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Smoke Signals is a american film of genre Drama directed by Chris Eyre released in USA on 16 january 1998 with Adam Beach
Smoke Signals (1999)
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Add to a movie listSmoke Signals is an independent film directed and co-produced by Chris Eyre and with a screenplay by Sherman Alexie, based on the short story "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" from his book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. There are references to Alexie's novel, Reservation Blues. It won several awards and accolades, and was well received at numerous film festivals.
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Victor (Adam Beach) and Thomas Builds-the-Fire (Evan Adams) live on the Coeur D'Alene Indian Reservation in Plummer, Idaho. Thomas is an eccentric storyteller and Victor is an angry young man who enjoys playing basketball.Actors
Adam Beach
(Victor Joseph)
Evan Àdams
Irene Bedard
(Suzy Song)
Gary Farmer
(Arnold Joseph)
Tantoo Cardinal
(Arlene Joseph)
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