Smoke Signals (1/12) Movie CLIP - The Oral Tradition (1998) HD
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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Thomas (Evan Adams) secures a ride for Victor (Adam Beach) and himself after he regales a couple of women with his storytelling abilities.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
This dramatic feature was written, directed, and co-produced by Native Americans. Native American writer Sherman Alexie scripted this adaptation of his 1993 short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Director Chris Eyre's previous short Someone Kept Saying Powwow is incorporated into the 88-minute feature. Developed at the Sundance Lab in 1995, the film was a winner of both the Audience Award and the Filmmakers' Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. In 1976, an infant survives a fire that kills his parents. In a flash forward to the present day, the infant has grown up to become the skinny, nerdy adult Thomas (Evan Adams). At Idaho's desolate Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation, the overeager youth is mostly ignored by others, including stoic athletic Victor Joseph (Adam Beach), even though it was Victor's father, alcoholic Arnold Joseph (Gary Farmer), who saved the infant Thomas' life in the fire. A drunken Arnold later abandoned his family, and Victor hasn't seen his father in a decade. When Victor learns of Arnold's death in Phoenix, Thomas offers to pay for the trip to Phoenix if he can accompany Victor. They make an odd couple since Victor is embarrassed by Thomas' geekiness. In Phoenix, they find that Arnold lived in a small trailer in the desert, and they meet Arnold's friend Suzy Song (Irene Bedard), who provides disturbing truths about Arnold that impact on Victor.
CREDITS:
TM & © Miramax Films (1998)
Cast: Adam Beach
Director: Chris Eyre
Producers: Sherman Alexie, Roger Baerwolf, Carl Bressler, Larry Estes, Chris Eyre, Brent Morris, Scott M. Rosenfelt, David Skinner, Randy Suhr
Screenwriter: Sherman Alexie
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"Because all the hippies were tryin' to be Indians, anyway" xD
Rachel Desai didn't like that story. Who were hippies try a be? Wish I was there back in the hippie erria
i have to say... in 1973.. the Paiutes came to our commune in Oregon... taught us the traditional Sweatlodge... and the Peyote ceremony in one of our tipi's ... Why.... because we were whites already living in nature... they knew we were connected, ... family... and it is still that way today... only a half century later...
It is so true; just ask my dad :)
Yes 😂
@@karlabellanger8914 The hippies were all about peace and being one with nature. They smoked mamajuana and passed the blunt around like a peace pipe. They believed in sweat lodges and finding your spirit guide. A lot of Indigenous beliefs wrapped up in the hippies beliefs.
my husband showed this movie to me. i had loved it ever since. i LOVE gary farmer. he is my favorite native actor. i love the way thomas shows unconditional love to victor. true love man
He's very nice
Gary Farmer is currently in "Reservation Dogs" on Hulu!! He's a gem! That entire series is just fantastic. I am swooning over it.
Every native has seen this before 😂😂I love Thomas 😂🤙
Thomas has such a pleasant voice l love to hear him speak...... blessings.from England
I have the movie signed by Irene bednard
Not every native 💀
Frybread Power!
I love how Thomas is pulled out of his stories, when he's done; great acting.
Outstanding movie, loved it. Filled with symbolism. The part with the car that only backed up was right on the money.
all the rez rockets
Transmission was no good.
"Well....I think it's a fine example of the oral tradition" LOL! I never even heard of this movie but it just happened to be on TV last night. Loved this movie.
I love how every one of thomas's storys has to do with Victors dad and how victor's reaction is like "oh fuck here we go"
Exactly. It's really sad when Victor finally has enough and starts bullying Thomas. Thomas voice and energy throughout this entire movie is just beautiful and amazing to watch.
I just met and talked with the director of this movie. just awesome work.
Gabriel constantin my dad is friends with him, and i watched this movie 2 years ago (when i was in 6th grade), and i got to meet him too! Hes a really nice guy and he said hes happy i liked the movie
HEY VICTOR
I heard your Dad moved to Phoenix, AZ
Shut up Thomas!!!
I guess that warrior look doesn’t work everytime
hey victor i heard your dad died
"...before he proceeded to BEAT THE SHIT out of the National Guard"
LMAO!
Thats My Favorite Part 😂
Never get tired of this movie. I need to watch it again..... and again.... an maybe again after that. :)
Watching this movie yet again right now. It's at the end. This is such a good movie. Great performances by all of the actors.
This movie is so underrated
Canadian Gem
@@franknberry333 pretty sure it was shot in Idaho
@@spectralv709 Yeah you're right. I Just watched it again today and I realized that , but on Wikipedia it's listed as an American / Canadian production ...Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Gary Farmer and Tantoo Cardinal are all very talented Canadian actors
Fax
Good movie for native Americans
Sherman Alexie is by far the best poet! He's inspiring!!!! His movies are amazing
I love Thomas’s voice
This guy should've won an Oscar.
Im Mexican but i can relate to Natives
I Love Native American Culture Man
Mexicans are Native . From the tip of Alaska to the bottom of South America , you are all related . You are all Beautiful People. Indigenous People. Be proud !!
Asenoganeen
You were native at one point in your blood line..unless you those rare never mixed throughout centuries spaniards
@@dgarcia8421 nope full blooded mexican brown to the bone
I’m Filipino and yes, our history has many similarities to indigenous people
I cant stop watching it over n over! And watching the scenes again is so very satisfying!
I think, it's a fine example..of the oral tradition...
I remember we watched this movie in 10th grade Spanish class. I walked in stoned as fuck
Anthony Palumbo so thats what getto kids do
@@theroza31 yea lol wtf does a native 90s movie have to do with spanish? History maybe, but spanish? Lol
@@tonyweaver2353 because in public schools they throw on random movies in random classes to kill time. I watched Roots in math class the last week of school
He was so stoned he thought he was in Spanish class hahaha
@@williamballard767 that made me laugh!
Evan Adams is by far the best thing about the movie.
www.advocate.com/native-american/2014/11/23/smoke-signals-gay-actor-lands-new-career-defining-role
The little guy who played young thomas was also just as good
I was the only Native kid in my entire middle school and on the first day I transferred there in my reading class they were going into Native American hertiage month. My teacher said we are going to watch a movie on Native Americans and I assume it was a documentary or something.... NO, MY TEACHER FREAKING PUT THIS MOVIE IN AND I HOLLARD! I was like "I seen this movie a million times! I love this movie and so does every indian out there!" I ended up making my entire class frybread and teaching for a month of Native history... Ever since I get asked from the kids in that class to make them a batch of frybread, they even say they will pay me to make them for them! 😂💀💀
That'd be awesome. I can't imagine it happening to me when I lived in Washington because that's my reservation they're filming on so it'd be a trip lol
Its the best movie. I could watch this movie over and over!
Watching this in 2021 and I still love it😂
I love this movie. We watched it in 9th grade Spanish class. My teacher Mr. Flores used to show us some great movies. We also watched "La Misma Luna".
Love this movie!!! Where my natives at!!??✊🏽
I love how this movie both makes jabs at the stereotypes of Native Americans in pop culture yet also celebrates it and the real feeling of being an NA in a nuisance way.
OMG funny thing about that. Me and my friends are native, and they LOVE this movie. and then one day we got a new teacher. his name is thomas xD so now every time we talk about him, we use the accent. xD
I purchased this movie all Native cast. Love it! I learned about fry bread.
I can't believe I'm not the only one who watched this in high school English class. I never knew it was such a common experience.
I think Victor is beautiful, and I absolutely adore Thomas.
I could listen to him all day. :))
I met Adam Beach!!!! He’s so cool!!!
Being Native. I was so in love with the Woman Sitting Shot Gun... NEED A RIDE.
This film is directed by Chris Eyre- one of the greatest living American directors in the history of film. Change my mind.
Chris Eyre was my directing instructor in film school.
Yes, he's a wonderful and passionate man.
@@damontoledo8253 Wait sir... did you and I go to the same college??? College of Santa Fe? We may have both won the same "Elephant In The Room" Award! You're a huge guy! It's a privilege, Mr. Toledo.
@@retrosmodernlife8379
Yes we did!
What a small world.
I Wish I Could Go Back In Time N Live In The Old Days!! I Would Love That!! :)
Saw this when it first came out. I watched lots of indie films back then. :P Was fabulous back then, and fabulous now! :)
his accent is so amazing 😂
Thomas Builds The Fire is my all-time favorite TV character
I just watched this movie for the 2nd time - the first time was more than 15yr ago when it first came out. I was impressed all over again. Great movie!
Im native 💖i never seen this movie before now i really want to watch this😫
The passenger i fell in Love for a Second..she reminded me of a old Snag..she is cute.."NEED A RIDE."
I know it's an old comment. Her name is Michelle St John, she was an amazing when she used to act. You can watch a movie of her's here on TH-cam called "Where The Spirit Lives". Watch it with a box of tissues.
I just talked with the director of the movie today. Awesome movie.
Thomas is as cute as he can be. He makes me smile!
This reminds me of that book: life of a part time Indian. The description is super similar except this is like when they got older.
Unless this is the movie.
Well this movie was written by Sherman Alexie who wrote the absolutely true diary of a part time Indian
This is an adaptation of a combination of "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight In Heaven" and "Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." Both by Sherman Alexie, obv.
Omg I thought I was the only one who read that book. Great book
That book is great really funny too
@@IlaughedIcried I think it’s actually based on “What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” also by Sherman Alexie. The characters and the story are exactly the same, except for some elements added to the film to make it feature length.
I still think it's so cool this was filmed on my rez lol I get to see how it used to look. Some places look the same tho but our rez has grown a major amount since this was filmed
@Grand Zeno this the CoeurDalene reservation at the bottom left of Idaho.
@Grand Zeno we only have like 2.5k on the rez or maybe more now but we are pretty small tribe, but successful tribe.
Sad, true
Underrated
Thomas is so pure
One of my favorite movies.
I these two Native ladies! They’re such a mood/vibe lol
"Make Love, Not War" ✌❤
have never watched this tbh n im native american lol ill watch this with my lil bro
I have the DVD , I've only watched it 100 times . NATIVES RULE !
"Thomas your so full of shit"
500th like
Outstanding film... where are more like this??? ...Frybread anyone?
Thank goodness Columbus wasn't trying find Turkey (the country) or otherwise we would be called turkeys.... :P
Fantastic movie and short story. It sucks about Alexie's behavior, but his writing is so good.
Lmao love the fact that Drive went out in their car so they were driving in reverse the entire time xD Never had that happen, but the oral tradition still goes as strong as this movie, some are just not as interesting as this one
i watched this movie soo many times, totally love it :D
I love this movie keep up the good work
Hey Victor I love this movie
The way he tell stories tho 😂
He reminds me of shirts on sasquatch gang...
never seen a man with such a long hair and looking so gracious like they do. even rock stars dont fit like them.
Beautiful no sentiment requisitioned. ..
Hey Victoooooor!
Hahah he keeps saying your full of shit
Every Rez kid has seen this movie.
This is billy jack tier
Just some deadly story telling
hey victor !
I wonder how many times the words “Hey” and “Hector” were said in this movie
*Victor
It IS a great story
Best movie ever filmed at home on CDA rez
Not the "oral tradition" she was lookin for but it got them a ride.
Great movie
I think "HEY VICTOR" beats the repetition record previously held by "Jack!" in Titanic.
This video was uploaded 10 years ago to this day.
This scene was so goddamn funny when I first saw it. This is a great movie.
I love this movie
so funny!! and Adam Beach, I simply adore him, such a good actor, I actually prefer him in these earlier roles. And so terribly attractive, that mouth.... cannot comment on the 'native' or 'indian' stuff though. I' m Italian...love to all.
I'M DYING HALPP MEE! XD
This reminds me of my parents
ahh! this movie is so funny!! one of my favorite parts tooo!!
In west Virginia, "the oral family tradition" means something completely different.
where can i get this movie with spanish subtitles? i watched in english but i would like to send it as a gift to southamerica for friends native andean in Peru and Bolivia. Great movie!!
All the hippies are still trying to be Indian. Love this movie🤣🤣
BLESSING
my good mann and good Indians films.
Quit calling us Indians, it is proven this wasn't India.
+Superkamiguru yep we are native american indians 4 life
+Superkamiguru YEAH YOU TELL"EM..
Hey Victorrrrrr
In middle school I told my counselor I had detention all day cus they caught me being Indian on a Tuesday but it was cus I ran on indian time and was late to every class lol
Awesome.
Preston Jacobs brought me here.
I wanna meet them in heaven there funny😞💔
Classic.
Hey Victor
probably because Evan Adams and Adam Beach are Canadian. I think Adams is from British Columbia, and Beach was raised in Winnipeg.
I wanna know a guy like Thomas xD
HEEYYY VICTOR !!!!!!!!!!
I dig the rez rocket a dodge dart ?
I wonder he still tells his stories now as a doctor xD