The New World

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$30.5M

Captain Smith is spared his mutinous hanging sentence after captain Newport's ship arrives in 1607 to found Jamestown, an English colony in Virginia. The initially friendly natives, who have no personal property concept, turn hostile after a 'theft' is 'punished' violently on the spot. During an armed exploration, Smith is captured, but spared when the chief's favorite daughter Pocahontas pleads for the stranger who soon becomes her lover and learns to love their naive 'savage' way of harmonious life. Ultimately he returns to the grim fort, which would starve hadn't she arranged for Indian generosity. Alas, each side soon brands their own lover a traitor, so she is banished and he flogged as introduction to slavish toiling. Changes turn again, leading Smith to accept a northern-more mission and anglicized Pocahontas, believing him dead, becoming the mother of aristocratic new lover John Rolfe's son. They'll meet again for a finale in England.

🏆 Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 34 nominations total

Genres

Biography, Drama, History

Director

Terrence Malick

Cast

Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer

Released

20 January 2006

Runtime

2h 15m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

6.7 / 10

Votes

92,238

Metascore

73

Rotten Tomatoes

63%

Box office

$12,712,093

Budget

$30,000,000

Edition

Base