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      Call of the Wild

      PG 1972 1h 40m Adventure List
      Reviews 46% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score During the 1898 Alaska gold rush, John Thornton (Charlton Heston) and his partner, Pete (Raimund Harmstorf), deliver mail and supplies to remote mining outposts using a sled-dog team led by Buck, a wily Alsatian. The most prized sled dog in the territory, Buck is targeted by a number of crooked prospectors, including the dastardly Black Burton (George Eastman). However, the former house dog is increasingly drawn to life in the wild among Alaska's timber wolves. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member 3 and a half to 4. A beautiful, adventure adapation that does it's ending well enough. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member The computer generated animals aren't realistic enough... don't waste your money! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't tend to enjoy movies centered around animals, but this movie is an exception for me. In this movie there are valid and more believable reasons for a human being like John Thornton to take a liking toward an animal. John Thornton (Charlton Heston) treats the dog respectfully, not lovingly like the way so many relationships between humans and animals are presented in Disney movies. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member 10/10 best actor was the dog \ Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Weird Soundtrack That Sounds Like It's Straight Out Of Early Star Trek Episode. The Story Also Didn't Seem To Fit With The Original Novel. Seemed Very Adhoc & Crap As Editing. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Well written screen-play. Plenty of action. Entertaining. I disagree with the assessments of the actors. They are all very competent. I thought the problem was more to do with the directing which was off at times and made it seem a little choppy. The director didn't get the depth out of Heston that he was certainly capable of. My main note is that the animal cruelty in this film (the beatings and whippings of the animals, not the sledding) is quite brutal and this certainly is NOT a "family adventure" as the VHS box states in two different places. I wouldn't show it to anyone under 12 or 13. Also, the VHS print I watched was very poor indeed. Is there a remastered DVD available? If so, the visuals would be spectacular. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis During the 1898 Alaska gold rush, John Thornton (Charlton Heston) and his partner, Pete (Raimund Harmstorf), deliver mail and supplies to remote mining outposts using a sled-dog team led by Buck, a wily Alsatian. The most prized sled dog in the territory, Buck is targeted by a number of crooked prospectors, including the dastardly Black Burton (George Eastman). However, the former house dog is increasingly drawn to life in the wild among Alaska's timber wolves.
      Director
      Ken Annakin
      Production Co
      Universal Pictures, Central Cinema Company Film (CCC), Oceania Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche, Norsk Film, Massfilms
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 4, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 40m
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