Skinwalkers (2002)
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Synopsis of Skinwalkers
Adapted from Tony Hillerman's best-selling novel by James Redford (stepson of Robert Redford), Skinwalkers was the vanguard of the proposed PBS anthology American Mystery. Returning to the Navajo reservation of his birth after many years, police detective Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) investigates a series of bizarre murders. Though Leaphorn has no doubt that the killer is a human being, his young FBI-trained partner, Jim Chee (Adam Beach), has an entirely different theory. A medicine man-in-training, Chee believes that the murders have been committed by a mystical figure called the Skinwalker, who according to Navajo legend is an amalgam of all murdered Native Americans. Symbolic clues left at the scene of each murder -- some written in paint, some in blood -- confirm Chee's conclusion that the shapeshifting Skinwalker is seeking revenge on the modern-day despoilers of the Navajo's sacred land. Skinwalkers was filmed on location in Utah and Arizona by Native American director Chris Eyre, of Smoke Signals fame. ~ All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Skinwalkers
- Adam Beach - Jim Chee
- Saginaw Grant - Wilson Sam
- Alex Rice - Janet Pete
- Noah Watts - Ruben Maze
- Sheila Tousey - Emma Leaphorn
- Jon Proudstar - Davis Nakai
- Misty Upham - Nina
- Frank Soto - Dugay
- Marla Finn - German Wife
- Chesley Wilson - Lonnie Mack
- John M. Janezic - Maurice
- Wes Studi - Lt. Joe Leaphorn
- Gerald Vandever - Officer Gorman
- Nicholas Bartolo - Tommy Nakai
- Michael Greyeyes - Dr. Stone
- Concho Roman - Capt. Butler
- Crystal Van Keuren - Nurse
- Geraldine Keams - Gina
- Drew Lacapa - Bobby
- Ryan Polequaptewa - Doug
- Terey Summers - Gloria
- Lisa Montour - Wanda
- Director(s):
- Chris Eyre
- Producer(s):
- Craig McNeil
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