Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from a burial site.Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from a burial site.Officers Leaphorn and Chee search for a missing anthropologist suspected of stealing artifacts from a burial site.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Photos
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Chee falls down the embankment his flashlight is clearly left behind, but after standing up below he turns on a flashlight
- Quotes
Jim Chee: That Davis woman was coming on to you strong.
Joe Leaphorn: Means she's got something to hide.
- ConnectionsFeatures Nick Stellino's Family Kitchen (2000)
Featured review
A well-done rendition of Hillerman's story
The story was kept intact and in iconological order. However, it suggests you read the book first or at the least are familiar with the characters first. There is only so much film time and this needed to be a mini-series. Each character's background and personality were alluded to. The visuals are par-exultant. You feel that you are in Four-corners territory.
They picked a perfect cast of actors. Most have played in other Hillerman book films, so you recognize the characters. I know you can look up the list but I still am amazed at how I immediately associate the characters with the characters. To name a few Wes Studi (Cherokee) as Joe Leaphorn, Sheila Tousey (Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Indian) as Emma Leaphorn, and Graham Greene (He is an Oneida Indian) as Slick Nakai.
This presentation follows the Hillerman formula for two intertwined mysteries that start for different purposes and sometimes end differently and not combined. On occasion, Hillerman's stories do not end. Jim Chee must track down a missing back-hoe that he let get pilfered from a secure compound. Joe Leaphorn must track down a suspected pot thief or a thief of time. One of their paths crossings is through a preacher appropriately named Slick. When the back-hoe user turns up dispatched and the pot thief is missing, they may find that the two stories are one.
We are quite lucky that the story did not get twisted by Robert Redford as he has his agenda and quite often bends stories for his purpose. In the movie "Skinwalkers" the Skinwalkers have been for all practical purposes removed. Robert Redford did the same thing in several other productions ruining the whole purpose of the story. Yet hear he seemed to take a more hands-off approach so it played well.
The DVD has a good voice-over commentary and the standard other extras.
They picked a perfect cast of actors. Most have played in other Hillerman book films, so you recognize the characters. I know you can look up the list but I still am amazed at how I immediately associate the characters with the characters. To name a few Wes Studi (Cherokee) as Joe Leaphorn, Sheila Tousey (Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Indian) as Emma Leaphorn, and Graham Greene (He is an Oneida Indian) as Slick Nakai.
This presentation follows the Hillerman formula for two intertwined mysteries that start for different purposes and sometimes end differently and not combined. On occasion, Hillerman's stories do not end. Jim Chee must track down a missing back-hoe that he let get pilfered from a secure compound. Joe Leaphorn must track down a suspected pot thief or a thief of time. One of their paths crossings is through a preacher appropriately named Slick. When the back-hoe user turns up dispatched and the pot thief is missing, they may find that the two stories are one.
We are quite lucky that the story did not get twisted by Robert Redford as he has his agenda and quite often bends stories for his purpose. In the movie "Skinwalkers" the Skinwalkers have been for all practical purposes removed. Robert Redford did the same thing in several other productions ruining the whole purpose of the story. Yet hear he seemed to take a more hands-off approach so it played well.
The DVD has a good voice-over commentary and the standard other extras.
helpful•21
- Bernie4444
- Apr 17, 2021
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Вор времени
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
![A Thief of Time (2003)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTgyMTcwNTE2M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzQ4MjEzMQ@@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR2,0,90,133_.jpg)