Skins (2002) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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One hundred years after the massacre at Wounded Knee, the painful legacy of the Indian wars still reverberates through the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the Oglala Sioux attempt to preserve their ancient dignity while living on welfare checks and surplus commodity food. Whiteclay, Nebraska, i

Cast & Crew

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Chris Eyre

Eric Schweig

Rudy Yellow Lodge

Graham Greene

Mogie Yellow Lodge

Gary Farmer

Verdell Weasel Tail

Noah Watts

Herbie Yellow Lodge

Lois Red Elk

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Adaptation

Drama

Release Date

2002

Production Company

First Look Holdings; Overseas Filmgroup

Distribution Company

FIRST LOOK/FIRST LOOK PICTURES; First Look Holdings; First Look Pictures

Location

Nebraska, USA; South Dakota, USA

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 30m

Synopsis

One hundred years after the massacre at Wounded Knee, the painful legacy of the Indian wars still reverberates through the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the Oglala Sioux attempt to preserve their ancient dignity while living on welfare checks and surplus commodity food. Whiteclay, Nebraska, is a small town two miles south of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Their annual beer sales exceed 3.5. million per annum. More than 95% of those sales are to Lakota people from the Pine Ridge Reservation. For Rudy Yellow Lodge, the ramifications are clearly visible in the unemployment, domestic violence and drug and alcohol abuse he confronts as a criminal investigator with the Pine Ridge Police Department. Rudy's job is to protect the inhabitants of the "rez" from themselves; he spends most nights locking up drunk and disorderly Indians, which frequently includes his alcoholic brother Mogie. Before long, Rudy finds himself taking the law into his own hands, disguised with black shoe polish and a stocking over his head. Rudy's alter ego is a vigilante bent on dispensing swift justice. Rudy's trail of vengeances ends tragically when he unwittingly injures Mogie while retaliating against the multi-million dollar liquor business generated in the tiny border town of Whiteclay. Ironically, Rudy and Mogie achieve some measures of redemption through this tragic mistake. As Mogie recuperates in the hospital, the brothers lay bare some of the darker, unspoken events of their past, and in so doing, begin the process of mending their fractured relationship. When Mogie succumbs to cirrhosis of the liver a few weeks later, Rudy travels to Mount Rushmore to honor his big brother, as well as his people, with final, act of defiance.

Director

Chris Eyre

Cast

Eric Schweig

Rudy Yellow Lodge

Graham Greene

Mogie Yellow Lodge

Gary Farmer

Verdell Weasel Tail

Noah Watts

Herbie Yellow Lodge

Lois Red Elk

Michelle Thrush

Nathaniel Arcand

Chaske Spencer

Joseph American Horse

Wilda Asimont

David Bald Eagle

Bruce Bennett

Medical Examiner

Robert A Bennett

Officer Comes Running

Gil Birmingham

Sonny Yellow Lodge

Joe Black Elk

Drill Team Member #2

Kato Buss

Jenny Cheng

Gerald Tokala Clifford

Black Lodge Boy

Dale Cooks With Lightning

Chris Eyre

Larry Dean Fuss

Leonard George

Captain Eagleman

James Hatzell

Jacob Hjorten

Liquor Store Clerk

Gansler Janis

Drill Team Member #1

Tina Keeper

Zahn Mcclarnon

Elton Blue Cloud

Elaine Miles

Rondella Roubaix

Renae Morriseau

Evangeline Yellow Lodge

Dillon Nelson

Canku One Star

Yellow Pony Pettibone

Myrton Running Wolf

Editor Little Bald Eagle

Michael Spears

Mr. Green Laces

Larry Swalley

Shift Commander

Misty Upham

Mrs. Blue Cloud

Markus Volimas

Charles White Elk

Drill Team Member #3

Lisa White Face

Wallina Four Strikes

Tokala Clifford

Lois Red Elk

Crew

Randall Balsmeyer

Visual Effects Supervisor

Heath Banks

Production Coordinator

Dave Bennett

Production Manager

Alex Blatt

Post-Production Supervisor

Shawn Bordeaux

Location Manager

Brenda Chambers

Associate Producer

Chris Cooney

Executive Producer

Jeff Cooney

Executive Producer

Gonzalo Cordoba

Debbie De Villa

Production Designer

Marius Devries

Song ("Peyote Healing")

Chris Eyre

Carson Gardner

Song ("Spirit Horses"), Song ("The Heron Smiled")

Beau J Genot

Post-Production Consultant

Jim Gerwig

Todd Glinsman

Production Accountant

Johnny Guerrero

Song ("Shoot It Out")

Larry Gus

Still Photographer

Josh Hakian

Special Effects Coordinator

Matthew D Hale

Rene Haynes

Annie Humphrey

Song ("Spirit Horses"), Song ("The Heron Smiled")

Annie Humphrey

Song Performer ("Spirit Horses"), Song Performer ("The Heron Smiled")

Matt Karol

Storyboard Artist

Stephen Kazmierski

Director Of Photography

Kathy Kelehan

Visual Effects Producer

Shannon E Kenny

Script Supervisor

Jon Kilik

Jeff Layton

Sound Effects Editor

Ron Leamon

Costume Designer

Ceth Leonard

Song ("Shoot It Out")

Ceth Leonard

Song Performer ("Shoot It Out")

Clint Lilley

Stunt Coordinator

Adrian Louis

Source Material (From Novel)

Jennifer D Lyne

Jennifer D Lyne

Stefany Mathias

Assistant (To The Director)

Eugene Mazzola

Matt Mcdonald

Digital Animator

Matt Mcdonald

Digital Compositor

Johnny Mike

Song ("Peyote Healing")

Mark Moore

Transportation Coordinator

Neal Nathanson

Kenneth Novak

Supervising Sound Editor

Marienne O'brien

David Pomier

Executive Producer

Larry Pourier

Associate Producer

Verdell Primeaux

Song ("Peyote Healing")

Buddy Red Bow

Song ("Winds Of Life"), Song ("My Friend The Buffalo")

Buddy Red Bow

Song Performer ("Winds Of Life"), Song Performer ("My Friend The Buffalo")

Jaime Robbie Robertson

Song ("Peyote Healing"), Song ("Making A Noise")

Jaime Robbie Robertson

Song Performer ("Peyote Healing"), Song Performer ("Making A Noise")

Chad Rosen

Assistant Director

Carrie Rowland

Duke Scoppa

Property Master

Lisa Scoppa

Michael Scott

Keith Secola

Song Performer ("Ndn Karz")

Keith Secola

Song ("Ndn Karz")

Amit Sethi

Digital Animator

Amit Sethi

Digital Compositor

B.c. Smith

Bruce Springsteen

Song Performer ("Born In The Usa")

Bruce Springsteen

Song ("Born In The Usa")

Mato Nanji Standing Bear

Song ("Waiting For You")

Paul Trejo

John Trudell

Song Performer ("Spirit Horses")

Jeff Valeri

Production Coordinator

Thomas Gregory Varga

Tristana Ward

Music Supervisor

Tristana Ward

Music Clearance

Clinton Wayne

Makeup/Hair Design

Ronald J Webb

Cliff Weisner

Neil Young

Song ("Goin' Home")

Neil Young

Song Performer ("Goin' Home")

A J Zirkelbach

T Z Zirkelbach

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Adaptation

Drama

Release Date

2002

Production Company

First Look Holdings; Overseas Filmgroup

Distribution Company

FIRST LOOK/FIRST LOOK PICTURES; First Look Holdings; First Look Pictures

Location

Nebraska, USA; South Dakota, USA

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 30m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2002

Released in United States December 13, 2002

Released in United States Fall September 27, 2002

Released in United States January 2002

Released in United States June 2002

Released in United States on Video March 25, 2003

Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival June 14-27, 2002.

Shown at the Montreal World Film Festival August 22 - September 2, 2002.

Feature screenwriting debut for Jennifer Lyne.

Sophomore feature directorial effort for Chris Eyre who debuted with "Smoke Signals" (USA/1998).

Released in United States 2002 (Shown at the Montreal World Film Festival August 22 - September 2, 2002.)

Released in United States January 2002 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.)

Released in United States on Video March 25, 2003

Released in United States June 2002 (Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival June 14-27, 2002.)

Released in United States Fall September 27, 2002

Released in United States December 13, 2002 (Los Angeles)

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