MEEK”S CUTOFF, from acclaimed director Kelly Reichardt (WENDY AND LUCY, OLD JOY), is a stark and poetic drama set in 1845, the earliest days of the treacherous Oregon Trail. A wagon train of three families (including two-time Academy Award® nominee Michelle Williams) has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each other”s instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as their natural born enemy.

Bonus Materials

• The Making of Meek’s Cutoff Behind the scenes featurette
• Original theatrical trailer
• With an exclusive essay by Richard Hell

Cast & Crew

Actors:

• Michelle Williams
• Bruce Greenwood and Paul Dano

Director: Kelly Reichardt

Additional Details

Label: Oscilloscope

Genre: Western

Run Time: 104 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/13/11

UPC: 896602002913