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Alaska

  • 1996
  • PG
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
5.7K
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Alaska (1996)
Two teenagers journey into the Alaskan wilderness to rescue their father, a bush pilot whose plane has crashed.
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While searching for their missing father in the mountains of Alaska, two siblings come across a baby polar bear on the run from a pair of poachers.While searching for their missing father in the mountains of Alaska, two siblings come across a baby polar bear on the run from a pair of poachers.While searching for their missing father in the mountains of Alaska, two siblings come across a baby polar bear on the run from a pair of poachers.

  • Director
    • Fraser C. Heston
  • Writers
    • Andy Burg
    • Scott Myers
  • Stars
    • Thora Birch
    • Vincent Kartheiser
    • Dirk Benedict
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    5.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Fraser C. Heston
    • Writers
      • Andy Burg
      • Scott Myers
    • Stars
      • Thora Birch
      • Vincent Kartheiser
      • Dirk Benedict
    • 39User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Photos43

    Fraser C. Heston in Alaska (1996)
    Vincent Kartheiser in Alaska (1996)
    Agee in Alaska (1996)
    Charlton Heston in Alaska (1996)
    Thora Birch and Agee in Alaska (1996)
    Fraser C. Heston in Alaska (1996)
    Agee in Alaska (1996)
    Charlton Heston in Alaska (1996)
    Thora Birch and Vincent Kartheiser in Alaska (1996)
    Thora Birch in Alaska (1996)
    Dirk Benedict in Alaska (1996)
    Dirk Benedict in Alaska (1996)

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    Thora Birch
    Thora Birch
    • Jessie Barnes
    Vincent Kartheiser
    Vincent Kartheiser
    • Sean Barnes
    Dirk Benedict
    Dirk Benedict
    • Jake Barnes
    Charlton Heston
    Charlton Heston
    • Perry
    Duncan Fraser
    Duncan Fraser
    • Koontz
    Gordon Tootoosis
    Gordon Tootoosis
    • Ben
    Ben Cardinal
    Ben Cardinal
    • Charlie
    Ryan Kent
    • Chip
    Don S. Davis
    Don S. Davis
    • Sgt. Grazer
    Dolly Madsen
    • Mrs. Ben
    Stephen E. Miller
    Stephen E. Miller
    • Trooper Harvey
    Byron Chief-Moon
    • Chip's Father
    • (as Byron Chief Moon)
    Kristin Lehman
    Kristin Lehman
    • Florence
    Adrien Dorval
    Adrien Dorval
    • Burly Fisherman
    Ed Gale
    Ed Gale
    • Animatronics Bear Cub
    Mark McCracken
    Mark McCracken
    • Animatronics Mother Bear
    Agee
    Agee
    • Cubby
    • Director
      • Fraser C. Heston
    • Writers
      • Andy Burg
      • Scott Myers
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Thora Birch and Vincent Kartheiser did their own stunts, after a month of intense training sessions with the movie's sports consultants.
    • Goofs
      When Sean is going down a rock wall to rescue his father from the plane, you can see the shadow of the microphone on a rock.
    • Quotes

      Perry: Mr. Koontz, I don't think you understand me. Let me clear: I'm accustomed to getting what I want. I want that bear!

    • Alternate versions
      On the digital platforms, the Columbia Pictures logo and its closing line art logo are both plastered with the 2001 opening and closing Warner Bros. Pictures logos.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Tin Cup/House Arrest/Killer: A Journal of Murder/Alaska/Butterfly Kiss (1996)

    User reviews39

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    Breathtaking scenery...
    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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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 14, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Alaska, de Fraser C. Heston
    • Filming locations
      • Alaska, USA
    • Production companies
      • Castle Rock Entertainment
      • Fuchs/Burg
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $23,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,829,959
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,914,992
      • Aug 18, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,829,959
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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