Into The West

Drama, Adventure, Western

Josh Brolin	Jedediah Smith
Gary Busey	Johnny Fox
Zahn McClarnon	Running Fox
Will Patton	James Fletcher
Matthew Settle	Jacob Wheeler
Gordon Tootoosis	Growling Bear
Alan Tudyk	Nathan Wheeler
Tonantzin Carmelo	Thunder Heart Woman
Michael Spears	Dog Star
Skeet Ulrich	Jethro Wheeler
John Terry	Older Jacob Wheeler
Christian Kane	Abe Wheeler / High Wolf

Director	Jeremy Podeswa; Robert Dornhelm; Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Producer	Steven Spielberg; Kirk Ellis; William Mastrosimone
Writer	Kirk Ellis; William Mastrosimone

Into the West is a mini-series that follows several generations of a white and a Native American family throughout the migration westward, during the 19th century, in the United States. Young Jacob Wheeler (Mathew Settle) joins the famous pioneer trapper, Jedediah Smith (Josh Brolin), where he learns about the West and Native American Ways. When Jedediah is killed and Jacob injured, he is taken in by a tribe where he is cared for by and eventually marries Thunder Heart Woman (Tonantzin Carmelo). Thunder Heart’s brother, Loved By the Buffalo (Simon Baker), has had a prophetic vision that the white man will obliterate his people. Thus, starts the epic tale of families of the Wheelers and Loved By the Buffalos. The tale follows each family member through events such as the Gold Rush, the Battle at Little Big Horn, and the dislocation of the Native Americans onto the reservations due to Manifest Destiny.