When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as a natural born enemy.The guide is called Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood). He claims that he is well acquainted with the whole path and claims to know the shortcut route that would lead the three families to their respective destinations. We discover Meek leading the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in one another's instincts for survival.
Directed by Kelly Reichardt, the movie ‘Meeks Cutoff' will take you back in the year 1864 and bewilder you with its incredible screen shots. The movie features Oregon Trial, the 2000-meter long wagon route that connects various towns on the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon and locations in between. Meeks Cutoff video focuses on three families who hire a guide to lead them through the Cascade Mountains. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as a natural-born enemy. What happens next? Where will the three families go to seek help? Or will they find themselves –‘Lost'?
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In Meeks Cutoff we have such one case. In 1845, three families hired the services of Stephen Meek, a fur trapper and explorer who made his living as a wagon train guide. At the time there were circulating rumors that those living in the Blue Mountain, a village along the Oregon Trail, might possibly be attacked by the Wala Wala and Cayuse Indians, but Meek assured them that he knew an alternate route around the Blue Mountain and so they followed him. And that's when their trouble began.
Watch Meeks Cutoff Online the story has some semblance to the travails of the Israelites in the Sinai Desert. It is a great example of "when the blind leads the blind they all fall into the ditch" truism.Cast: Paul Dano as Thomas Gately, Bruce Greenwood as Stephen Meek, Shirley Henderson as Glory White, Neal Huff as William White, Zoe Kazan as Millie Gately, Tommy Nelson as Jimmy White, Will Patton as Soloman Tetherow, Rod Rondeaux as The Cayuse, Michelle Williams as Emily Tetherow.
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