Just to clarify my earlier point about the darker skin tones of the poacher, which Richard Leskosky and David Desser thought was going a bit far. I agree. I was just reporting what several reviewers (including Siskel and/or Ebert) at the time had mentioned. It *is* a generic/narrative convention with ancient roots, but whether that makes it racist, archetypal, or merely cliched has, I think, to be taken in the context of the film as a whole. Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]