screenshots / The New World / 2005 Ugur Film

Directed by Terrence Malick, the film stars Colin Farrell (as Captain John Smith), Q'orianka Kilcher (as Pocahontas) and Christian Bale (as John Rolfe).

The cast also includes August Schellenberg (as Chief Powhatan), Wes Studi (as Opechancanough), Raoul Trujillo (as Tomocomo) and Michael Greyeyes (as Rupwew).

The film was notable for its emphasis on authenticity, from location, settings and costumes to the casting of Native American actors and extras.

Michael Greyeyes, Wes Studi and August Schellenberg had previously appeared together in the 1996 made-for-television film Crazy Horse.

Raoul Trujillo other screen credits include Black Fox (1995), Song of Hiawatha (1997) and Apocalypto (2006).

In the role of Parahunt, actor Kalani Queypo also appeared as Angel in The End of the Spear (2005) and later as Xocozin in Aztec Rex (2007).

The cast also included actors Myrton Running Wolf and Lawrence Santiago who both appeared in the TV mini-series Into the West (2005).

Filming locations included the Chickahominy River in Virginia and at the Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, England.

Three cuts of the film (135-minute, 150 minute, 172 minute) have been released on Blu-ray and DVD in the United States by The Criterion Collection.

Myrton Running Wolf passed in 2025 at the age of 56.