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Creator/RobertRedford stars as the eponymous Jeremiah Johnson, a jaded veteran of the Mexican/American war, who turns his back on the life he has previously led to become a mountain man up in the Colorado Rockies. His first winter is a difficult one which almost ends in starvation, but he is lucky enough to be taken in by the vastly more experienced Bear Claw (Will Geer). During his time up in the mountains, he [[AccidentalMarriage becomes unwittingly betrothed]] to a Flathead Indian woman and adopts a mute young boy, only for them to be murdered at the hands of the Crow Indians. It doesn't get any better.

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Creator/RobertRedford stars as the eponymous Jeremiah Johnson, a jaded veteran of the Mexican/American war, who turns his back on the life he has previously led to become a mountain man up in the Colorado Rockies. His first winter is a difficult one which almost ends in starvation, but he is lucky enough to be taken in by the vastly more experienced Bear Claw (Will Geer).(Creator/WillGeer). During his time up in the mountains, he [[AccidentalMarriage becomes unwittingly betrothed]] to a Flathead Indian woman and adopts a mute young boy, only for them to be murdered at the hands of the Crow Indians. It doesn't get any better.
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* SceneryPorn: The entire film is set in the Colorado Rockies and shot in Utah. Later in his career, Redford bought a ski area on the side of Mount Timpanogos (where portions of the movie were filmed) and renamed it Sundance. It's now the site of the Sundance Film Festival.

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* SceneryPorn: The entire film is set in the Colorado Rockies and shot in various locations throughout Utah. Later Some of it was filmed in his career, the Wasatch Mountains, near where Redford had bought a ski area on a few years earlier (on the side of Mount Timpanogos (where portions of Timpanogos) which he would rename Sundance and turn into the movie were filmed) and renamed it Sundance. It's now the site headquarters of the Sundance Film Festival.

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* DeterminedHomesteader: In the end, a homesteader settles down in the house of the Crazy Woman.
* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren:

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* DeterminedHomesteader: DeterminedHomesteader:
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In the end, a homesteader settles down in the house of the Crazy Woman.
* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren:
Woman.



** In the end, the children of another homesteader hide in a shack.
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** In the end, the wife of another homesteader hides in a shack.

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* BeardOfSorrow: When Johnson wants to live alone in the mountains, he has a beard. When he starts enjoying his life with Swan and Caleb, he cuts off his beard. When [[spoiler:they are killed by the Crow]], he grows a beard again.

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* BeardOfSorrow: When Johnson wants to live alone in the mountains, he has a beard. When he starts enjoying his life with Swan and Caleb, he cuts off his beard. When [[spoiler:they are killed by the Crow]], he grows a the beard again.



* MountainMan: This is a FILM ABOUT MOUNTAIN MEN.

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* MountainMan: This is a whole FILM ABOUT MOUNTAIN MEN.



* SandNecktie: Del Gue is in this situation when Johnson meets him. The Blackfeet have done it.

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* SandNecktie: Del Gue is in this situation when Johnson meets him. The Blackfeet have done it.Courtesy of the Blackfeet.



* SceneryPorn:
** The entire film is set in the Colorado Rockies.
** It was, however, actually shot in Utah. Later in his career, Redford bought a ski area on the side of Mount Timpanogos (where portions of the movie were filmed) and renamed it Sundance. It's now the site of the Sundance Film Festival.

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* SceneryPorn:
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SceneryPorn: The entire film is set in the Colorado Rockies.
** It was, however, actually
Rockies and shot in Utah. Later in his career, Redford bought a ski area on the side of Mount Timpanogos (where portions of the movie were filmed) and renamed it Sundance. It's now the site of the Sundance Film Festival.
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* TheSavageIndian: Zig Zagged. The Indians are the biggest threat to the protagonist. The Blackfeet killed the husband and children of the Crazy Woman. The Crow brutally kill [[spoiler:Swan and Caleb]], but a justification for this murder is given (they were killed because Johnson desecrated a cemetary). Moreover, other Indian tribes are described as peaceful.

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* TheSavageIndian: Zig Zagged. The Indians are the biggest threat to the protagonist. The Blackfeet killed the husband and children of the Crazy Woman. The Crow brutally kill [[spoiler:Swan and Caleb]], but a justification for this murder is given (they were killed because Johnson desecrated a cemetary).cemetery). Moreover, other Indian tribes are described as peaceful.
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Badass Mustache and Badass Beard were merged into Manly Facial Hair. Examples that don't fit or are zero-context are removed. Having facial hair is not enough to qualify. To qualify for Manly Facial Hair, the facial hair must be associated with manliness in some way. Please read the trope description before re-adding to make sure the example qualifies.


* BadassBeard: Johnson, most of the time, and Bear Claw.
* BadassMoustache: Del Gue.
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* DeadManWriting: Johnson reads the will of Hatchet Jack, another mountain man, who died because of the cold.

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* DeadManWriting: Johnson reads the will of Hatchet Jack, another mountain man, who died because of a bear broke his legs--but he killed the cold.bear before he died.
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A 1972 Western film based (partly) on the life of real-life mountain man John "Liver Eatin" Johnson.

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A 1972 Western {{Western}} film directed by Creator/SydneyPollack, based (partly) on the life of real-life mountain man John "Liver Eatin" Johnson.
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* NatureIsNotNice: While the film presents the Rocky Mountains in all its beautiful glory, Jeremiah's first winter in the wilderness has him nearly dying of starvation and hypothermia until Bear Claw helps him; moments after, he has another close call with a grizzly bear that he kills for fur. Then, there's the hostile Crow and Blackfoot tribes.


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* RatedMForManly: A prime example, being a film all about a rugged mountain man and his adventures in the wild. Hell, one of Jeremiah's most notable moments is killing a GRIZZLY BEAR to harvest its fur! Total badass.
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A 1972 Western film based (partly) on the life of real-life mountain man John "Liver Eatin'" Johnson.

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A 1972 Western film based (partly) on the life of real-life mountain man John "Liver Eatin'" Eatin" Johnson.
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* {{bumbling dad}} Qualen, the {{determined homesteader}}, is one played for drama a bit. Johnson openly tells him that he probably won't be able to protect his family up there.

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* {{bumbling dad}} BumblingDad: Qualen, the {{determined homesteader}}, DeterminedHomesteader, is one played for drama a bit. Johnson openly tells him that he probably won't be able to protect his family up there.



* {{ Cool old Guy}} Bear Claw.

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* {{ Cool old Guy}} CoolOldGuy: Bear Claw.



* {{Jerk with a heart of gold}} Del Gue is a pretty brutal fellow, but a genuine friend and ally to Johnson.

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* {{Jerk with a heart of gold}} JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Del Gue is a pretty brutal fellow, but a genuine friend and ally to Johnson.

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* {{bumbling dad}} Qualen, the {{determined homesteader}}, is one played for drama a bit. Johnson openly tells him that he probably won't be able to protect his family up there.



* {{ Cool old Guy}} Bear Claw.



** Del, who takes up that role after the first act, is just as weird in his own way.



* MountainMan: This is a FILM ABOUT MOUNTAIN MEN.

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* MountainMan: *{{Jerk with a heart of gold}} Del Gue is a pretty brutal fellow, but a genuine friend and ally to Johnson.
*MountainMan:
This is a FILM ABOUT MOUNTAIN MEN.
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A 1972 Western film based (allegedly) on the life of real-life mountain man John "Liver Eatin'" Johnson.

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A 1972 Western film based (allegedly) (partly) on the life of real-life mountain man John "Liver Eatin'" Johnson.

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