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Alaska (1996)

PG 08/14/1996 (US) Family, Drama, Adventure 1h 49m

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A missing father. A desperate search. An unforgettable adventure.

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Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the mountains. Annoyed that the authorities aren't doing enough, Jessie and Sean set out on an adventure to find their father with the help of a polar bear which they have saved from a ferocious poacher. Conflict ensues.

Fraser Clarke Heston

Director
Scott Myers

Writer
Andy Burg

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Thora Birch

Jessie Barnes
Vincent Kartheiser

Sean Barnes
Dirk Benedict

Jake Barnes
Ben Cardinal

Charlie, Quincy Air Service
Kristin Lehman

Florence
Stephen E. Miller

Trooper Sam Harvey
Don S. Davis

Sergeant Grazer
Charlton Heston

Perry
Duncan Fraser

Koontz
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A review by Dan_Tebasco

70%

Written by Dan_Tebasco on May 19, 2017

Actually pretty good, one of the better wildlife/animal family films of the 90's.

Definitly ALOT better than for instance THE AMAZING PANDA ADVENTURE which was released the year before, with some perfectly fine acting from even the kids one of which is Vincent Kartheiser who would later become one of the main stars in the tv series ANGEL.

The other is Thora Birch, she might not be as good as Vince but she was okay at least.

Would have worked as purely a survival film but they had to throw in some baddies in it as well, one of which is played by Charlton Heston the father of the dir... read the rest.

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