THE CALL OF THE WILD is such a gorgeous film - all around. The bond between man and his dog grows ever stronger until each realizes what must happen next.
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Through a series of unfortunate/fortunate events, Buck is saved by Thornton who determines it’s time for the two of them to begin an adventure of their own. But the big guy gets the hang of it, helping Perrault to finally make his schedule on time. When Buck becomes part of Perrault (Omar Sy) and Francoise’s (Cara Gee) motley mail delivery sled team, he’s quite unsure of his footing. On his way to being sold onto his first sled team, Buck rescues a harmonica belonging to John Thornton (Harrison Ford), and returns it to him as John is boarding his own freighter north. Buck is lured off the porch by thugs with the promise of a special treat and ends up in a crate, on a train, eventually hundreds of miles from his home. There is good money to be made in selling dogs for dog sled teams in the Yukon. His escapades have rendered him persona non grata at Judge Miller’s (Bradley Whitford) stately home in northern California, so he is forced to spend the night alone on the porch. Bernard/Scotch Collie mix - with an even bigger heart. Directed by Chris Sanders, with a beautifully written screenplay by Michael Green, THE CALL OF THE WILD showcases the latest in animation technology which created truly photorealistic animals.īuck is a BIG dog - a St. There have been many adaptations of this moving story of a dog stolen from his home in 1890’s California, who is then transported to the Yukon and sold as a sled dog in the midst of the Klondike Gold Rush.
Jeanne: Jack London’s 1903 classic novel, “The Call of the Wild”, has never looked better on screen.
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