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Smoke Signals

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Smoke Signals	comment	Smoke Signals is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by Chris Eyre. It is the first movie to be written, directed, and co-produced by Native Americans.Geeky, orphaned Thomas (Evan Adams) lives on the Coeur d'Alene reservation in Idaho where he's reluctantly looked after by stoic Victor (Adam Beach), whose long-gone father Arnold (Gary Farmer) saved Thomas from the fire that killed his parents. When Victor learns of Arnold's death in Phoenix, Thomas says he'll pay the expenses of the trip if he can accompany Victor. The young men reach an understanding during their travels, while Victor struggles to deal with his complicated feelings about his father and the past.Adapted from the short story This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona, featured in the short story collection Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven by Sherman Alexie, who also wrote the screenplay.A Spiritual Successor saw release at film festivals in 2023, in the form of a mockumentary called Hey Viktor!, directed by and starring the now-grown Cody Lightning as an Adam Westing version of himself, who is disillusioned that everyone else from the movie became popular while he only gets offers for gay pornos and pro-fracking commercials. So he decides to make a Smoke Signals sequel, if only he can get Beach onboard.
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Smoke Signals / int_121865ac	type	Noble Savage
Smoke Signals / int_121865ac	comment	He does tend to insult people while smiling the whole way through. Could be his personal way of subverting the "Stoic, Grim Noble Savage" trope.
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Smoke Signals / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
Smoke Signals / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: When two white men steal the boys' bus seats.
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Smoke Signals / int_17501df2	type	Cool Old Guy
Smoke Signals / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Arnold. Played basketball and was a very crafty magician.
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Smoke Signals / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
Smoke Signals / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The movie includes a number of additional scenes and plot points that don't appear in the original story, many of which are adapted from other stories in the collection by Alexie. The movie also adds the character of Suzy Song, who doesn't appear anywhere in Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven.
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Smoke Signals / int_24ddbe2b	type	Saw "Star Wars" Twenty-Seven Times
Smoke Signals / int_24ddbe2b	comment	Saw "Star Wars" Twenty-Seven Times: Victor Joseph tweaks Thomas Builds-the-Fire over how many times the latter has seen Dances with Wolves.
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Smoke Signals / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
Smoke Signals / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Arnold abandoned Victor as a child, and it's the focus of the film.
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Smoke Signals / int_38718ea8	type	Beautiful All Along
Smoke Signals / int_38718ea8	comment	Beautiful All Along: Parodied when Thomas unbraids his hair, dons a stylish "Frybread Power" T-shirt, and ditches his glasses...for about five seconds. He keeps the shirt, though.
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Smoke Signals / int_3dcc914f	type	Took a Level in Kindness
Smoke Signals / int_3dcc914f	comment	Took a Level in Kindness: After verbally abusing Thomas for the better part of their journey, when they finally arrive home Victor thanks Thomas and gives him some of Arnold's ashes. To Thomas this is a VERY BIG DEAL. Doubles as a Tear Jerker for Thomas.
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Smoke Signals / int_43dc74d0	type	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man
Smoke Signals / int_43dc74d0	comment	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Thomas is bespectacled and nerdy, whilst Victor is athletic and stoic.
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Smoke Signals / int_4655ec83	type	Important Haircut
Smoke Signals / int_4655ec83	comment	Important Haircut: Victor cuts his hair with a folding knife when faced with the family mementos kept by his runaway father. He had previously told Thomas that long, free-flowing hair is an Indian man's sign of pride. His dad cut his hair (and never grew it long again) after he accidentally caused the fire that killed Thomas' parents. Among many Native American tribes, cutting hair off is a sign of mourning.
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Smoke Signals / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Smoke Signals / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Victor turns out to be this at the climax of the film.
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Smoke Signals / int_47d35854	type	Intergenerational Friendship
Smoke Signals / int_47d35854	comment	Intergenerational Friendship: Arnold and Suzy are this.
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Smoke Signals / int_4885c04b	type	Road Trip Plot
Smoke Signals / int_4885c04b	comment	Road Trip Plot: Victor and Thomas go on a road trip to Phoenix to retrieve Arnold's ashes and grow as people along the way.
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Smoke Signals / int_4f6d87f7	type	Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
Smoke Signals / int_4f6d87f7	comment	Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Arnold and Suzy. Amplified by the fact that Arnold is quite wide around the waist.
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Smoke Signals / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
Smoke Signals / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: "I/He didn't mean to."
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Smoke Signals / int_77b009ea	type	Phrase Catcher
Smoke Signals / int_77b009ea	comment	Phrase Catcher: Victor is on the receiving end of "Hey, Victor!"
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Smoke Signals / int_83a903f6	type	Stepford Smiler
Smoke Signals / int_83a903f6	comment	Stepford Smiler: Victor serves as a Type A male example of this. He gives a gymnast Thomas talks to on the bus to Arizona a brutal verbal smackdown after catching her in a lie, all the while smiling. He does tend to insult people while smiling the whole way through. Could be his personal way of subverting the "Stoic, Grim Noble Savage" trope.
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Smoke Signals / int_95f2d65e	type	DefrostingIceKing
Smoke Signals / int_95f2d65e	comment	Defrosting Ice King: Victor is an example of this.
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Smoke Signals / int_97ee273	type	Momma's Boy
Smoke Signals / int_97ee273	comment	Momma's Boy: While Victor is generally aloof, cold and a Jerkass to those around him, he clearly has a close bond with his mother, Arlene. Thomas is this in spades with his grandmother. Complete with the selection of wardrobe and the same hair styles.
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Smoke Signals / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Smoke Signals / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: A flashback of the young Victor riding with his father in a pickup, with his dad telling him fanciful stories of being a magician who can make people disappear. Then Victor drops his dad's beer on accident, and his dad elbows him in the face.
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Smoke Signals / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Smoke Signals / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Whenever Thomas finishes with one of his stories, Victor usually negates the truthfulness of it with "Thomas, you're so full of shit..." When Thomas wants to get Victor's attention he usually cries out, "HEY VICTOR!" Also by Thomas, "Some days, it's a good day to die. And some days, it's a good day to have breakfast." Earlier in the film a variation of the same phrase is used by Junior, one of Victor's basketball buddies, "Some days, it's a good day to die. And some days, it's a good day to play basketball."
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Smoke Signals / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
Smoke Signals / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: Victor's parents. Arnold is the more pressing case, being willing to strike Victor across the face and even beat his mother right in front of him. His mother isn't innocent either, as it's made pretty clear that her alcoholism was impairing her parenting for most of Victor's early childhood. She does, however, get heaps of credit for finally realizing this trope was at play and then defying it the best that she could.
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Smoke Signals / int_bb53d08	type	Tear Jerker
Smoke Signals / int_bb53d08	comment	Doubles as a Tear Jerker for Thomas.
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Smoke Signals / int_da6c567	type	The Storyteller
Smoke Signals / int_da6c567	comment	The Story Teller: Thomas is well known as this, much to Victor's annoyance. Arnold proves to be this as well, as shown when he tells the story of how he and Victor "defeated the Jesuits in a basketball game".
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Smoke Signals / int_e13156e1	type	Mama Bear
Smoke Signals / int_e13156e1	comment	Mama Bear: Arlene is a strong but nonviolent example of this. After a night of "boozing", she wakes up at the sound of a young Victor breaking beer bottles on the side of their house. The impact of seeing her son in that state prompts her to stop drinking. Being an alcoholic, the fact that she goes cold turkey and evidently STAYS on the wagon proves the lengths she will go to for her son. She is even willing to put up with Arnold's beatings if it means Victor won't have to see her or Arnold drunk ever again.
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Smoke Signals / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Smoke Signals / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	While Victor is generally aloof, cold and a Jerkass to those around him, he clearly has a close bond with his mother, Arlene.
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