Michael Mann · 1992 · overland

Michael Mann's 1992 film, from Cooper's novel. In 1757, during the French and Indian War, the frontiersman Hawkeye and his Mohican family escort two British officer's daughters through the wilderness of upstate New York. Ambush, the siege and massacre at Fort William Henry, and a desperate flight through the mountains bind Hawkeye and Cora together as the last of the Mohicans face the end of their world.

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   Albany frontier

   The New York colonial frontier where the scout Hawkeye and his Mohican father and brother move through contested woods, and agree to guide the Munro sisters to their father's fort.

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   Fort William Henry

   The British fort on Lake George, besieged by the French and their allies; after its surrender, the retreating column is ambushed and massacred, and the survivors must run for their lives.

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   The mountains

   The Adirondack heights to which Hawkeye leads the survivors in flight - to a waterfall and a final, tragic confrontation on the cliffs that leaves the Mohican line all but ended.