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LONE TIPI

MONTANA RIDGE

By Mic RODGERS, Nick MARKART

Western - Development 2025

A Scottish born newcomer to the land of riches of USA 1875, takes refuge there from violence in his homeland, only to discover his kinsfolk in Montana, are embroiled in a battle against the Yankee army at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

- Year of production
- 2025
- Genres
- Western, Action/Adventure
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM, USA, CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 10 - 25 M$
- Duration
- 120 mn
- Director(s)
- Mic RODGERS, Nick MARKART
- Writer(s)
- Mairi SUTHERLAND, Nick MARKART
- Producer(s)
- Mairi SUTHERLAND (Sans Peur Productions ), Nick MARKART
- Synopsis
- A Scottish crofter leaves his homeland to become a cowboy on the Chisholm Trail. He arrives for a cattle job when the battle of Little Big Horn is in full flow putting his life in turmoil. His cousins both Scottish and Nez Perce Indian turn out to be the battle Chiefs of the Indian Land reforms. He is forced to become a guide for both sides but as the battles ensue he decides to go with his kindred MacDonald and Nez Perce Clan to help them organize a battle stampede to avert the remaining Yankee lines. Thus helping the First Nations to win the Battle of Little Big Horn. In so doing he must flee with the Nez Perce North to Alberta while they plan to negotiate with the Government to gain land rights for the entire Native American cause with the forming of the Reservations. He only finds peace when he crosses the border to Oregon to make haste to a Scottish family there.
- Partners & financing
- Calgary Film Finance, Alberta Tax credit grant, Canadian Federal Tax Credit TBA