Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

Jeremiah Johnson was directed by Sydney Pollack and stars Robert Redford in the title role. Pollack and Redford were frequent collaborators who also worked together on Three Days of the Condor and Out of Africa.

The film is based loosely on the legendary mountain man John Garrison Johnston, who was often known by the nickname "Liver-Eating Johnson." The character's story is also heavily adapted from the novel Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher.

The film's central conflict is triggered when Johnson helps the United States Cavalry cross through a sacred Crow burial ground to rescue a stranded group of settlers. This violation of the treaty leads the Crow tribe to attack his family, sparking a brutal personal war.

While the film is set in the mountains of Wyoming, it was primarily shot on location in the Wasatch Range of Utah. Director Sydney Pollack used the stunning snow-capped peaks of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest to replicate the 19th-century American frontier.