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6.7
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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

Terrence Malick’s “The New World” strips away all the fancy and lore from the story of Pocahontas and her tribe and the English settlers at Jamestown, and imagines how new and strange these people must have seemed to one another.

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Cast & Crew

Terrence Malick
Director
Christopher Plummer
As Captain Newport
John Savage
As Savage
Eddie Marsan
As Eddie
Jonathan Pryce
As King James
David Thewlis
As Wingfield
Colin Farrell
As Captain Smith

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The New World (2005) is a historical drama film directed by Terrence Malick that tells the story of the founding of the Jamestown settlement in 1607 and the clash between British colonizers and Native Americans. The film focuses on the legendary romance between Captain John Smith (Colin Farrell) and Princess Pocahontas (Q'orianka Kilcher), who falls in love despite their cultural differences. The film explores themes of culture clash, adaptation, and the violence that resulted from European colonization. The film received critical acclaim for its visual beauty, poetic narrative, and powerful performances.

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The New World was released in theaters on January 20, 2006.