The Legend of Tillamook's Gold (2006)
"The Tillamook Treasure" (original title)

Julie, a lonely fourteen year old girl, moves to Manzanita, an Oregon seaside town, from Los Angeles after her writer father, Robert, loses his job. Her family, including mother Kathryn and... See full summary »

Director:

Jane Beaumont Hall

Writers:

Richard A. Doyon, Jane Beaumont Hall

Stars:

Brian McNamara, Julia Campbell, Brian Thompson

5 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Brian McNamara	...	Robert Kimbell
Julia Campbell	...	Kathryn Kimbell
Brian Thompson	...	Jimmy Kimbell
Suzanne Marie Doyon	...	Julie Kimbell
Max Gail	...	Grandpa Kimbell
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman	...	Standing Elk
Bradley Stryker	...	Tom
Janine Doyon	...	Susan Kimbell
Richard A. Doyon	...	Clyde (as Richard Doyon)
Mary Stein	...	Billie Stahl
Escher Holloway	...	Eddy
Phillip Huber	...	Puppeteer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leah Brisbois	...	Indian Girl
Elizabeth Caldart	...	Susan's friend
Kelly Dennis	...	Logging show judge

Storyline

Julie, a lonely fourteen year old girl, moves to Manzanita, an Oregon seaside town, from Los Angeles after her writer father, Robert, loses his job. Her family, including mother Kathryn and older sister Susan, has trouble adjusting to life in a small town. Julie parents struggle with her father's unemployment and her sister, Susan, finds solace in a summer fling with Tom, a not-to-bright local logger. The story opens with a 16th century Spanish sailors landing their launch on the beach of Manzanita. They carry a treasure chest up Neahkahnie Mountain, leading a manacled black slave. The treasure is buried and the slave killed and laid on top of the ground to "guard" the treasure and frighten the Indians away. Back in present day, Julie has a dramatic encounter with a large Roosevelt Elk on the beach. Its hooves uncover an old Spanish gold coin in the sand. The Elk becomes Julie's silent, watchful guide and protector as she becomes fascinated by the legend of the Tillamook Treasure and ...

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Plot Keywords:

treasure | legend | oregon | native american | indian | 

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Taglines:

Discover your treasure

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Genres:

Family

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 April 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Legend of Tillamook's Gold

Filming Locations:

Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bright Light Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 107 min (Starz)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Grandpa Jack (played by Max Gail, TV's Wojo from Barney Miller) and Standing Elk (Floyd Red Crow Westerman) play close friends in the film. In real life, Floyd and Max have been friends for several decades. Max introduced Floyd to the producers for the role of Standing Elk.

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Goofs

When Julie leaves for the mountain in the middle of a very bad rain storm to search for the gold in the stream, the outside shots show a very dark and rainy day. Immediately afterward, when her mother and father argue about her mother letting her go, her father angrily says, "You let her go out in this?" and gestures through the window outside, but it is clearly dry and sunny outside as seen through the window and the glass portion of the door.

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Soundtracks

"I'm Already Gone"
Written and Performed by Melissa van der Schyff (as Melissa Van Der Scafe)
© 2003 Melissa Van Der Scafe

User Reviews

Ecellent family film

My wife and I have a couple of children in grade school and middle school. We have difficulty finding movies that we can go to as a family which we would all enjoy. We heard about this film at the Newport Beach Festival of Films and thought we'd give it a shot. We were so pleased. It appealed to our whole family and on the way home was the catalyst for a discussion about what it means to find inner strength.

The production was great. I know it was a low budget so I didn't expect the production values of a big studio movie but I was pleasantly surprised. It was exceptionally well done and you would never know it was a low budget independent. The acting was great. We loved the young girl (Suzanne Marie Doyon). She's going places. And the native American influence brought real depth to the film.

Kudos to the filmmakers.

Len

(oh, yeah, the puppets were beautifully done. My youngest really got into them and even my near-high schooler thought they were great. They went far beyond a kids puppet show.