Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Phillip Borsos

Writer (WGA):

Phillip Borsos (written by)

Release Date:

13 January 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family

Tagline:

Partners in survival. Friends for life.

Plot:

Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Wilderness | Thunderstorm | Pet Owner Reunion | Isolation

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Mimi Rogers	...	Katherine McCormick
Bruce Davison	...	John McCormick
Jesse Bradford	...	Angus McCormick
Tom Bower	...	John Gale
Joel Palmer	...	Silas McCormick
Josh Wannamaker	...	David Finlay
Margot Finley	...	Sara
Matthew Bennett	...	Ron Willick (as Matt Bennett)
St. Clair McColl	...	St. Clair McColl
Jennifer Weissenborn	...	Labrador Helicopter Pilot
Gordon Neave	...	Flight Engineer
Karen Kruper	...	Nurse
Dean Lockwood	...	Sartech
John LeClair	...	Sartech
Brent Stait	...	Sartech

Also Known As:

Yellow Dog (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | Australia:G | UK:U | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The last film directed by Phillip Borsos

Goofs:

Continuity: When Angus is driving his father's truck and crashes it into the stack of logs, it results in a partial spill of the logs on the right side of the truck. When they get out of the truck to examine the damage, the entire stack of logs has been knocked over.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Garfield (2004)

A Simple But Pleasant to Watch Movie

"Far From Home, the Adventures of Yellowdog" is a very simple film, very much suitable to family viewing. And in this day and age, with bathroom humor and violence very common in family films, it's very nice to see a movie which can hold interest without all that.

The plot line is very simple, you can pretty much figure out the whole storyline by just reading the scene index on the DVD liner, and the acting is very basic. But where the movie truly shines is through local color and cinematography. The sweeping views of the Pacific Northwest shoreline, lush green forests, and amazing wilderness makes a viewer almost be able to breath in the fresh air. The bond between Angus and his Labrador Retriever conveys the message of loyalty and love.

While you won't get a deep storyline or a life lesson like what was conveyed in "Old Yeller"(the original boy-and-big-yellow-dog movie),you will get a pleasant 87 minute adventure away from a sea of bad reality TV, violence, and general stupidity. Worth the $10.00 you will spend on the DVD at Wal*Mart.