Call of the Wild (1976)
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Plot Summary
Unlike the 1935 film version of Jack London's 1897 novel Call of the Wild, which devoted most of its running time to a romance between Clark Gable and Loretta Young, this 1976 TV-movie version wisely remains faithful to the source. The star is a magnificent dog—part St. Bernard, part German shepherd—which is kidnapped from its home in California and spirited away to the Yukon. The dog is sold to two greenhorn prospectors who name the animal "Buck". Though faithful to his new masters, Buck shows inclinations of succumbing to the "call of the wild" and running off into the woods at any moment. James (Deliverance) Dickey adapted the London novel for this TV version, which was filmed in the Sierra Madres and the Grand Tetons.
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Amazing
The book was great. I watched a different version of this movie and it barely followed the book. This new one has only two things in common with the book the nameof the book and the name of the dog. Judging from the trailer this looks a lot like the book. I might just buy this cause I am a big fan of this book.
Quite the Story
There is a great underlying theme in all of this....we all to some degree have a yearning for the wilderness, that is "The Call of the Wild."
Jack London would be disgusted
This movie is nothing like the book. If you enjoyed the book and especially if you are a dog lover who enjoyed the book you will be disappointed. The movie does a terrible job portraying the intimate relationship between John Thornton and Buck. The acting is pretty horrible as well.
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