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The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (TV 1995)

TV Movie  -   -  Western  -  15 June 1995 (USA)
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In 1919, a cocky sophomore in the forest service has to learn life the hard way.

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A young ranger in the Montana wilderness discovers the great forces of nature while learning the importance of honor, trust and integrity. Legendary veteran ranger Bill Bell educates the young man and guides him toward manhood. The year is 1919-a time when being a ranger meant more than operating expensive equipment. Forest fires were fought with guts and courage, not chemicals and airplanes. Bill Bell was the toughest ranger in an elite crew of very rugged men. A figure of heroic proportions, he was generally feared and respected by all. It was even rumored that he had at one time killed a sheep farmer, which only fueled his already enormous reputation. The young ranger does everything to remain in the good graces of Bill Bell, the senior ranger he idolizes. Their tentative rapport grows into a friendship through a hilarious and heroic rite of passage in which the younger ranger meets the test-and the woman of his dreams. Written by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

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Rated PG for a barroom brawl
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Mac: [In a gradually increasing crescendo of emphasis, starting in a normal tone, ending in a near roar] Red, let me ask you. Have you ever once, in your whole life, had one, single, solitary, original thought, that didn't bounce off from somewhere else? I mean, have you ever sat down, considered all the available information, weighed it all in your mind, sifted all the possibilities, discarded what you couldn't prove, sorted out what made sense, and came to your own, personal, original, Red McBride ...
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For all who loved the western mountains, and still do
19 September 2001 | by (nashville, tn) – See all my reviews

This is a family movie, but not trite. The story, and especially the details, ring true, about Norman Maclean's young life in Montana in the early 20th C. There is a bit of scenery (actually British Columbia), all beautiful, and a story about a 17-year old who is full of himself, and who doesn't like the Forest Ranger's cook. We find out about the cook, and about the boy, and a lot about being a forest ranger in the Montana/Idaho wilderness of 1919. Not to be missed by anyone who loves the western mountains, and who was full of himself as a boy.


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