Glasss story was recounted in the film the revenant 2015. Set in the 1820s, oscar awardwinning the revenant follows frontiersman hugh glass as he journeys through the american wilderness, badly mauled from a bear attack and abandoned by his fellow trappers. Given how much disgusting stuff is featured in the revenant, this wouldnt have exactly been completely out of place for the movie, but when i had the chance to sit down with leonardo dicaprio. If this isnt the film to cement his legacy, then nothing will be. The 11 months of shooting was notoriously complicated. The revenant is actually based on a true story about an american pioneer named hugh glass, whos portrayed by dicaprio in the film. From richard grant, the real life story of hugh glass, who is played by leonardo dicaprio in the revenant. The real hugh glass forgave john fitzgerald instead of unleashing violent revenge. Director alejandro gonzalez inarritu is preparing for another birdmanlike year.
Inspired by true events, the revenant is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one mans epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. The films official site gives the synopsis as this. But the frontiersman played by dicaprio lived a life even more fantastical than any film. With leonardo dicaprio, tom hardy, will poulter, domhnall gleeson. A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In the simplest terms, a revenant is a dead spirit that comes back to life to terrorize the living. Hugh glass is a real life folk hero with a serious edge, and leonardo dicaprio and the revenant will bring his story to a new generation. The true story of the leonardo dicaprio movie time. The saga of hugh glass must be pieced together from accounts written by several of his contemporaries, each with varying details. The revenant is a major new regency and 20 th century fox movie starring leonardo dicaprio, as hugh glass, and directed by alejandro gonzalez inarritu, the academy award winning director of birdman in 2015. Despite that, it already leads in oscar nominations with 12. Even before production on the revenant began, the movie carried a frightful reputation. The major story line of the revenant movie is hugh glass quest for revenge on john fitzgerald for killing his half pawnee son hawk.
Although the filmmakers took some liberties in bringing the story to life, the events shown in the movie are, remarkably, based on true events. But it was lazy to make the revenge story about a the death of his fictional child, and it changed the whole mood of the movie. The leonardo dicaprio adventure takes the basic facts of reallife. While a few alterations were made between the man and the account, glass did lead an. The revenant on dvd april 19, 2016 starring leonardo dicaprio, tom hardy, will poulter, lukas haas. The real history of the revenant and explaining the ending features we examine what the the revenant endings final moments mean and what role the real history of hugh glass played in the film. In fact, it inspired the recent leonardo dicaprio film, the revenant. The true story behind leonardo dicaprios character in the revenant. This story first appeared in the march 4 issue of the. Everything you need to know about the revenant movie 2015. Book tells the true story behind the revenant and hugh. The revenants true story is amazing, but the movie is. In terms of the movie, hugh glass leonardo dicaprio survives the. The revenant movie vs true story of hugh glass, john.
The real story of the revenant is far weirder and bloodier than the movie. Crew spoke of enduring a living hell, of being forced to work in 25c temperatures, of. Kimberley french bloody and masochistic as all this is, its something of a disappointment when one. The filming locations of the revenant capture the splendor of an epic landscape, and also the tough conditions of survival and filming in such a frigid environment. The revenant ending and how it differs from history cinemablend. The revenant ending and how it differs from history. He is best known for his story of survival and forgiveness after being left for. It is one of the most fantastic tales to emerge from the entire westward movement.
For a movie, the revenant is closer to the real history than you may think, well, aside from a few grizzlysized differences. As grant allows, the story of glasss life is a blend of history and mythology and is only a little less plausible than the events of the movie and the novel on which the movie is based the expedition leader, a terminally luckless man named andrew henry, assigned two hunters to. The highly acclaimed 2015 movie the revenant stunned audiences with its gripping story and beautiful cinematography, weaving an epic tale of resilience and revenge. The true story behind the revenant is even crazier than the movie. Yet it does so with more emotion, more plotting, and ultimately, more heart. The movie does a great job with what a bear attack would look like and the injuries. Did the actual hugh glassthe 18th century explorer of. Leonardo dicaprio could see awards metal for his revenant mettle. This is based on the experiences of frontiersman and fur trapper hugh glass. What really happened behind the scenes of the revenant. The films star leonardo dicaprio told yahoo, this was. First, the movie the revenant is based off the 2002 michael punke novel of the same name. The revenant is a gritty, well acted story based on real people, real events. The real story of the revenant is far weirder and bloodier than.
Stories started to swirl off the set of the film in the summer. If youve seen it, you probably thought a number of things during your first viewing. The revenant is based on a 2002 book by michael punke, who was inspired by the real life story of glass. Its filled with massacres and madness and mangy men with mossy teeth. The book is centered on the alleged true story of a man named hugh glass, a trapper and guide with. That novel is in turn based on the 1915 poem the song of hugh glass. Many of the treacherous events that befall glass throughout the film actually took. Dewitt lee played sam glass in a film called apache blood 1975, a story loosely based. It is a story set in winter conditions, the rivals and archetypal combatants being natives and trappers.
The film stars leonardo dicaprio, tom hardy, domhnall gleeson, and will. Hugh glass fact vs fiction the true story of hugh glass. The true story of hugh glass documented by the museum of the mountain man. The 1971 film man in the wilderness tells basically the same story as the revenant. The revenant is an impressive film inspired by glasss reallife story, but. In the end, the real life hugh glass became a living legend and continued his life as a fur trapper for another decade, before being killed by the arikara. Yount recorded in his memoirs that he talked with glass directly, as well as with a trapper named allen hiram allen was one of major henrys 1823 brigade and a later glass cohort. But the revenants true story basis was not the focus of the movie.
As unlikely as it may seem, the revenant is in fact based upon a real story. It also throws a wrench in the narrative of the revenant, where pretty much the only thing keeping glass alive is his thirst for revenge, but hey, that would make for a pretty boring story. The whole story of the revenant is supposed to be about revenge, and what lengths a man will go to too survive and get that revenge. In an expedition of the uncharted american wilderness, legendary explorer hugh glass leonardo dicaprio is brutally attacked by a bear and. The revenant has been making waves in the movie world since its christmas day release, particularly for the hyperrealistic scene in which leonardo dicaprios character is. The revenant movie vs true story of hugh glass, john fitzgerald. The movie has won 2016 golden globe awards for best picture, best actor dicaprio and best director inarritu. Hugh glass, the true story of the revenant american. West also told vanity fair that she was determined to keep the films costumes as authentic as possible, and in line with the 19 th century setting.
The revenant is based on the harrowing true story of ace tracker hugh glass and his wintry journey through montana in 1823. Set during the 1820s, the revenant is the kind of western they used to make back in the vietnamhaunted 1970s. If there were ever a true story ripe for big screen treatment, its that of hugh glass, a 19th century trapper who traveled 1,500 miles through the. The revenant is a 2015 american drama film directed by alejandro gonzalez inarritu. The revenant s leonardo dicaprio stars as a real life fur trapper in the 1800s who was left for dead.
Tom hardy pictured portrays fitzgerald in the revenant movie. Hollywood took liberties with the story, but as near as oral tradition can be trusted, what follows is the real story of hugh glass, the true story of the revenant. Dicaprio in his role matches the gravitas of charlton heston in ben hur, peter otoole in lawrence of arabia, al pacino in godfather. The real story of the revenant is far weirder and bloodier than the movie by steve friedman. The very different settings may disguise the fact, but the recent film the revenant actually resembles a great deal is gravity, the outer space smash directed by inarritus friend and colleague. He is best known for his story of survival and forgiveness after being left for dead by companions when he was mauled by a grizzly bear born in pennsylvania to irish parents, glass became an explorer of the watershed of the upper missouri river, in presentday montana, the dakotas, and. The real history of the revenant and explaining the ending.
The amazing true story behind leonardo dicaprios character in the revenant this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Many of the treacherous events that befall glass throughout the film actually took place, but as we all know, hollywood. The first film shot with the arri alexa 65mm, the revenant is. More important to me is that of the three entities lord grizzly, the revenant book, the movie to people who know the real life story the gratuitous violence of the movie is.
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