Pocahontas 1 🎥 1995 Movie Info

Plot Summary

In 1607, the Susan Constant travels from London to the New World, carrying English settlers from the Virginia Company. The settlers, including Captain John Smith, talk of adventure, finding gold, fighting “Injuns” and potentially settling in the new land. They encounter a hurricane shortly after setting sail, during which a soldier named Thomas washes overboard. John Smith manages to save him by rappelling off the ship, but they narrowly escape when the rope breaks. In the Powhatan tribe in Virginia, Pocahontas, the pretty young Native American daughter of Chief Powhatan, fears being possibly wed to Kocoum, a warrior whom she sees as “too serious” for her own free-spirited personality.

After having a dream about a spinning arrow, Pocahontas visits Grandmother Willow, a talking willow tree who alerts her of the arriving English. The voyage’s leader Governor Ratcliffe, who seeks only wealth and status, has Jamestown built in a wooded clearing and immediately has the crewmen dig for gold, which he secretly plans to use to dethrone King James. John departs to explore the wilderness and encounters Pocahontas. At first, she speaks to him in Powhatan, but soon, he gains her trust. They quickly bond, fascinated by each other’s worlds, and end up falling in love. After a fight between settlers and natives, Powhatan orders the natives to stay away from the Englishmen, but Pocahontas disobeys him and keeps meeting with John.

However, Pocahontas’s friend, Nakoma, discovers the secret relationship and warns Kocoum. Ratcliffe also learns of John’s encounters and stubbornly warns him against sparing any Natives. Later, John and Pocahontas meet with Grandmother Willow and plan to bring peace between the colonists and the tribe. While both parties spy on the couple, John and Pocahontas share a kiss. Furious with his Battle cry, Kocoum attacks and attempts to kill John, but Thomas, who had been ordered by Ratcliffe to follow John, intervenes and kills Kocoum.

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