The Legend of Jeremiah Johnson
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Some say he's dead...some say he never will be.
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A Life of Contradictions and Lost Expectations
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His Mountain. His Peace. His Great Hunts. His Young Bride. With All That, It Should Have Been Different.
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The Rise of a Legendary Figure
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The man who became a legend. The film destined to be a classic!
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A Man of Peace Turned Wild
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A man of peace driven wild!
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Reflections on Distance and Effort
Jeremiah Johnson:
Feels like far.
Bear Claw:
Were it worth the trouble?
Jeremiah Johnson: [painfully]
Ah, what trouble?
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Questioning Origins and Belonging
Jeremiah Johnson:
Indians put you here?
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The Journey of Jeremiah Johnson
Narrator:
His name was Jeremiah Johnson, and they say he wanted to be a mountain man. The story goes that he was a man of proper wit and adventurous spirit, suited to the mountains. Nobody knows where abouts he come from and don't seem to matter much. He was a young man and ghosty stories about the tall hills didn't scare him none. He was looking for a Hawken gun, .50 caliber or better. He settled for a .30, but damn, it was a genuine Hawken, and you couldn't go no better. Bought him a good horse, and traps, and other truck that went with being a mountain man, and said good-bye to whatever life was down there below.
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A Bequest from Hatchet Jack
Hatchet Jack: [note on Hatchet Jack]
I, Hatchet Jack, being of sound mind and broke legs, do hereby leaveth my bear rifle to whatever finds it, Lord hope it be a white man. It is a good rifle, and killt the bear that killt me. Anyway, I am dead. Yours truly, Hatchet Jack.
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Critique of Campsite Selection
Del Gue: [to Jeremiah amidst his ongoing fight with the Crows]
I cannot brag on your choice of campsites.
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Embracing the Spirit of the Wilderness
Del Gue:
“I ain’t never seen ’em, but my common sense tells me the Andes is foothills and the Alps is for children to climb. Keep good care of your hair. These here is God’s finest sculpturins and there ain’t no laws for the brave ones. And there ain’t no asylums for the crazy ones. And there ain’t no churches excepting for this right here. And there ain’t no priests excepting the birds. By God I are a mountain man and I’ll live until an arrow or a bullet finds me and then I’ll leave my bones right here on this great map of the magnificent…
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Complex Morality in Trading Relationships
Del Gue: [to Jeremiah at his wedding]
You can take her to Fort Hauley and sell her, but you best take her my friend. Maybe she ain't near bad.
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Cultural Identity and Personal Beliefs in Conflict
Del Gue:
He may be a Christian and speak of the bible, but he still an Indian, and his rules is his rules. If you value your hair, you will get married!
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Consequences of Rejecting a Gift
Del Gue: [to Jeremiah]
You turn down this gift, and they'll slit you, me, Caleb and the horses from crotch to eyeball with a dull deer antler!
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Unexpected Encounters in the Wilderness
Del Gue: [to Jeremiah after slipping fresh scalps onto his pack horse in face of approaching Indians]
I didn't know they was gonna be Flatheads.
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Recognition of Hatchet Jack's Rifle
Del Gue:
Ain't that Hatchet Jack's rifle?
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Appreciation for a Good Horse
Del Gue:
There's a fine horse under me.
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Perspective on Past and Present Actions
Del Gue: [to Jeremiah at first meeting, when Del was buried up to his neck in sand]
No one's passed in front of me, can't say what's happened behind me.
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Journey to the Musselshell River
Jeremiah Johnson: [Jeremiah and Caleb see a bird flying across the sky]
Hawk. Goin for the Musselshell. Take me a week's ridin', and he'll be there in... hell, he's there already.
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A Simple Command to a Young Boy
Jeremiah Johnson: [Caleb is crying]
Stop that, boy!
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