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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Buena Vista Pictures
Salesrank: 6645
Released: September 7, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Filmed amid spectacular wilderness vistas, NEVER CRY WOLF reveals a world of hypnotic beauty and breathtaking cinematic imagery. An unforgettable adventure begins as Tyler, a young inexperienced biologist, is deposited alone onto the desolate Arctic terrain. Once settled, he struggles to endure the forces of nature as he documents the mysterious habits of the wolves he has been sent to study. An odyssey of self-discovery told through captivating drama, NEVER CRY WOLF is a haunting, lyrical film from the director of THE BLACK STALLION.
Description of Never Cry Wolf:
Carroll Ballard's 1983 adaptation of Farley Mowat's autobiographical novel turns his life-changing experience studying the wolves in Canada's inhospitable North into a moving drama of one man's courage and discovery of nature's majesty. Charles Martin Smith plays green biologist Tyler, sent by the Canadian government to "prove" that the wolves are depleting the caribou herds, but what he finds is a natural world in perfect harmony where he becomes a tolerated outsider. Dumped unprepared in the wilds by a hard drinking bush pilot (Brian Dennehy), Tyler learns survival skills from the aged Eskimo who saves his life and the rules of coexistence from a neighboring wolf (which results in a literal pissing contest as man and beast mark their respective territories). Tyler's journey culminates in the majestic run with the wolf pack, an exhilarating sequence where for an instant he becomes one with natural environment of the wilds. For all its beauty, however, Tyler's experience becomes a bittersweet lesson as the encroachment of hunters, tourism, and the social landscape threaten the natural order. As in his previous film, the delicate and lovely The Black Stallion, Ballard's astounding visual treatment captures the awesome natural beauty of the Canadian wilderness with power and poignancy. Kevin Costner's Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves explores many of the themes presented in this film, but without the resonance or beauty of Ballard's unsung masterpiece. --Sean Axmaker
Never Cry Wolf Reviews:
Wonderful!!! 
2008-07-05 - This movie really makes you see the sides of many types of people, it truly hits reality, knowing that this is how people are in real life and not just on the screen. The scenery was wonderful, if for no other reason one should rent it for this reason alone.
An older movie, but a really great movie!
The Great Outdoors
2008-06-11 - A great story about someone finding out who they really are.The scenery footage is spectacular,and the storyline is very thoughtful and provoking.The humor thrown in allows the story to be taken seriously but at the same time shows what Tyler had to do to maintain his sanity during his adventure.At first you feel that Tyler has gotten in way over his head,but as the story progresses you find that his naivette in the wilderness is what helps him to survive.
A dance with the Caribou - and a GREAT film!
2008-03-23 - Most everyone I know who's seen this film joyously remembers one of its scenes: a wonderful sequence in which the half-inspired, half-delirious Farley Mowat (called "Tyler" for purposes of this film) dashes back and forth with a caribou herd as they veer across the greening tundra in a remote Alaskan valley. There are few moments in film more nicely done, more mad and extraordinary and beautiful than that brief run and the simple-but-powerful percussion score playing behind it.
I'll leave to others reviewers to explain for you exactly WHY Mowat does his "Naturalists Gone Wild" take -- and it does make wonderful sense in the context of the unfolding story!
I'll share only this: be ready for one of those small, most-special, slightly startling moments that define fine cinema. As a young, single man in 1983, I chose to take the most beautiful and intelligent woman I knew to see this newly-released movie, chose this above all others, precisely because I knew that the "Caribou run" scene would move her deeply (it did, to my later joy that night). But the important part was that I was moved even more; I remembered the beauty and joy of that dash-with-the-Caribout for two decades, 'til one night I was lucky enough to see it replayed on cable and rediscovered it, just as brilliantly photographed, as magical, and as exhilarating as I'd remembered from first viewing.
SEE this movie, or, rather, indulge yourself in this film nougat -- and it will repay you with sights and emotions well beyond what this much-neglected movie's "ratings" might have led you to expect. Have fun! And, Disney, you have a brilliant-cut gem, here -- get it a new mounting, prepare new DVD's from a new print! -- hell, re-release it! What a fine film you made, and what a silly decision to look right past it for these 25 years since.
Never Cry Wolf
2008-01-18 -
This is one of the best movies that I have seen in many years, a great outdoors adventure. It was based on a real life story, I found the movie far better.
Never cry wolf
2008-01-18 - When "Tyler" is sent by the government to prove that the wolves are destroying the caribou herds he finds that nature is actually in perfect harmony. Tyler learns to survive from an old Eskimo and a wolf that lets him move in next door. His journey peaks in the awe inspiring run with the wolf pack. However, Tyler's experience becomes a lesson in reality as the encroachment of hunters, and tourism, beg to destroy the place of beauty he has grown to love and respect. A must see for the whole family. Never Cry Wolf
