The Donner Party (2009)
- Directed by
- Terrence Martin
- Genre
- drama film, independent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 4.7 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of 1840s settlers traveling west to California get trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains. As food runs out, some of them resort to eating the dead to survive.
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What happens
The Donner Party is a 2009 American period Western drama film written and directed by Terrence Martin (credited as T.J. Martin), and starring Crispin Glover, Clayne Crawford, Michele Santopietro, Mark Boone Junior, and Christian Kane. It is based on the true story of the Donner Party, an 1840s westward traveling group of settlers headed for California. Becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with food increasingly scarce, a small group calling themselves "The Forlorn Hope" turned to cannibalism. The Forlorn was the working title for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Donner Party (1992)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.