a moot point anyway: The role ended up going to Balthazar Getty (Into the West, Traffic).

Wed, Aug 17, 2005

Dispatches from Into the West

Some Native American extras from TNT's hit 12-hour miniseries — airing Fridays at 8 pm/ET — recently alleged in a television trade publication that they were underpaid and overworked in frigid weather during the show's arduous four-month shoot in New Mexico last year. Executives at TNT and DreamWorks refused to elaborate on the allegations, saying the Steven Spielberg production — which included 15,000 extras (many of whom were Native American) and a half-mile wagon train — "treated everyone with care." And that "we take these specific complaints seriously and will look into them immediately." Irene Bedard, who plays Margaret Light Shines Wheeler, the daughter of a Lakota and a settler, confirms that weather on location was awful. "Snow and mud and wind... we were all cold," she says, adding that the low temperatures were harder on the Native American actors, who were wearing skimpier costumes, than on the white actors in settler

Fri, Jul 8, 2005