Pathfinder is a 2007 American epic action film directed by Marcus Nispel, distributed by 20th Century Fox, and stars Karl Urban, Clancy Brown, Ralf Möller, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Jay Tavare, and Nathaniel Arcand. It is a loose remake of an Oscar-nominated 1987 Norwegian movie of the same name although the geographic setting and peoples involved are very different. Pathfinder takes place in "Vinland" and the story involves a fictional conflict between the Native Americans and Viking marauders from across the Atlantic Ocean, who have come to the Americas in search of... colonization. The time period it is set in is around two centuries before the first known Continental European contact with the New World, which academics generally agree occurred with Leif Ericson around 1000 AD. Pathfinder received a widely negative critical reception upon release and was not successful at the box office, although the film did enjoy much better home video sales whereby the studio recouped its costs and the film gained a small cult following.
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| Release date: | April 13, 2007 |
| Directed by: | Marcus Nispel |
| Runtime: | 99 Minutes |
| Producer: | Mike Medavoy, Marcus Nispel |
| Music by: | Jonathan Elias |
| Cinematography: | Daniel Pearl |
| Screenplay by: | Nils Gaup, Laeta Kalogridis |
| Estimated budget: | $45,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure |