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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19920925
Author:Roger Ebert

The Last of the Mohicans (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Hawkeye Daniel Day-Lewis Cora Madeleine Stowe Chingachgook Russell Means Uncas Eric Schweig Directed by Michael Mann. Produced by Michael Mann and Hunt Lowry. Based on the novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Running Time: 120 minutes. Classified R (for violence.) Opening today at local theaters.

Much has been made about how authentic "The Last of the Mohicans" is, about how the cast learned wilderness survival skills and how every bow, arrow, canoe and moccasin was constructed according to the ancient ...

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