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Wind River (film)

{{Short description|2017 film by Taylor Sheridan}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Wind River

| image = Wind River (2017 film).png

| alt = Two faces. A figure walking in the snow

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Taylor Sheridan

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| writer = Taylor Sheridan

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| cinematography = Ben Richardson

| editing = Gary D. Roach

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| distributor = The Weinstein Company{{efn|The film was only distributed by the Weinstein Company for its theatrical release, and was purchased for home distribution by Lionsgate following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations.}} (United States)
STXinternational (United Kingdom)
Metropolitan Filmexport (France)

| released = {{Film date|2017|01|21|Sundance|2017|8|4|United States|2017|8|30|France|2017|9|8|United Kingdom}}

| runtime = 107 minutes{{cite web|url = https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/wind-river-film|title = WIND RIVER (15)|publisher = British Board of Film Classification|access-date = July 23, 2018|date = August 29, 2017|archive-date = August 4, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170804072508/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/wind-river-film|url-status = dead}}

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  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

| Language = English

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| budget = $11 million{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=windriver.htm|title=Wind River|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-date=March 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320122839/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=windriver.htm|url-status=live}}

| gross = $45 million{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Wind-River-(2017)#tab=summary|title=Wind River (2017)|publisher=Nash Information Services|work=The Numbers|access-date=December 8, 2017|archive-date=April 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428175410/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Wind-River-(2017)#tab=summary|url-status=live}}

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Wind River is a 2017 neo-Western crime film written and directed by Taylor Sheridan. It is the third film by Sheridan on the modern American West. The film stars Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tracker and an FBI agent, respectively, who try to solve a murder on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Gil Birmingham, Jon Bernthal, and Graham Greene also star.

Sheridan has said that he wrote the film to raise awareness of the issue of the high number of Indigenous women who are raped and murdered, both on and off reservations.

Wind River premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on August 4, 2017. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $45 million against an $11 million budget. It was theatrically released by The Weinstein Company (TWC), but in October 2017, following the reporting of numerous sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, the film's distribution rights for home media were acquired by Lionsgate.

Plot

During the winter on the Wind River Indian Reservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agent Cory Lambert discovers the frozen body of 18-year-old Natalie Hanson of the Northern Arapaho tribe. FBI Special Agent Jane Banner arrives to investigate the possible homicide. Banner learns from Natalie's father, Martin, that his daughter was dating a new boyfriend whose name he does not know.

Natalie's autopsy shows signs of blunt trauma and rape and confirms Lambert's deduction that Natalie died from pulmonary hemorrhage caused by inhaling subzero air. The medical examiner refuses to classify the death as a homicide, so Banner cannot get additional help from her supervisors.

Lambert is informed by Natalie's brother Chip that Natalie's boyfriend is Matt Rayburn, a security guard at a nearby oil-drilling site. Lambert and Banner soon find Matt's naked, mutilated body in the snow. Lambert reveals to Banner that his 16-year-old daughter Emily died in a similar manner to Natalie three years earlier, and the case remains unsolved.

Banner, tribal police Chief Ben Shoyo, and other law enforcement officers visit the drilling site, where Curtis, the security supervisor, and several security guards meet them. They claim Matt left a few days prior, following an argument with Natalie. One guard mentions they heard about Natalie's body being found, and Banner states that Natalie's name has not been released to the public. The guards claim they learned it by monitoring a police scanner. One of Banner's team notices the guards slowly surrounding them and draws his weapon. The confrontation quickly escalates into an armed standoff, which Banner defuses.

In a flashback, Matt's drunken colleagues barge into his trailer while he is in bed with Natalie. Matt is provoked to violence, and the other guards continue the attack while one guard, Pete, rapes Natalie. Matt is beaten to death, but his attempt to fight back allows Natalie to try to escape by running cross-country to the mobile home where her brother lives.

In the present, Lambert traces the tracks from where Matt's corpse was found back to the drilling camp. As Banner and the others approach Pete's trailer, Lambert radios a warning to Shoyo. Pete responds to a veiled warning from Curtis by firing a shotgun through the door, wounding Banner. A gunfight ensues, and Shoyo and the other officers are killed. As the remaining guards prepare to execute Banner, Lambert kills four with his rifle. A wounded Pete flees on foot, but Lambert apprehends him.

At Gannett Peak, Lambert forces Pete to confess before offering him the same chance Natalie had: try to stay alive by running to a distant road barefoot and wearing lightweight clothing. Pete runs but quickly succumbs as his lungs give out from the frigid air. Lambert visits Banner in the hospital and praises her toughness. He visits with Martin and they share grief over the deaths of their daughters.

A title card states that missing persons statistics are kept for every demographic group except Native American women, whose numbers remain unknown.

Cast

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Production

According to Sheridan, he was inspired to write this film because he learned about the "thousands of actual stories just like it," referring to the high number of Indigenous women who are victims of sexual assault and/or murder.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/in-wind-river-jeremy-renner-plays-a-game-tracker-solving-a-murder/2017/08/10/a980e8e6-7c3c-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html |title=In 'Wind River,' Jeremy Renner plays a game tracker solving a murder. |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |date=August 10, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 24, 2017 |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925132626/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/in-wind-river-jeremy-renner-plays-a-game-tracker-solving-a-murder/2017/08/10/a980e8e6-7c3c-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html |url-status=live }} He wrote and directed the movie to make more people aware of this problem.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/08/05/541774348/investigating-a-murder-in-wind-river|work=Weekend Edition Saturday|first=Scott|last=Simon|title=Movie Interviews: Investigating A Murder In 'Wind River'|date=August 5, 2017|publisher=NPR|access-date=September 24, 2017|archive-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925132121/http://www.npr.org/2017/08/05/541774348/investigating-a-murder-in-wind-river|url-status=live}}

The film is the third installment of Taylor Sheridan's trilogy of "the modern-day American frontier", the first being Sicario in 2015, and Hell or High Water the next year.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/sicario-day-of-the-soldado-benicio-del-toro-stefano-sollima-taylor-sheridan-sequel-1201976155/|title='Sicario: Day of the Soldado': Benicio Del Toro Says It's Better Than The Doors' First Album|website=IndieWire|first=Anne|last=Thompson|date=June 21, 2018|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830074121/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/sicario-day-of-the-soldado-benicio-del-toro-stefano-sollima-taylor-sheridan-sequel-1201976155/|url-status=live}} Principal photography on the film began on March 12, 2016, in Utah and lasted until April 25, 2016.{{Cite journal|last=McDonald|first=Adrian|date=August 2018|title=2017 Feature Film Study|url=https://www.filmla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2017_film_study_v3-WEB.pdf|publisher=Film L.A.|page=24|access-date=August 9, 2018|journal=|archive-date=August 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809153120/https://www.filmla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2017_film_study_v3-WEB.pdf|url-status=live}}

Release

The Weinstein Company acquired the distribution rights on May 13, 2016, during the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite news|title=Cannes: Weinstein Co. Nabs Jeremy Renner Drama 'Wind River'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weinstein-nabs-jeremy-renner-drama-894008|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=August 24, 2018|date=May 14, 2016|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|archive-date=November 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124130914/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weinstein-nabs-jeremy-renner-drama-894008|url-status=live}} In January 2017, it was announced that the company would no longer distribute the film,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weinstein-company-not-releasing-jeremy-renner-movie-wind-river-sundance-2017-962558|title=Sundance: Weinstein Company to No Longer Distribute Jeremy Renner's 'Wind River' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=January 9, 2017|access-date=January 9, 2017|archive-date=January 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110080850/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weinstein-company-not-releasing-jeremy-renner-movie-wind-river-sundance-2017-962558|url-status=live}} but the distribution deal was later finalized.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/01/sundance-2017-independents-acquisitions-sales-1201774067/|title=2017's Sundance Sales Are In Overdrive: Here's Why, Plus See Our Full Deal Scorecard|work=IndieWire|publisher=Penske Business Media|first=Anne|last=Thompson|date=January 27, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2017|archive-date=January 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127211700/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/01/sundance-2017-independents-acquisitions-sales-1201774067/|url-status=live}} It had a limited release on August 4, 2017, before going wide on August 18.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/mary-magdalene-release-date-current-war-wind-river-premieres-1202046002/|title='Mary Magdalene', 'Current War' & 'Wind River' Get 2017 Release Dates From Weinstein|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=March 17, 2017|access-date=March 17, 2017|archive-date=February 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223061507/http://deadline.com/2017/03/mary-magdalene-release-date-current-war-wind-river-premieres-1202046002/|url-status=live}}

In October 2017, following reporting on the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal, Lionsgate announced that it would distribute the film on home media and streaming services. The Weinstein Company (TWC) name and logo were omitted from the credits, trailer, and packaging. As a result, The Weinstein Company finally stopped distributing the film.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/wind-river-strips-weinstein-company-name-oscar-campaign-tunica-biloxi-tribe-financiers-taylor-sheridan-jeremy-renner-elizabeth-olsen-harvey-weinstein-1202194393/|title=Weinstein Name Stripped From 'Wind River'; Tunica-Biloxi Tribe Financiers To Pay For Oscar Campaign|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=October 25, 2017|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=October 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025215047/http://deadline.com/2017/10/wind-river-strips-weinstein-company-name-oscar-campaign-tunica-biloxi-tribe-financiers-taylor-sheridan-jeremy-renner-elizabeth-olsen-harvey-weinstein-1202194393/|url-status=live}} Sheridan had required that TWC be deleted from the materials, and demanded that all money Weinstein would have made on this work be donated to charity.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/how-taylor-sheridan-scrubbed-weinstein-co-from-wind-river.html|date=November 6, 2017|title=Taylor Sheridan Got Weinstein Company Scrubbed From Wind River With an Ultimatum|last=Crucchiola|first=Jordan|work=Vulture|access-date=January 24, 2018|publisher=New York Media|archive-date=January 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015450/http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/how-taylor-sheridan-scrubbed-weinstein-co-from-wind-river.html|url-status=live}}

Reception

=Box office=

Wind River grossed $33.8 million in the United States and Canada and $11.2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $45 million, against a production budget of $11 million.

In the film's limited opening weekend, it made $161,558 from four theaters (a per-location average of $40,390, one of the best of 2017), finishing 29th at the box office.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/|title=Why 'Transformers' Is Screaming For Reboot After $69M Start; 'Wonder Woman' & 'Cars 3' Fight Over Second Place|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=June 25, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2018|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|archive-date=June 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626185700/http://deadline.com/2017/06/transformers-the-last-knight-opening-weekend-box-office-1202118976/|url-status=live}} In its second week, the film expanded to 45 theaters and grossed $622,567.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/annabelle-creation-dark-tower-dunkirk-1202147007/|title=New Line's Dollhouse Of Dough: 'Annabelle: Creation' Opening To $35M|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=August 13, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=May 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510202844/https://deadline.com/2017/08/annabelle-creation-dark-tower-dunkirk-1202147007/|url-status=live}} The film expanded to 694 theaters on August 18 and grossed $3 million, finishing tenth at the box office.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/hitmans-bodyguard-logan-lucky-annabelle-creation-august-box-office-opening-1202152509/|title='Hitman's Bodyguard' Flexes Muscle With $21M+ Opening During Sleepy Summer Weekend|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 20, 2017 |publisher=Penske Business Media|access-date=August 20, 2017|archive-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821002339/http://deadline.com/2017/08/hitmans-bodyguard-logan-lucky-annabelle-creation-august-box-office-opening-1202152509/|url-status=live}} The following week the film was added to an additional 1,401 theaters (for a total of 2,095) and made $4.6 million (an increase of 54.6%), finishing fourth at the box office.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/hitmans-bodyguard-birth-of-the-dragon-leap-all-saints-low-summer-box-office-weekend-mayweather-mcgregor-fight-1202156230/|title=Don't Blame Hurricane Harvey & Showtime Fight For Weekend's Lousy Box Office: Distribs Served Up Lackluster Titles|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=August 27, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825165757/http://deadline.com/2017/08/hitmans-bodyguard-birth-of-the-dragon-leap-all-saints-low-summer-box-office-weekend-mayweather-mcgregor-fight-1202156230/|url-status=live}} The film opened in another 507 theaters and made $5.7 million the following weekend, and an estimated $7.2 million over the four-day Labor Day weekend, finishing in the second spot at the U.S. box office consistently for the next 13 days.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/labor-day-weekend-box-office-hitmans-bodyguard-close-encounters-of-third-kind-tulip-fever-marvel-inhumans-1202159557/|title=Labor Day Weekend The Worst Since 1998 As 'Hitman's Bodyguard' Holds No. 1 For Third Weekend With $12.9M|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=September 3, 2017|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=September 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905025115/http://deadline.com/2017/09/labor-day-weekend-box-office-hitmans-bodyguard-close-encounters-of-third-kind-tulip-fever-marvel-inhumans-1202159557/|url-status=live}} It was the sixth-highest grossing indie film of 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/highest-grossing-indie-films-2017-1201764229/|title=The 20 Highest Grossing Indies of 2017 (A Running List)|first=Kate|last=Erbland|work=IndieWire|date=June 6, 2017 |publisher=Penske Business Media|access-date=September 7, 2017|archive-date=September 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919081133/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/highest-grossing-indie-films-2017-1201764229/|url-status=live}}

=Critical response=

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 254 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Wind River lures viewers into a character-driven mystery with smart writing, a strong cast, and a skillfully rendered setting that delivers the bitter chill promised by its title."{{cite web|title=Wind River (2017)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wind_river_2017/|publisher=Fandango Media|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=April 7, 2024|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523212143/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wind_river_2017/|url-status=live}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/wind-river|title=Wind River Reviews|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=Metacritic|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916001531/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/wind-river|url-status=live}} Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film a 90% overall positive score and a 70% "definite recommend".{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/taylor-sheridan-wind-river-step-specialty-box-office-1202143488/|title=Taylor Sheridan's 'Wind River' Opens Robust; 'Step' OK – Specialty Box Office|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=August 6, 2017|first=Brian|last=Brooks|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=April 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402011456/http://deadline.com/2017/08/taylor-sheridan-wind-river-step-specialty-box-office-1202143488/|url-status=live}}

Owen Gleiberman of Variety described Wind River as a "humanistic crime drama, though this one has more skill than excitement".{{cite news|title=Sundance Film Review: 'Wind River'|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/wind-river-review-1201966106/|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=January 22, 2017|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|author-link=Owen Gleiberman|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622192735/https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/wind-river-review-1201966106/|url-status=live}} Chris Plante of The Verge described it as "a thrilling, violent finale to the Hell or High Water and Sicario trilogy", and as "Coen brothers noir meets the case of the week."{{cite news|title=Wind River is a thrilling, violent finale to the Hell or High Water and Sicario trilogy|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/23/14355388/wind-river-review-sundance-2016-jeremy-renner-elizabeth-olsen|work=The Verge|publisher=Vox Media|access-date=August 24, 2018|date=January 23, 2017|archive-date=August 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826122507/https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/23/14355388/wind-river-review-sundance-2016-jeremy-renner-elizabeth-olsen|url-status=live}}

Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers praised Sheridan's direction and the cast, giving the film 3/4 stars. He wrote: "[It's] the set-up for what could have been a conventional whodunit – thankfully, Sheridan is allergic to all things conventional. To him, the action is character, and he's lucked out by finding actors who not only understand his approach but thrive on it."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-wind-river-will-knock-you-for-a-loop-w495232 |title='Wind River' Review: Taut Thriller on Native Reservation Will Knock You for a Loop |last=Travers |first=Peter |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819190940/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-wind-river-will-knock-you-for-a-loop-w495232 |url-status=live }} David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a B, writing: "[If] Wind River shares Sheridan’s self-evident weaknesses, it also makes the most of his signature strengths. [...] Wind River may not blow you away, but this bitter, visceral, and almost paradoxically intense thriller knows what it takes to survive."{{cite news|title='Wind River' Review: Jeremy Renner Is An Ice-Cold Cowboy In Taylor Sheridan's Solid Noir — Sundance 2017|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/01/wind-river-review-jeremy-renner-taylor-sheridan-sundance-2017-1201772472/|work=IndieWire|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=May 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531131555/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/01/wind-river-review-jeremy-renner-taylor-sheridan-sundance-2017-1201772472/|url-status=live}}

In a High Country News article titled "Why do white writers keep making films about Indian Country?", Native commentator Jason Asenap praises the film as "a thinking-person's thriller" full of complex characters, and describes the film's focus on missing Native American women as "admirable." He criticizes the film for perpetuating the "dying Indians" motif:

"at least in Hollywood, the Indians die. To this day, the Indians die, and not just physically, but culturally. Simpson and Sheridan are invested in making us see how America has screwed Native people, but to the point of rubbing it in our faces. Is it so terrible to live in one’s own homeland? It may be hard to get out, but it certainly feels condescending for a non-Native to write as much."{{cite news|title=Why do white writers keep making films about Indian Country?|url=http://www.hcn.org/issues/49.18/tribes-why-do-white-writers-keep-making-films-about-indian-country|work=High Country News|date=September 15, 2017|first=Jason|last=Asenap|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621070238/https://www.hcn.org/issues/49.18/tribes-why-do-white-writers-keep-making-films-about-indian-country|url-status=live}}

Sheridan was also criticized for claiming the film "actually changed a law" in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, referring to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act, which President Biden signed into law in 2022. "Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan’s attempt to take credit for the passage of VAWA is gross and completely discredits years of tireless advocacy from the Native community,” Native rights attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle (Cherokee) published on IllumiNative, a Native woman-led racial & social justice organisation.{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Laura |date=2023-06-28 |title=Native activists hit back at 'Yellowstone' creator's claims about law |url=https://www.intheknow.com/post/native-activists-hit-back-at-yellowstone-creators-claim-that-his-film-changed-a-law-affecting-indigenous-people/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=In The Know |language=en-US}}

=Accolades=

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rowspan="3"| Cannes Film Festival

| rowspan="3"| May 28, 2017

| Prix Un Certain Regard

| Taylor Sheridan

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/a-man-of-integrity-wind-river-barbara-win-cannes-un-certain-regard-award-uma-thurman-mathieu-amalric-taylor-sheridan-1202446610/ |title='A Man of Integrity,' 'Wind River,' 'Barbara' Take Un Certain Regard Awards at Cannes |first=Guy |last=Lodge |date=May 27, 2017 |access-date=May 27, 2017 |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Business Media |archive-date=September 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925122030/https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/a-man-of-integrity-wind-river-barbara-win-cannes-un-certain-regard-award-uma-thurman-mathieu-amalric-taylor-sheridan-1202446610/ |url-status=live }}

Un Certain Regard for Best Director

| Taylor Sheridan

| {{won}}

Caméra d'Or

| Taylor Sheridan

| {{nom}}

National Board of Review

| November 28, 2017

| Top Ten Independent Film

| Wind River

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Satellite Awards

| February 11, 2018

| Best Actor

| Jeremy Renner

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dunkirk-the-shape-of-water-lead-satellite-award-nominations/|title='Dunkirk,' 'The Shape of Water' Lead Satellite Award Nominations|work=TheWrap|date=November 29, 2017|access-date=November 29, 2017|first=Steve|last=Pond|archive-date=November 30, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171130124630/https://www.thewrap.com/dunkirk-the-shape-of-water-lead-satellite-award-nominations/|url-status=live}}

Saturn Awards

| June 27, 2018

| Best Thriller Film

| Wind River

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Sequel

{{Main|Wind River: The Next Chapter}}

In November 2022, Kari Skogland signed on to direct a sequel titled Wind River: The Next Chapter, from a screenplay by Patrick Massett and John Zinman, and starring Martin Sensmeier. Principal photography took place from March 15 to April 24, 2023 in Calgary.{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=November 9, 2022 |title='Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Director Kari Skogland to Helm 'Wind River' Sequel |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/falcon-and-winter-soldier-director-kari-skogland-to-direct-wind-river-sequel-1235258768/ |access-date=November 9, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=What's Shooting in Alberta |url=https://www.actraalberta.com/whats-shooting/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=ACTRA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310192604/https://www.actraalberta.com/whats-shooting/|archive-date=March 10, 2023|url-status=live}} The sequel was confirmed in August 2023. Neither Jeremy Renner nor Elizabeth Olsen is confirmed to star.{{Cite web |last=Lu |first=Garry |date=2023-08-16 |title='Yellowstone' Creator Taylor Sheridan's Greatest Masterpiece Finally Gets A Sequel |url=https://www.bosshunting.com.au/entertainment/movies/wind-river-the-next-chapter-sequel/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Boss Hunting |language=en-US}}

Notes

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|5362988}}
  • {{TCMDb title|2112279}}
  • {{rotten-tomatoes|wind_river_2017}}
  • {{Metacritic film}}
  • {{Mojo title|windriver}}
  • [https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Wind-River-(2017) Wind River] at The Numbers

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