Jim Bridger
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James Felix Bridger was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was known as
Bridger, c. 1876
Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone
Great Salt Lake
Bridger's Pass
The Revenant (2015 film)
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The Revenant is a 2015 American epic Western action drama film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. The screenplay by Mark L. Smith and Iñárritu is based in part on Michael Punke's 2002 novel The Revena
Jim Bridger
…attack and subsequent abandonment of Hugh Glass, another frontiersman. The event has inspired two feature-length films, Man in the Wilderness (1971) and The Revenant (2016). While scouting for game, Glass was badly mauled by a grizzly bear near the forks of the Grand River in present-day Shadehill, South Dakota…
Theatrical release poster
Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation is in South Dakota. Glass's survival journey did not take place in the cold season, nor did it involve tall mountain ranges.
Leonardo DiCaprio's performance was widely acclaimed and ultimately won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, the first of his career after five previous nominations.