Robert Redford who later bought the rights to the series also was frustrated in his efforts to make films of the books for years (a film of "A Dark Wind" directed by Errol Morris with Lou Diamond Phillips as Chee and Fred Ward as Leaphorn was released in Europe in 1991, but went straight to video here). But Redford was full of praise for PBS at their annual conference in San Francisco this summer.
Chris Eyre who developed "Smoke Signals" at Sundance is the director. Adam Beach plays Chee was also in "Smoke Signals." Wes Studi plays Leaphorn. They give excellent performances and hopefully will be able to return to the roles in future films based on Hillerman's novels for "Mystery."
This originally appeared on TVBarn.
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Article comments
1 - Bill Sherman
I'm looking forward to this: I've been a major fan of Hillerman's mysteries for some time - so I've got my fingers crossed . . .
2 - Andrea Harris
I've been a big fan of the Hillerman novels too. I'm going to have to pick the tape up through Amazon or something, when it becomes available, because I don't get cable and the PBS station in my area has lousy reception. (And apartment complexes apparently no longer provide arial antennas!)