The New World
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Terrence Malick
Tony Hinnigan
Rulan Tangen
Colin Farrell
Thomas Clair
Nive Nielsen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the early years of the 17th century, North America is much as it has been for the previous five thousand years--a vast land of seemingly endless primeval wilderness populated by an intricate network of tribal cultures. Although these nations live in graceful harmony with their environment, their relations with each other are a bit more uneasy. All it will take to upset the balance is an intrusion from the outside. On a spring day in April of 1607, three diminutive ships bearing 103 men sail into this world from their distant home, the island kingdom of England, three thousand miles to the east across a vast ocean. On behalf of their sponsor, the royally chartered Virginia Company, they are seeking to establish a cultural, religious, and economic foothold on the coast of what they regard as the New World. The lead ship of the tiny flotilla is called the Susan Constant. Shackled below decks in her brig is a rebellious 27-year-old named John Smith, destined to be hanged for insubordination as soon as the ship reaches land. A veteran of countless European wars, Smith is a soldier of fortune. He is too talented and popular to have his neck stretched by his own people, and is freed by Captain Christopher Newport soon after the Susan Constant drops anchor. As Captain Newport knows--and the colonists will soon discover--surviving in this unknown wilderness will require the services of every able-bodied man--particularly one of Smith's abilities. Though they don't realize it at the time, Newport and his band of British settlers have landed in the midst of a sophisticated Native American empire ruled by the powerful chieftain Powhatan. To the colonists, it may be a new world. But to Powhatan and his people, it's an ancient world--and the only one they have ever known. The English struggle from the beginning, unable--or, in some cases, stubbornly unwilling--to fend for themselves. Smith, searching for assistance from the local tribesmen, chances upon a young woman who at first seems to be more woodland sprite than human being. A willful and impetuous young woman whose family and friends affectionately call her "Pocahontas"--or "playful one"--she is the favorite of Powhatan's children. Before long a bond develops between Smith and Pocahontas, a bond so powerful that it transcends friendship or even romance.
Director
Terrence Malick
Cast
Tony Hinnigan
Rulan Tangen
Colin Farrell
Thomas Clair
Nive Nielsen
Jonathan Pryce
Jeno Jando
Eddie Marsan
Jasper Britton
John Savage
Jeremy Radin
Ford Flannagan
Myrton Running Wolf
Michael Greyeyes
Sam Stevenson
Lyle Kochamp
Colin Cox
Alex Meraz
Gregory Labenz
Arturo Adrian
Joe Inscoe
Brian Merrick
August Schellenberg
E Danny Murphy
Gary Sundown
Marcus Frejo
Jake Curran
Wes Studi
Maria Pastel
BrÃan O'byrne
Billy Merasty
Raoul Trujillo
Todd Wallace
Raynor Scheine
Matt Yeung
Bear Allison
Christopher Plummer
Jonathan Gonitel
Bev Appleton
Philip Pickett
Yorick Van Wageningen
Janine Duvitski
Alexandra W B Malick
Q'orianka Kilcher
Thomas Steven Mcdonagh
Chris J Nelson
Michael Goodwin
Kirk Acevedo
Thosh Collins
Ben Chaplin
Quetzal Guerrero
Steven Dawn
Noah Taylor
Francesco Lupica
Jesse Borrego
Jeremy Arviso
We:whum Fuldwider
R Carlos Nakai
Will Wallace
Alex Rice
Kenneth Bryant
David Thewlis
Tayla Kean
Ben Mendelsohn
Irene Bedard
Christian Bale
Brian Frejo
James Mcdonagh
Jamie Harris
Crew
Erik Aadahl
Jason Acimovic
Sheila Allen
Susan Antonelli
Remy Aqui
Peter Arenstam
David Atherton
Todd Avery
Wes Bailey
David Balfour
Ross Balfour
Elise Ballard
Hanly Banks
Gina Baran
Cassandra Barbour
Tom Barrett
Eric Bautista
Charles Thomas Baxter
John R Bayless
Brian Beckstoffer
Craig Berkey
Craig Berkey
Richard Bernstein
Jerry Bertolami
Ivan Bess
Robert Binall
Jamie Bishop
Kevin Black
Richard L Blankenship
Craig Bloor
Mirjam Bohnet-brew
Jeanne Boisineau
Jeanne Boisineau
Sunday Boling
Michael Boone
Bob Bornstein
Cherie Bowers
Charlie Bowman
Barbara Branch
Gillian H Brown
Lance Brown
Lisa A Brown
Raymond Brown
Mitchell Brynes
Matt Burchfield
Matt Burchfield
Sandra Buttimer
Eva Z. Cabrera
Shannon Cain
Shannon Cain
Julie Callihan
Jimmy Carmickle
Damon Caro
John Harris Chandler
Catherine Charlton
Andy Cheng
Andy Cheng
Richard Chew
Ilram Choi
Michael H Clark
Michael H Clark
Marko Constanzo
Kyle Cooper
Doug Cordonier
Thomas M Cornelius
Hank Corwin
David Crank
Andrew Crawford
Will Crodick
R Vern Crofoot
Austin Cross
Francesca Crowder
Felicia Dames
Sandy De Crescent
Christopher Deane
Jeff Debell
Bill Delaney
Carol Doleski
James B Dombey
Joel Dougherty
Kathleen Driscoll-mohler
Billy Duberstein
Susan Dudeck
Gary Duncan
Gary Duncan
Mary Duque
A J Edwards
Paul Eliopoulos
Toby Emmerich
Jason Emory
Paul Engelen
Glen Engles
Jim Erickson
Cliff Eubank
Rolfe D Eubank
Cindy Fand
Claudine Farrell
Cherry Fiddaman
Christine Fiers
Ed Fincher
Max Fischer
Jack Fisk
Bob Foster
Celestia Fox
Dandro Fralinger
Jonathan Fuh
James Fulgham
Jose Antonio Garcia
Naomi Gathmann
Steven H George
Pete Germansen
Raymond Gieringer
Charles W Gill
Alex Gladstone
Aaron Glascock
Kristine Golashesky
Nicolas Gonda
Mitchell Gould
Sarah Green
Tommy Grimes
Eric M Gruber
David Shane Guild
Richard Guinness
Wes Gustafson
Michael Haight
Courtney Hale
Jeff Ham
Julie Hansen
Joseph Ray Harper
Charles Harris
Andrew Hart
Dickie Haskell
Dale Haugo
Sarah Hauldren
Phil Hayes
Rene Haynes
Jennifer Henderson
Richard Hewitt
Brent Hobin
Buren M Hodge
Trish Hofmann
Trish Hofmann
Peter Holman
James Horner
James Horner
Anthony Huff
D Blake Huff
Mark R Hughes
Susan Humphrey
Yoshio Iizuka
Catherine Fletcher Incaprera
Philip Ivey
Ronald M Jenkins
Alex Johnson
Ben Johnson
Howard L Jones
Nick Jones
Jeff Juberget
Jay Kemp
Randy Kerber
Randy Kerber
Phil King
Saar Klein
Kevin Kliesch
Dana S Kroeger
Alexandra Krost
Lucas Krost
Jon Kull
Peter La Terriere
Melissa Lackersteen
Cheralyn Lambeth
Reuben Langdon
George Lara
Alyson Latz
Skip Lievsay
Skip Lievsay
Emmanuel Lubezki
Francesco Lupica
April Mackin
Stephanie Macomber
Lisa Maher
Francine Maisler
Terrence Malick
Peter J. Marziale
Richard Masino
Brent Matejeck
Chanelle Mathews
Susan Maye
Jim Mcconkey
Barbara Mcdermott
Jenny Mcgurk
George Mckann
Caitlin Mckenna
Gordon Mcvay
Bill Mechanic
Ann-ruffin Minarik
Rolf Mittweg
Darin Moran
Megan Moran
Beth Morris
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Cinematography
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Female Breakthrough Performance (Q'Orianka Kilcher) by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2005
Wide Release in United States January 20, 2006
Released in United States on Video May 9, 2006
Released in United States January 2006
Released in United States February 2006
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Opening Night Gala) January 5-16, 2006.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 9-19, 2006.
The 160-minute version, released in New York and Los Angeles on December 25, 2005, was pulled from theatrical release on January 2, 2006, and replaced by a 135-minute cut, which was released wide on January 20, 2006.
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2005
Wide Release in United States January 20, 2006
Released in United States on Video May 9, 2006
Released in United States January 2006 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Opening Night Gala) January 5-16, 2006.)
Released in United States February 2006 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 9-19, 2006.)
