In "I Dreamt I Was in Heaven," famous, historical figures dance with fictional characters to create a turn-of-the-century tapestry of violence and innocence, love and betrayal, butchery and grace-mirroring and chafing against the backdrop of a burgeoning United States, and a disappearing American West. With his angel to guide him, he sets out to do the impossible with a missionary's zeal, a child's anticipation, and a grown man's violence. Rufus is guided by a sense of religious mission, by heavenly visions made manifest in the form of the extraordinary, 13 year-old Theodosia Swain. Against this background, the teenaged Rufus Buck Gang embarked on their mad quest to reclaim Indian lands from US settlement. Parker's judicial tyranny over 74,000 square miles of Indian Territory was coming to an end. government continued to co-opt Indian land for settlement. Americas 1st and only Black Indian Gang.The meanest band of outlaws EVER. In lawless Indian Territory the end of an era approached. Parker, notorious half-black, half-Indian outlaw Cherokee Bill, one-quarter Cherokee "gentlemen bandit" Henry Starr, relative of the notorious Belle Starr, and the worst of them all, half-black, half-Indian Rufus Buck, collided during the summer of 1895. Based on the true story, this is a tale of how real-life figures "Hanging Judge" Isaac C. Their goal was to take back Indian lands. I hadn't seen him since he drilled Rufus Buck that day in the bathtub, sinking him like a stone while the harlot Rufus was dallying with ran screaming out. He assembled a gang of petty criminals, all very young, to make a record that would sweep all of the other gangs of the territory into insignificance. “ The Harder They Fall” is in select theaters NOW and will drop on Netflix November 3.Based on the shocking true story: In the waning days of Indian Territory, the multi-racial, teenaged Rufus Buck Gang embarked on a vicious, childish, and deadly 13-day rampage that shocked even this lawless place. Rufus Buck was a Native American of the Yuchi tribe who was angry about the white people who were moving into the Indian Territory. THE HARDER THEY FALL (L-R): Regina King as Trudy Smith, Idris Elba as Rufus Buck, LaKeith Stanfield as Cherokee Bill – Photo: DAVID LEE/NETFLIX © 2021 Sometimes you need someone to believe in your vision. The gang’s leader, Rufus Buck, the 18-year-old son of a black mother and Creek father, burned with a zealot’s passion: he dreamed that his gang’s spree would trigger an Indian uprising that would expel the illegal white majority and reclaim the whole Territory for its native people. Trudy is her own woman, she doesn’t necessarily need a Rufus, but she believes in his vision. People have been confusing me with being a descendant of Rufus Buck, leader of the notorious Rufus Buck gang that reportedly carried out law and order. While you may not agree with the way they wanted to create a town where Black people were not dependent on anyone, but themselves…you have to celebrate that. I liken Redwood City to maybe what a Tulsa, Oklahoma, would have been – 40 years before there was a Tulsa. Regina King: When you talked about the Rufus Buck gang – Trudy, Cherokee and Rufus – they are ride or die for each other…ride or die for Rufus’ vision. Q: Trudy is devoted to Rufus, what’s at the root of her loyalty? Regina King as Trudy Smith and LaKeith Stanfield as Cherokee Bill in THE HARDER THEY FALL – Photo: DAVID LEE/NETFLIX © 2021 I was trying to look cool on this beast! As soon as I get near one my eyes start itching and my nose starts dribbling. Idris Elba: The horses…I’m allergic to horses. It was cold and you got leather on and long coats that are getting in the way, but it was still fun. As actors, you want a scene partner that does the homework – I had that in Idris. We both came into it, feeling the importance of that. They wanted justice, and they sought it with the same. RK: It’s always fantastic when you get the opportunity to show levels of love and intimacy in ways that aren’t common between a man and a woman. The Rufus Buck Gang werent gunslingers like Billy the Kid, or thieves like the James-Younger gang. We didn’t have much to say, but we still managed to put across their relationship – their nonsexual relationship – it was just super gang, gang. Idris Elba: Rewarding for me…most of the scenes with Regina. Q: What was the most rewarding scene to film, and what was the most challenging scene to film? THE HARDER THEY FALL (L-R): BEHIND THE SCENES with JEYMES SAMUEL (DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-WRITER), LAKEITH STANFIELD as CHEROKEE BILL, IDRIS ELBA as RUFUS BUCK, REGINA KING as TRUDY SMITH.
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