The Revenant

The Revenant

Hugh Glass

Jim Bridger

Andrew Henry

Anderson

Fryman

Johnnie

Murphy

Dave Chapman

French Trapper

Trapper

Stubby Bill

Boone

Beckett

Trapper

Sam the Shirtless Trapper

Coulter

Gordon

Hawk

Johnnie

Young Trapper (uncredited)

The Revenant (2015) is shot chronologically on a 80-days schedule that takes place over a total principal-photography-time-period of 9 months. This unusually long production time is due to the cold weather conditions, the remoteness of the locations and director Alejandro González Iñárritu's and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki's aesthetic plan to shoot only with natural light for maximum realism. Only a few shooting hours are available every day and have to be carefully planned in advance.

A film titled Man in the Wilderness (1971) was made loosely based on Hugh Glass's story but with differently named characters. It featured the actors Richard Harris and John Huston. The Revenant (2015) is based directly on Hugh Glass' story according to the 2003 book by Michael Punke.

The film's production was delayed two months before filming began after New Regency Pictures lost its associated partner with its financing as it put the production in serious doubt. It wasn't until Megan Ellison & her company, Annapurna Pictures decided to come aboard to assist in being a financing associate with New Regency to get production back on track.