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Paperback, 179 pages |
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Miramax |
| Pub. Date: |
July 8, 1998 |
| ISBN: |
0786883928 |
| Dimensions: |
6 × 0.5 × 9.25 inches |
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Description
From one of America's most gifted and critically acclaimed writers, the companion screenplay to the Miramax film—winner of both the Audience Award and the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.
"Alexie, a poet as well as a novelist, is an important new voice in film. More, please, soon."
—Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Filled with rich aesthetics and beautiful mood of Coeur d'Alene Indian (Native American) culture, Sherman Alexie's story of friendship, love, and loss comes alive in this rich and evocative screenplay.
Set in Arizona, Smoke Signals is the story of two Coeur d'Alene Indian boys on a journey. Victor is the stoic, handsome son of an alcoholic father who has abandoned his family. Thomas is a gregarious, goofy young man who lost both his parents in a fire at a very young age. Through storytelling, Thomas makes every effort to connect with the people around him; Victor, in contrast, uses his quiet countenance to gain strength and confidence.
When Victor's estranged father dies, the two men embark on an adventure to Phoenix to collect the ashes. Along the way, Smoke Signals illustrates the ties that bind these two very different young men and embraces the lessons they learn from each other.
Sherman Alexie is the author of six books of poetry, the novels Reservation Blues and Indian Killer, and a collection of short stories, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian raised on the Spokane Indian Reservation, Alexie was picked as one of Granta magazine's "Twenty Best American Novelists under the Age of Forty" in 1996. This is his first screenplay.
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Product Details
| Format: |
Paperback, 179 pages |
| Publisher: |
Miramax |
| Pub. Date: |
July 8, 1998 |
| ISBN: |
0786883928 |
| Dimensions: |
6 × 0.5 × 9.25 inches |
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