The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
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| Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | |
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| Directed by | Peter Svatek |
| Written by | Screenplay: Graham Ludlow Original novel: Jack London |
| Starring | Rutger Hauer |
| Release date(s) | United States: June 22, 1997 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Language | English |
Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon is a 1997 TV movie. The screenplay by Graham Ludlow is based on the classic Jack London novel The Call of the Wild, published in 1903. Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss and starring Rutger Hauer, this film premiered and was well received at Palm Springs International Film Festival.[citation needed] "Filmed splendidly in Quebec," critics hailed this adaptation as "the most faithful" to the novel.[citation needed]
Three Leonberger 'actors' (one was a female, and two males) played the starring dog "Buck"[1][2] This breed chosen in this movie was not the one identified as Buck in the novel.
