Themes: Survival in the Wilderness, Daring Rescues, Missing Persons
Main Cast: Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston, Gordon Tootoosis
Release Year: 1996
Country: US
Run Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Widower Jake Barnes (Dirk Benedict) moves with his daughter and son to a fishing village in Alaska, and earns his keep as a bush pilot by ferrying supplies to remote locations throughout the state. While the daughter loves her new home, the son cannot stand it, and is impatiently waiting until he is grown up enough to move away. However, they join forces to look for their father when they learn that he has gone down in an airplane accident. The official search party is called off and Jake is assumed dead, but the children will have none of it, and go off on their own into the Alaskan wilderness. Along the way, they thwart a big-game poacher (Charlton Heston) and his sidekick, and learn about survival in the wilderness. A highlight of the film is its fine footage of wild Alaska. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Duncan Fraser - Koontz; Ed Gale - Baby Bear; Mark McCracken - Animatronics Mother Bear; Don S. Davis - Sergeant Grazer; Stephen E. Miller - Trooper Harvey; Ben Cardinal - Charlie; P. Adrien Dorval - Burly Fisherman; Arthur Agee - Cubby; Kristin Lehman - Florence; Ryan Kent - Chip; Dolly Madsen - Mrs Ben; Byron Chief-Moon - Chip's Father
Credit
Rex Raglan - Art Director, John Stronach - Associate Producer, Mary Gail Artz - Casting, Barbara Cohen - Casting, Gordon Mark - Co-producer, Monique Prudhomme - Costume Designer, Tony Brand - First Assistant Director, Fraser C. Heston - Director, Rob Kobrin - Editor, Reg Powell - Composer (Music Score), Reg Powell - Songwriter, Stan Edmonds - Makeup, Douglas Higgins - Production Designer, Tony Westman - Cinematographer, Andy Burg - Producer, Carol Fuchs - Producer, Eric Batut - Sound/Sound Designer, Scott Myers - Screenwriter, Andy Burg - Screenwriter, Hans Bjerno - Aerial Photography, Don Markese - Musical Performer, Shannon Shea - Puppeteer, Hiroshi Ikeuchi - Puppeteer, Chris Robbins - Puppeteer, Marc Tyler - Puppeteer
