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Jeremiah Johnson & Those Crazy Pests
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Johnson sets off after the warriors who killed his family and attacks
them, killing all but one - a heavy-set brave who sings his death song
when he realizes he cannot outrun his enemy. Johnson leaves him alive
to tell of the mountain man's quest for revenge, the tale of which
soon spreads throughout the region and traps Johnson in a bloody feud
with the Crow nation. The tribe sends its best warriors to kill
Johnson; one at a time, he defeats all of them. His legend grows and
the Crow come to respect him for his skill, bravery, tenacity and
honor. He meets Del Gue again (now with a full head of hair), who
tells Johnson of his growing reputation. Del Gue asks about Caleb and
Swan, to which Johnson replies: "I never did take him to Hawley", and
"she never were no trouble". Johnson returns to the cabin of Caleb's
mother, only to find that she has died and a new settler named Qualen
(Matt Clark) and his family are living there. Near the cabin, the Crow
have built a monument of sorts to Johnson's bravery and fighting
prowess, periodically leaving trinkets and symbolic talismans as
tribute.
Johnson and Lapp meet for a final time in late winter or early spring
- neither man is quite sure what month it is. A weary Johnson shares
the rabbit he is roasting, and Lapp observes, "You've come far,
pilgrim", to which Johnson replies, "Feels like far". Lapp asks
Johnson: "Were it worth the trouble?" Johnson's ironic, enigmatic
reply - "Eh....what trouble?" - serves to define both men's
characters, each aware of the struggles and losses of the life he has
chosen. Lapp reaffirms his preference for life as a mountain man and
congratulates Johnson on keeping his head of hair, because so many are
after it; his parting words to Johnson - "I hope that you will fare
well" - are the last of the film.
The final scene is a wordless encounter with Paints-His-Shirt-Red,
Johnson's avowed enemy since mid-film and the presumptive force behind
the attacks on Johnson. Several hundred yards apart, Johnson reaches
for his rifle for what he thinks will be a final duel, but Paints-His-
Shirt-Red raises his arm, open-palmed, in a gesture of peace that
Johnson returns, closing the film.
them, killing all but one - a heavy-set brave who sings his death song
when he realizes he cannot outrun his enemy. Johnson leaves him alive
to tell of the mountain man's quest for revenge, the tale of which
soon spreads throughout the region and traps Johnson in a bloody feud
with the Crow nation. The tribe sends its best warriors to kill
Johnson; one at a time, he defeats all of them. His legend grows and
the Crow come to respect him for his skill, bravery, tenacity and
honor. He meets Del Gue again (now with a full head of hair), who
tells Johnson of his growing reputation. Del Gue asks about Caleb and
Swan, to which Johnson replies: "I never did take him to Hawley", and
"she never were no trouble". Johnson returns to the cabin of Caleb's
mother, only to find that she has died and a new settler named Qualen
(Matt Clark) and his family are living there. Near the cabin, the Crow
have built a monument of sorts to Johnson's bravery and fighting
prowess, periodically leaving trinkets and symbolic talismans as
tribute.
Johnson and Lapp meet for a final time in late winter or early spring
- neither man is quite sure what month it is. A weary Johnson shares
the rabbit he is roasting, and Lapp observes, "You've come far,
pilgrim", to which Johnson replies, "Feels like far". Lapp asks
Johnson: "Were it worth the trouble?" Johnson's ironic, enigmatic
reply - "Eh....what trouble?" - serves to define both men's
characters, each aware of the struggles and losses of the life he has
chosen. Lapp reaffirms his preference for life as a mountain man and
congratulates Johnson on keeping his head of hair, because so many are
after it; his parting words to Johnson - "I hope that you will fare
well" - are the last of the film.
The final scene is a wordless encounter with Paints-His-Shirt-Red,
Johnson's avowed enemy since mid-film and the presumptive force behind
the attacks on Johnson. Several hundred yards apart, Johnson reaches
for his rifle for what he thinks will be a final duel, but Paints-His-
Shirt-Red raises his arm, open-palmed, in a gesture of peace that
Johnson returns, closing the film.
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