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Realistic account of events leading up to Little Bighorn
RELEASED TO TV IN EARLY 1991 and directed by Mike Robe, "Son of the Morning Star" chronicles the story of George Armstrong Custer (Gary Cole) after the Civil War and to his death at Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. The story is narrated from the different perspectives of two women: Custers wife (Rosanna Arquette) and a Cheyenne woman, Kate Bighead (Buffy Sainte-Marie/ Kimberly Guerrero).
This was originally shown in two parts on TV 2.5 months after the theatrical release of 1990s Dances with Wolves. Kevin Costner, the star of Dances, was even the first choice to play Custer, but he opted for the superior project.
Speaking of Dances with Wolves, Son of the Morning Star is ve...