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Alaska (1996) -- US Theatrical Trailer from Columbia

Overview

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5.4/10   2,034 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Andy Burg (written by) &
Scott Myers (written by)
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Release Date:
14 August 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Family more
Tagline:
A missing father. A desperate search. An unforgettable adventure.
Plot:
Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
Breathtaking scenery... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Thora Birch ... Jessie Barnes

Vincent Kartheiser ... Sean Barnes

Dirk Benedict ... Jake Barnes

Charlton Heston ... Colin Perry the Poacher

Duncan Fraser ... Koontz, Perry's Pilot
Gordon Tootoosis ... Ben, Quincy General Store
Ben Cardinal ... Charlie, Quincy Air Service
Ryan Kent ... Chip

Don S. Davis ... Sergeant Grazer
Dolly Madsen ... Mrs. Ben
Stephen E. Miller ... Trooper Sam Harvey
Byron Chief-Moon ... Chip's Father (as Byron Chief Moon)
Kristin Lehman ... Florence

Adrien Dorval ... Burly Fisherman

Ed Gale ... Animatronics Bear Cub
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild language and adventure/peril.
Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS
Certification:
South Korea:All | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:F (Ontario) | Finland:S | Germany:6 (w) | Iceland:L | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #34327) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Errors in geography: In the initial opening scene we see Jake Barnes flying his Super Cub south over glaciers and high rocky mountains, a feature only seen in the geography of South Alaska. When he checks in via radio, he confirms his location as being one in south-central Alaska. We then see him flying over a group of polar bears. Polar bears are only found along the northern coast of Alaska and Canada and on the Arctic Sea, not in the mountains of south Alaska (almost 1000 miles away). more
Quotes:
Charlie: Nice landing, Jake, that's a stiff cross wind.
Jake Barnes: Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
Charlie: I bet you didn't say that when you were flying 747's for a living...
Jake Barnes: Yeah, I could say anything I wanted, as long as I didn't spill any drinks in first class.
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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Breathtaking scenery..., 16 January 2004
Author: cloudz from Victoria, Australia

This movie is visually stunning. In a nutshell this movie is about a father who is a pilot and delivers toilet paper around the Alaskan wilderness. His plane crashes and his kids go out to search for him after being angry at the authorities for not doing enough to find their father. They free a cute little polar bear cub who has been caught by a poacher and the polar bear helps them find their lost father. The storyline isn't anything special and basically we have all seen a movie like this many many times. You know the..'kids go out to rescue mother/father/uncle/grandpa and get into lots of life threatening situations with cute animal in toe, but everything is a just fine and dandy in the end'.

Was good to see Dirk Benedict who played Jake Barnes in Alaska, in something as I loved him in The A Team all those years ago. Thora Birch plays the part of Jessie Barnes his daughter and does the kind of acting job that we have come to expect from her... excellent. Vincent Kartheiser plays Sean Barnes the typical anx ridden/angry teenager who comes good and to the aid of his father.

If you like visually beautiful movies and don't need them to be intellectual masterpieces, then watch Alaska

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