Breathtaking scenes of North Carolina’s mountains and waterfalls appear in the 1992 blockbuster “The Last of the Mohicans.” To create upstate New York in western North Carolina, the movie crew constructed a replica of Fort William Henry alongside Lake James, near the Pisgah National Forest. Additional shooting took place at the Biltmore Estate, in parts of DuPont State Recreational Forest, and around Hickory Nut Falls, in Chimney Rock Park.
Come watch “The Last of the Mohicans” on Friday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. in Daniels Auditorium at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Tickets cost $5 plus tax per person, and $4 plus tax for museum members. “The Last of the Mohicans” is presented as part of the Starring North Carolina! Film Series. NOTE: MPAA rating is R-V.
A commercial success, the acclaimed film stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe and Jodhi May, and it won a 1992 Academy Award for Best Sound. Set in the late 1750s in the frontier wilderness, “The Last of the Mohicans” intertwines bold adventure, intense fighting, and passionate romance during the French and Indian War.
To prepare for his role as Hawkeye, Day-Lewis spent a month in the North Carolina woods, working with experts to learn the skills of 18th-century American Indians. He learned how to track and skin animals, to build canoes, and to fight with tomahawks and flintlock muskets.
Day-Lewis' Costume and Movie Props in Exhibit
Come back to the museum during regular hours to see the costume that Day-Lewis wore as Hawkeye in “The Last of the Mohicans.” This item and more than 20 props used in the movie are featured in the exhibit Starring North Carolina! The weapons include a stunt tomahawk, stunt musket, war club, and knives. The hat that Stowe wore in her role as Cora Munro, the shackles placed on Hawkeye, powder horns and a canoe paddle are among additional items.
Starring North Carolina! celebrates the state’s films, television shows, cast members and production crews. Admission is now half price through Sept. 7, the exhibit’s closing date. Don’t miss this opportunity to check out the costumes and props from other movies and television shows, such as “Bull Durham,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Dawson’s Creek,” and “Sleepy Hollow.” Learn how North Carolina became one of the nation’s top film and television production locations and home to the largest film studio outside of California ─ EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington.
Major sponsors of Starring North Carolina! are the News & Observer, the North Carolina Museum of History Associates, and the North Carolina News Network
Exhibit Admission
Purchase exhibit tickets at the Museum Shop.
- $5 plus tax per person, ages 18 and up
- $3 plus tax per person, ages 7 to 17, 60 and up, college students with ID
- $3 plus tax per person, groups of 10 or more with reservations—visit nccapvisit.org to make reservations
- Free, ages 6 and under, museum members; also, as a Blue Star Museum, this exhibit is free for active-duty, National Guard, and Reserve personnel with ID.
For more information about Starring North Carolina!, visit NCMOH-starring.com. To learn about the N.C. Museum of History, call 919-807-7900 or access ncmuseumofhistory.org or follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ or YouTube.