The Wild Country | courage and a familys love on the homestead

The Wild Country | Disney Goes Wild, With The Wild Country

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The Wild Country

	The Wild Country Walt Disney Home Video, 1986 average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Fires and tornados add to the difficulties of the Tanners, a Pittsburgh family of three which has pulled up stakes and moved to what they thought would be a fully functional ranch in Wyoming. Instead they find a broken down ruin. In addition to having to rebuild and battle the elements, they have a fight on their hands. Their cattleman neighbor controls the water, and he hates farmers. As the mother (Vera Miles) gets the household in order, the father and son (Steve Forrestand Ron Howard) struggle the get the ranch in working order; they are aided by a mountain man, Thompson (Jack Elam), and Two Dog, a Native American (Frank de Kova). When the showdown over water rights comes, these two new friends are at their side. This Technicolor western, set in the 1880's, is loosely based on the book "Little Britches," by Ralph Moody.

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courage and a familys love on the homestead

Story: Set in the 1880's, this is the tale of a homesteading family, the Tanners, that gives up their entire finances to moves from back east Pittsburgh to a promising homestead in rural Wyoming. The family purchased the farm site unseen from a cousin. The father, mother, and two sons who have lived as city folk, arrive to find a ramshackle farm that they must begin to repair and learn to farm, the first of many setbacks they face. A bitter and violent local rancher threatens to cut off their water supply to drive them out. Mr. Tanner tries to tech his boys they need to respect the law and property rights rahter than responding in kind. Along the way they must develop the skills they need to survive and grow into a closer family. It's a very touching story of courage and morals in the worst conditions.

BEHIND THE SCENES: Most filming was done on location in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Production designer Robert Clatworthy was responsible for turning the green crops of real alfalfa brown overnight for the drought scenes. He mixed a concoction of so many dyes and paints he cleaned out all the local paint stores. Special effects also required a realistic tornado, and so the director arrange for the propellers of 3 snow planes as well as 7 Hollywood wind machines in order to create the wind. The incredibly realistic dust cloud could be seen 30 miles away.

This movie was released to theatres on January 20, 1971. Directed by Robert Totten and filmed in glorious Technicolor. Calvin Clements Jr. had adapted the screenplay from the original book "Little Britches" by Ralph Moody. The terrific cast includes Steve Forrest as the father Jim. Vera Miles stars as the mother Kate, and appeared in 5 other Disney movies including "Those Calloways" and "Follow Me, Boys!". Ron Howard stars as their son Virgil, and had also appeared in "Smoke", and "A Boy Called Nuthin'". Clint Howard appeared as Andrew. Jack Elam stars as a the mountain man. An interesting note, this is the first time that 3 members of the Howard family were in the same theatrical movie. Ron Howard would later return to Disney to direct the hit "Splash" under the Touchstone label. The movie's running time is 100 minutes long. The movie later aired on "The Wonderful World of Disney" television show as a two part episode on February 23 and March 2 1975. It re-aired in 1981. It was first released on video in 1986, and not again since as of this writing. It would be very interesting to see this on a re-mastered DVD in widescreen, but the movie was still very enjoyable for our family.

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Disney Goes Wild, With The Wild Country

In 1970, while Disney had been in their western movie phase with such classics as Scandalous John, Menace on the Mountain and many others. They released this classic film that takes place in the 1880s about the Tanner Family, who leaves the city life far behind, and invests their life savings in a ranch located in a very desolate area of Wyoming. Upon arrival, they encounter many unseen obstacles, in the path of making their dream a reality. Including an evil swindler, who will go to any lenghts including murder to force them to move out. Hostile squatters, and a wild frontier filled with harsh conditions and unexpected treachory. Undaunted, their magnificent courage and strengh draws the Tanner family closer to their goal, and also brings the family together in the process. The magnificent cast of this movie also includes. Steve Forrest, Jack Elam, Ronny Howard, Clint Howard, Vera Miles, Frank De Kova, Morgan Woodward and many others.

This is a truly great Disney western classic, that the whole family is sure to enjoy.

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GOOD 70'S ORIGINAL RARE MOVIE

I REMEMBER THE PRETTY GOOD ACTING AND ACTORS, the fight w/ the "jerks "on the range"" and the tornado-was too brief and fx just ok. did this movie have a bear in it?

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