THE REVENANT Featurettes Focus on the Epic Story and Themes of the Film
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu and Leonadro DiCaprio’s The Revenant is such an insanely good film! I caught an early screening of it, and I absolutely loved the maddening journey. While you wait to see the movie for yourself, we have a couple of fascinating must watch featurettes in which the cast and the crew talk about the themes of the film, the story, and the true story that it’s based on.
Iñárritu describes the film as being “beautifully savage, horrendously poetic and epic at the same time.” It certainly looks that way in the trailers that I’ve seen.
Inspired by true events, ‘The Revenant’ is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.
The movie also stars Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, and Will Poulter. It is based on the novel by Michael Punke. The film will get a full theatrical release on January 8th, 2016