Themes: Innocence Lost, Fighting the System, Fathers and Sons
Main Cast: Steve Railsback, Penelope Milford, Michael Beck, Torquil Campbell, Sandra Seacat
Release Year: 1983
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
The Golden Seal manages to be excellent family entertainment without ever resorting to gimmickry or phony sentimentality. The story focuses on a family living in the Aleutian Islands. The father, Jim Lee (Steve Railsback), has long been awaiting the return of the fabled golden seal, which comes to the islands to give birth every seven years. Like many of the other locals, Jim intends to capture the seal and turn it in for a huge reward. But Jim's 10-year-old son Eric (Torquil Campbell) endeavors to save the golden seal from harm. Told in a leisurely, unforced fashion, The Golden Seal is a fairly faithful adaptation of A River Ran Out of Eden, a novel by James Vance Marshall. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Credit
Gordon Mark - First Assistant Director, Frank Zuniga - Director, Joe Canutt - Second Unit Director, Robert Q. Lovett - Editor, John Barry - Composer (Music Score), Dana Kaproff - Composer (Music Score), Douglas Higgins - Production Designer, Eric Saarinen - Cinematographer, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. - Producer, Larry Sutton - Sound/Sound Designer, John Groves - Screenwriter, James Vance Marshall - Book Author
