Jim Thorpe, All American

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CodyZamboni 09/09/2023 Movie is a compelling and inspiring bio pic of the famous Native American athlete. Narrated by Pop Warner, film is thrilling , detailing how successful Jim was in football, baseball, track and field, and Olympic events. That would be an impressive enough movie, But then Jim's story turns dark, when tragedy stikes. Jim's downward spiral, I really felt for him, even when he's acting like a jerk. How he deals positively with the setbacks, and turns his life around was kinda abrupt, but it's still satisfying. Movie is anchored by the first rate performance by Burt Lancaster. See more Steve D 06/23/2023 Flawed but really powerful. See more 08/30/2020 Another well directed picture by Michael Curtiz. The film's major failing, though, is its miss-telling of several aspects of Thorpe''s life. Nonetheless, its intent is myth building and Burt Lancaster's performance makes this picture a success. See more Frances H 08/12/2020 Lancaster does a good job in this biopic of the great Jim Thorpe, but I had a problem right off the bat by how the Indian School idea was treated, as if they were a great boom to the Native Americans, when in truth they were the instrument used to try to destroy Native American culture, and alienate the Native American young from their parents and their people. They were an instrument of suppression and used to impress young Native Americans with the superiority of white people and their European ancestry. Students who resisted the mandate against any show of Native American culture were beaten The use of a a white actor to play a Native American is again showing the prejudice of the time period, a prejudice with which Jim Thorpe, according to this film, was all too familiar. See more 08/07/2020 I thought it was great. See more @TMProofreader 02/01/2019 The best inspiring movie ever made! See more Read all reviews

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