White Fang (1991 film)
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| Directed by | Randal Kleiser |
| Produced by | Markay Powell |
| Screenplay by | Jeanne Rosenberg Nick Thiel David Fallon |
| Based on | White Fang by Jack London |
| Narrated by | Ethan Hawke |
| Starring | Ethan Hawke Klaus Maria Brandauer Seymour Cassel |
| Music by | Basil Poledouris Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
| Editing by | Lisa Day |
| Studio | Silver Screen Partners IV |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 18, 1991 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million[1] |
| Box office | $34,793,160[1] |
White Fang is a 1991 American adventure film directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Ethan Hawke, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Seymour Cassel. Based on the novel White Fang by Jack London, it tells the story of the friendship between a Yukon gold hunter and a wolfdog.
White Fang is portrayed by a wolfdog, Jed, who also appeared in such films as The Thing (1982) and The Journey of Natty Gann (1985).
A sequel to the film, White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf, was released in 1994.
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[edit] Cast
- Ethan Hawke as Jack Conroy
- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Alex Larson
- Seymour Cassel as Skunker
- Susan Hogan as Belinda Casey
- James Remar as Beauty Smith
- Bill Moseley as Luke
- Clint Youngreen as Tinker
- Pius Savage as Grey Beaver
- Suzanne Kent as Heather
- Animals
- Jed the Wolfdog as White Fang
- Bart the Bear as The Bear
[edit] Plot
- (See White Fang)
[edit] Critical reception & Box Office
The film received generally positive reviews, with a 63% "Fresh" rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[2] Film critic Roger Ebert, giving the film three stars out of four, described it as a film that "holds the natural world in wonder and awe", and praised the actors' "authentic and understated" performances.[3] The film produced on a budget of $14,000,000 grossed $34,793,160 in North America making it a Box Office success. The film was also a particularly large Box Office hit in France where it had 3,501,373 admissions becoming the 4th highest earning film of 1994. [4]
[edit] Home media
White Fang was released on VHS and Laserdisc on June 12, 1991, then released again for the 1992 re-releases and onto DVD on April 23, 2002.
[edit] Award
- Genesis Award for Feature Film – Family in 1993.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "White Fang (1991)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=whitefang.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
- ^ "White Fang (1991)". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1032182-white_fang/. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (January 18, 1991). "White Fang". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19910118/REVIEWS/101180306/1023. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
- ^ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5032&affich=france
[edit] External links
- White Fang at the Internet Movie Database
- White Fang at the TCM Movie Database
- White Fang at AllRovi
- White Fang at Rotten Tomatoes
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