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The Adventures of the Wilderness Family

  • 19751975
  • GG
  • 1h 40m
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6.3/10
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The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
A family flees the city for the wilderness. They learn to live with nature and more importantly, that when one has family, one has everything.
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A family flees the city for the wilderness. They learn to live with nature and more importantly, that when one has family, one has everything.A family flees the city for the wilderness. They learn to live with nature and more importantly, that when one has family, one has everything.A family flees the city for the wilderness. They learn to live with nature and more importantly, that when one has family, one has everything.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Stewart Raffill
  • Writers
    • Arthur R. Dubs(story)
    • Stewart Raffill(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Logan
    • Susan Damante
    • Hollye Holmes
  • Director
    • Stewart Raffill
  • Writers
    • Arthur R. Dubs(story)
    • Stewart Raffill(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Logan
    • Susan Damante
    • Hollye Holmes
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    • 40User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Robert Logan
    Robert Logan
    • Skip
    • (as Robert F. Logan)
    Susan Damante
    Susan Damante
    • Pat
    • (as Susan Damante Shaw)
    Hollye Holmes
    Hollye Holmes
    • Jenny
    Ham Larsen
    Ham Larsen
    • Toby
    George 'Buck' Flower
    George 'Buck' Flower
    • Boomer
    William Cornford
    • Pilot
    John F. Goff
    John F. Goff
    • Doctor #1
    Herbert F. Nelson
    • Doctor #2
    Bruno The Bear
    Bruno The Bear
    • Samson
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Stewart Raffill
    • Writers
      • Arthur R. Dubs(story)
      • Stewart Raffill(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      According to a 1975 New York Times Article, the real family the movies is based on moved from LA to the "lake-studded, forest high country of the Pacific Northwest" instead of to Colorado.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where the man is walking his son around the rocks, the microphone is clearly visible above their heads multiple times.
    • Quotes

      Skip: I just don't like the way our lives are going. I'm-I'm always unloading on you and the kids, I'm worried about Jenny, I hate my job and I just hate this stinking city.

    • Connections
      Followed by The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978)
    • Soundtracks
      To Touch The Wind
      Music by Gene Kauer and Douglas M. Lackey (as Douglas Lackey)

      Lyrics by Dennis Bachmann

      Sung by Lee Dresser

    User reviews40

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    6/10
    "We're on our own."
    A couple of hippies living in Los Angeles who were forced to grow up and get jobs when they had kids, decide they've had enough of the smoggy city and pack up their family to move to the Rocky Mountains. Once there they play with bears and befriend a grizzled old mountain man. That is, when they aren't running for their lives from wolves or a big grizzly named Three Toes.

    Ah, the Wilderness Family. Despite its laughable premise, it's actually one of the better of the "getting back to nature" genre of family dramas that popped up in the 1960s and 1970s, when the times they were a-changing and people thought by the 1980s the world would be overpopulated with unbreathable air and no natural resources left. Really, there's not much wrong with the idea of living the natural life and getting away from the crowded cities. But these movies were often so irresponsibly naive, treating living off the land like it' s a cake walk and there are just as many Disney-style friendly wild animals as there are ones that will kill you. Oh and they never talk about bugs. As anyone who has ever been camping can attest, bugs are the worst. Nature's PR guy should get a raise for keeping bugs out of the brochures. And I don't want to even get into understanding why these movies all seem to have old men wandering around the mountains being friendly with kids.

    Like I said, this movie is one of the better examples of this genre. At least here it is shown that you have to work to live in the wild and there are some dangers, unlike the completely unrealistic "My Side of the Mountain," where a kid goes to live in the wilderness and befriends animals and a creepy old guy who plays a flute. That kid had it easy but there is some effort made here to portray the struggle it takes to live in the wild, although this is still far from realistic. The cast here is decent, led by Robert Logan as the stubborn hippie dad and George Buck Flower as the mountain man. Corny hippie soundtrack oddly works. As always with these types of films, the best part is the scenery. No sets or cheap CGI fakery going on, just real grass, trees, rivers, mountains, and animals. It adds an authenticity to things missing today. Plus, who doesn't love a good view? This was followed by two sequels that are pretty much more of the same.
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    • Release date
      • January 21, 1977 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Abenteuer der Familie Robinson in der Wildnis
    • Filming locations
      • Kamas, Utah, USA
    • Production companies
      • Pacific International Pictures
      • Wilderness Family Inc.
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $31,223,000
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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