Hatchet Jack’s frozen body, letter, and inherited rifle are nominated.
Jeremiah’s early fur trade with Native Americans is nominated.
Jeremiah rescuing the bald man and helping recover his horses is nominated.
The first family meal with Woman and the boy is nominated.
Swan teaching Jeremiah to hunt and the family building a cabin are selected as a favorite montage.
The wolf attack is nominated.
The reluctant passage through the Crow burial ground is nominated.
Jeremiah’s successive fights with Crow warriors and the murder montage are nominated.
Jeremiah’s return to the cabin is nominated for the line that some say he is dead and some say he never will be.
The final raised-arm exchange with Paints His Shirt Red is selected as a favorite and the film’s resolution of the feud.
Jeremiah’s first attack on a Crow camp is selected as another favorite for its single-shot-weapon choreography.

The most "year the movie came out" thing

Postwar disillusionment, the opening overture, and the late intermission are selected as specifically 1972 choices.

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Disillusionment with war is proposed as the most 1972 element.
The 150-second overture before the movie begins is selected as a period-specific choice.
The intermission and entr’acte in a movie under two hours are selected as another period-specific choice.

What’s Aged the Best?

The final nod; John Milius dialogue; voiceover and music; facial hair; Crow memorial; Redford’s unique catalog entry.

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The final nod of approval is the immediate aged-best choice.
John Milius’s sparse dialogue is praised as memorable.
The voiceover and music work despite one speaker’s usual dislike of both devices.
Redford’s changing beard is proposed as an exceptional facial-hair performance; a beard-extension conspiracy is raised jokingly and rejected.
The Crow statue honoring Jeremiah’s kills is praised.
The patient survival routines and mountain setting are praised.
The film is called unique in Redford’s catalog and identified as his favorite.

The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

Del Gue’s buried head and the bear chase into the cabin are distinct shot choices.

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The shot of “Delgues” head protruding from the ground is nominated.
The bear chasing Jeremiah into the cabin is later nominated as a missed Great Shot choice.

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Jeremiah crossing the burial ground and surviving repeated severe injuries are selected.

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Jeremiah allowing the reverend to push him into crossing the Crow burial ground is selected as the main weak link.
Jeremiah surviving an axe, spear, eye injury, and many unseen fights is selected as another weak link.

What’s Aged the Worst?

The daughter-as-repayment custom, dated Native representation, slower Bear Claw passages, and songs narrating visible action are criticized.

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A daughter being given as repayment for a gift is selected as dated.
The movie’s language for Native people and its presentation of their customs are debated.
The Bear Claw passages are said to drag on repeat viewing.
The opening song laying out the movie’s plot is criticized.

The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

The grieving woman is defended, while Del Gue is selected for dialing up his performance.

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The grieving woman is nominated but defended as showing an appropriate amount of grief.
The bald companion is chosen for dialing up his performance.

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Jeremiah’s Crow-war kill count is far larger than the montage suggests.

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A detailed count argues Jeremiah kills many Crow warriors across the feud.
The estimate and the movie’s compressed montage are debated.

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Charles Tyner and Paul Benedict are selected; Tanya Tucker is noted in a small role.

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Charles Tyner is selected as the actor recognized from The Longest Yard.
Paul Benedict is selected as another recognizable supporting actor.
Tanya Tucker is noted as one of the daughters in the family occupying the cabin.

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Bear Claw and Del are debated without a resolved committee choice.

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Bearclaw and Doug you are the two heat-check nominees.
The committee leaves the choice unresolved.

Apex Mountain

Mountains in movies; Crow burial grounds; Will Geer’s transition to The Waltons.

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The landscapes compete for Apex Mountain of mountains, with Alive offered as a rival.
Crow burial grounds are called an unquestioned Apex.
Will Geer beginning The Waltons the same year is called a personal peak.

Cruise or Hanks?

Hanks wins two votes; Cruise is preferred once because his version would become a comedy.

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Hanks is the immediate choice for two participants.
Cruise is selected by another participant because his version would become comic.

Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

The film is declared untouchable; a one-season series and comic town-return continuation are floated but not endorsed.

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The film is declared untouchable.
A one-season prestige series is proposed tentatively.
A comic continuation in which Jeremiah returns to town and opens a hardware store is joked about.