The Color of Lightning Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Dec. 11, 2009

The Color of Lightning

To Be Announced (TBA)

Screenwriter: Larry McMurtry • Diana Ossana

N/A Drama N/A

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Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'.

December 11, 2009

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: After freed slave Britt Johnson moves his family to Young County, TX at the end of the Civil War, his family and neighbors are attacked by Comanche and Kiowa, with many of them being taken captive. While Britt waits through the winter before he can set out to rescue his wife and children, Samuel Hammond, a Quaker man preaching nonviolence and an agrarian lifestyle gets sent to the region to be the new Indian Agent. The contrast between Johnson, a pragmatic man of action, and Hammond, an idealist who struggles with the ambiguities of reality, echoes the history of a period when government programs and westward expansion collided, ruinously, with Native cultures.

Drama Western

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Who stars in The Color of Lightning – Cast List

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Who is making The Color of Lightning – Crew List

The film's writer Larry McMurtry last penned Joe Bell and Brokeback Mountain.

Director: —
Screenwriters: Larry McMurtry
Diana Ossana
Producers: Michael Costigan
Ridley Scott
Tony Scott

Studios: 20th Century Studios
Production Company: Scott Free Productions

Production – What we know about the The Color of Lightning

Key Facts

Based on the novel "The Color of Lightning" by Paulette Jules.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2009

Development

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Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
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Also known as: Not available
Language: English

The Color of Lightning Trailers and Clips

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The Color of Lightning Release Date: When is the film coming out?

The Color of Lightning is scheduled for release in on To Be Announced (TBA) . There are 9702 9,702 other movies scheduled for release on the same date, including The Last Train to New York, The Rosie Project and Star Wars: New Jedi Order.

The estimated home release date for The Color of Lightning is currently being determined. Stay tuned!