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My Side of the Mountain

Actor(s): Ted Eccles, Theodore Bikel, Tudi Wiggins
Director(s): James B. Clark
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: G
Content Advisory: Child Classic, Excellent For Children
Movie Release: 1969
DVD Release: 04/27/2004
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins
Studio: Paramount
Total Copies: 2
Genres: Drama, Children's/Family, Adventure Drama, Rural Drama
See Also: My Side of the Mountain

DVD Synopsis

Thirteen-year old Teddy Eccles is a devotee of Thoreau, as most everybody else was in 1969. Eccles decides to spend a one-year sabbatical in the Canadian woods. His immediate companion is his pet raccoon; his spiritual companion is idealistic librarian Chris Wiggins, who supplies Eccles with books on survival. Reality intrudes when another of Eccles' kindred spirits, a falcon, is killed by insensitive hunters. But the boy survives this disillusionment with the help of Wiggins and wandering-troubadour Theodore Bikel. My Side of the Mountain is a refreshingly non-condescending adaptation of the novel by Jean Craighead George. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Actors

Ted Eccles - Sam Gribley
Theodore Bikel - Bando
Tudi Wiggins - Miss Turner

Member Movie Reviews

Laurie W. from HILLSBORO, OH wrote on 10/27/2009...

Classic. The average child today may not be able to sit and watch it through but that is a case for their parents to take notice of and correct. (i.e. too much tv, consoles, etc. - make them READ more!). Read the book before watching this movie.