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American Interior (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
88 min + 52 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Dylan Goch
Gruff Rhys

Written By:
Dylan Goch
Gruff Rhys

Actors:
Matthew Batten ..... River Dweller
Cory Spotted Bear ..... Warrior
Keith Bear ..... Musician
Edwin Benson ..... Mandan Teacher
Virginia Carlson ..... Librarian
Kelley Todd Edmiston ..... Tour Guide
Ceri Gwynfryn Evans ..... Consultant Psychiatrist
Carolyn Gilman ..... Historian
Calvin Grinnell ..... Historic Preservation Officer
Marilyn Hudson ..... Tribal Historian
Martha Hunter ..... Librarian
Dr. Ffion Mair Jones ..... Academic
Gareth Miles ..... Dramatist
George Miles ..... Curator, Yale Collection of Western Americana
John Moeykens ..... Chief Park Ranger
Dafydd Rhys ..... Academic
Gruff Rhys ..... Himself
Kliph Scurlock ..... Musician
Gwyn Alf Williams ..... Historian (archive footage)
Dr. W. Raymond Wood ..... Anthropologist

Synopsis:

In 1972, John Evans, a farmhand from Snowdonia travelled to America to discover whether there was a Welsh-speaking Native American tribe walking the Great Plains. Over 200 years later, distant relative Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) retraces the explorer's route through the continent by means of an investigative concert tour. A unique project that blurs the boundaries of music, literature and film and investigates what really happened in the heart of the new world.

Welsh cult musician Gruff Rhys documents his latest musical road trip, retracing the fantastical American journey of his 18th Century relative, the explorer John Evans. In search of a lost tribe of Welsh-speaking Native Americans, John Evans left Wales for America in 1792 with only a $1.75 in his pocket. Alone and without a horse, he walked into the wilderness of the Great Plains of the Wild West and reappeared seven years later as Don Juan Evans. During the course of his bizarre-yet-true adventure, Evans won the allegiances of the American Indian tribes of the Omaha and the Mandan. Swam with Alligators. Hunted Bison. Survived malaria, defected to the Spanish crown and single handedly appropriated North Dakota from the Canadians. Yet Evans's greatest achievement was to create the map of the Missouri river used by Lewis and Clarke to help them discover the Pacific Ocean. Legend has it, he died broke and out of his mind in New Orleans at the tender age of 29 never knowing the impact of his life's work. American Interior is an investigative concert tour. Fiction, fact, fantasy, myth and music documentary collide as Rhys flies like an eagle and howls like a wolf while following in the footsteps of his (extremely) Great uncle. Starting at Yale University's Beinecke Library where Evans' famous map is said to reside, Rhys fully immerses himself in concerts, recording sessions, and conversations with journalists, academics, psychologists, and locals on Evans' route. From Baltimore to St. Louis, up to the Mandan Reservation Casino and down the Mississippi basin to the Old Governor's house in New Orleans, Rhys investigates Evans's significance in American history, the true circumstances of his death, and the lost location of his final resting place.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 25 February, 2015.