Geronimo (1993 film)

{{Short description|TV film}}

{{about|the 1993 television film about the Apache leader Geronimo|the 1993 feature film also about Geronimo|Geronimo: An American Legend}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = Geronimo1993.jpg

| caption = Home video release poster

| genre = Biography
Western

| writer = J.T. Allen

| director = Roger Young

| starring = Joseph Runningfox
Nick Ramus
Michael Greyeyes
August Schellenberg

| theme_music_composer = Patrick Williams

| country = United States

| language = English

| executive_producer = Christopher Cook
Norman Jewison
Robert M. Sertner
Frank von Zerneck

| producer = Ira Marvin

| editor = Millie Moore

| cinematography = Donald M. Morgan

| runtime = 100 minutes

| company = Turner Pictures

| network = TNT

| released = {{Start date|1993|12|05}}

}}

Geronimo is a 1993 American historical Western television film directed by Roger Young and starring Joseph Runningfox in the title role.{{cite news |title= YELLING GERONIMO! WES STUDI'S FILM AND TV ROLES ALLOW HIM TO WALK IN HIS ANCESTORS' SHOES |publisher= Chicago Tribune |date=1993-12-19 |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/12/19/yelling-geronimo/ |access-date=2010-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911074307/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-12-19/entertainment/9312190158_1_geronimo-iroquois-confederation-wes-studi/2 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |url-status=live}} It also stars Jimmy Herman and Adan Sanchez, and was distributed by TNT on December 5, 1993.

Plot

The film is a fictionalized account of the Apache leader Geronimo.

Cast

Production

It was shot in Tucson, Arizona.

Reception

Geronimo debuted on television five days before the theatrical release of Geronimo: An American Legend.{{cite news|title= Geronimo Reconsidered TNT MOVIE REPLACES THE MYTH WITH A REAL PERSON|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1993-12-05|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-05-tv-64071-story.html|access-date=2010-12-12|first=Joanne|last=Harrison}} Walter Hill, director of the theatrical film, blamed the poor reception of his film on the screening of the TV movie. Hill said, "I don't think there are a hell of a lot of movies where you can take basically the same story, show it to 50 million people and bring yours out a week later and think that you're going to do great. What can you say, `My Geronimo has better locations?' "{{cite news|title=Walter Hill Rides Again 'Wild Bill,' the action director's latest effort, breaks out of saloon territory to explore the fields of moral ambiguity|last=Lacher|first= Irene|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date=3 Jan 1995|page= 1}}

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