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Son of the Morning Star is a 1991 American two-part television miniseries released by Chrysalis based on Evan S. Connell's best-selling book of the same name.^[1] It starred Gary Cole (General Custer) and featured Dean Stockwell (General Philip Sheridan), Rosanna Arquette (Elizabeth Custer), Rodney A. Grant (Crazy Horse), Nick Ramus (Red Cloud), Buffy Sainte-Marie (voice of Kate Bighead), and Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Sitting Bull).

Plot

The film, in two parts, begins in 1876 when the Terry-Gibbon column relieves the remnants of the 7th Cavalry that had survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn. They discover Custer's battalion has been annihilated, and the film 'flashes back' and tells Custer's story from the point of view/narrative of his wife, Elizabeth, beginning with the Kansas campaign of the mid-1860s.^[2]

Concurrently, the Indian perspective is told through the narrative of Kate Bighead, a young Cheyenne woman, who encountered Custer on several occasions. Kate Bighead's narrative is also used to describe events like the Fetterman Massacre and the Battle of Washita River, as is Elizabeth Custer's, to provide a balanced point of view.^[2]

Cast

Production

The release of the mini-series closely followed the theatrical release of Dances with Wolves. Although Kevin Costner was the first choice to play Custer, the role eventually went to Gary Cole.^[1] The movie was partially filmed on private property near the Little Bighorn National Monument in Montana near Billings, where a fort was built at a cost of $200,000.^[2] Filming also took place in South Dakota at Buffalo Gap and Badlands National Park.^[3] 400 horses and 150 Native Americans were employed for the shoot. The 7th Cavalry consisted of 100 historical re-enactors who also doubled as technical advisers for the film.^[2]

Reception

The mini-series won four 1991 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement In Costuming for a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Achievement In Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special. It was also nominated, but did not win, for Outstanding Achievement In Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special.^[6]

References

1. ^¹{{cite book|last=Niemi|first=Robert|title=History in the Media: Film and Television|year=2006|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1576079522|page=29,30}}
2. ^¹{{cite news|last=King|first=Susan|title=Dances With Custer : ABC's miniseries leading up to the famous last stand called for endurance|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-02-03/news/tv-1133_1_custer-experts|accessdate=August 9, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 3, 1991}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Filming Locations of Son of the Morning Star|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102962/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=August 9, 2013}}
4. ^{{cite journal|title=ABC Miniseries Son of the Morning Star|journal=Variety|date=February 1, 1991}}
5. ^¹²{{cite journal|last=Leonard|first=John|title=Home of the Braves|journal=New York|date=February 4, 1991|page=41}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=1991 Emmys for Son of the Morning Star|url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=&program=son+of+the+morning+star&start_year=1991&end_year=1991&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All&reset=Reset|publisher=Primetime Emmys|accessdate=August 9, 2013}}

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