In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki's natural-light-only shooting is genuinely insane.
Direction
Iñárritu's chaos somehow coheres into spiritual transcendence.
Practical Effects
They actually dragged DiCaprio through frozen rivers. Method madness.
Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Leonardo DiCaprio
Hugh Glass
Tom Hardy
John Fitzgerald
Domhnall Gleeson
Captain Andrew Henry
Will Poulter
Jim Bridger
Forrest Goodluck
Hawk
Duane Howard
Elk Dog
Arthur Redcloud
Hikuc
Melaw Nakehk'o
Powaqa
Grace Dove
Hugh Glass' Wife
Lukas Haas
Jones
Paul Anderson
Anderson
Kristoffer Joner
Murphy
Joshua Burge
Stubby Bill
Fabrice Adde
Toussaint
Christopher Rosamond
Boone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The infamous bear attack was filmed with a stuntman in a blue suit who was later replaced by CGI; DiCaprio was actually thrown around by cables for authenticity.
The real Hugh Glass never had a half-Native son—Hawk was invented to give Glass emotional stakes beyond pure survival, fundamentally changing the story from man-vs-nature to grieving father.
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