A respected army general (Christian Bale) in the post Civil War years is tasked with escorting a Native American chief across hostile territory. Scott Cooper wrote and directed this /western drama.
“1892, New Mexico – legendary Army captain Joseph J. Blocker (Christian Bale) undertakes one final mission before retirement: escort Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) – a dying Cheyenne war chief – and his family back to sacred tribal lands. After 20 years of violent struggle, this gesture of peace is as unthinkable as it is harrowing. Together they battle against a punishing landscape and the brutality of men alike, coming to the rescue of a young widow (Rosamund Pike) amidst the carnage of her murdered family. Two great warriors, once rivals across the battlefield, must learn to trust each other and find peace in an unforgiving land.A heroic odyssey of survival, HOSTILES becomes a story not about the miles traveled nor the battles fought, but the journey towards respect, reconciliation and forgiveness.”The cast includes Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Jesse Plemons, Wes Studi, Pilou Asbaek, Ben Foster, Stephen Lang, Paul Anderson, Scott Wilson, Rory Cochrane, Timothée Chalamet, Q’orianka Kilcher, Peter Mullan, Adam Beach, Robyn Malcolm, David Midthunder, Bill Camp, and Jonathan Majors.
The film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017.
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Hostiles is a 2017 period war drama film directed by Scott Cooper, produced by John Lesher and written by Scott Cooper, based on an original story by Donald E. Stewart, academy award-winning screenwriter of the 1982 film Missing. It stars Christian Bale,Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Ben Foster,Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, and Q'orianka Kilcher. The film takes place in 1892, and follows an English army captain who escorts a dying war chief from the Cheyenne clan as well as his family back to his tribal lands.