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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 6025
Released: December 21, 2004 |
| Our Price: $9.97 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Closed-captioned Color DVD-Video Surround Sound Widescreen Full Screen NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
"The Roots of a Classic" – Explore the story’s journey from book to film through interviews with the author’s wife and filmmakers. "Lights, Camera, Animals" – See how the film’s animal stars were "discovered" and trained for their roles.
Description of Where the Red Fern Grows:
Based on Wilson Rawls's 1961 novel of the same name, Where the Red Fern Grows is the touching story of a 12-year-old, Ozark mountain boy (Joseph Ashton) who wants a dog so badly he performs odd jobs for months and saves enough to get two hunting hounds. Just as he hoped, the dogs usher in a period of golden adventure and happiness. Moreover, the pets prove profitable at awards shows and courageous while fending off danger from wild animals. No story about a farm boy and his best four-legged pals is complete, however, without sacrifice and ensuing wisdom; Where the Red Fern Grows has plenty of both. This 2003 feature is co-directed by the original 1974 film's producer and screenwriter, Lyman Dayton, and while it is both efficient and emotionally effective, one might have expected this second go-round to be a bit more deeply felt. Supporting performances by Dabney Coleman and Kris Kristofferson are commendable, while Dave Matthews (yes, that Dave Matthews) has a sweet presence as the hero's kind father. --Tom Keogh
Where the Red Fern Grows Reviews:
Where the Red Fern Grows DVD 
2008-07-07 - I showed this movie to my 4th graders after reading the book to them. They were a little disappointed with the movie. It left out some crucial scenes that lead the reader/watcher to make a connection to Billy and so the movie is not as meaningful as the book. There were lots of tears in the book, not so many during the movie. My students were also disappointed in the lack of details of some of the biggest scenes in the book, the boy dying with the ax, the hunting competion, the death scene. It's a good movie, but no where near as good as the book.
Family Favorite 
2008-06-16 - This version of Where The Red Fern Grows is much more like the book than the older version. It shows more of the hard work and determined effort that went into getting the dogs. The whole family loves it, it was a tear jerker too, because we recently lost our Little Ann.
movie review
2008-04-12 - Our daughter has truly enjoyed this movie. She has watched it numerous times since receiving it in the mail.
Best Movie ever
2008-03-14 - Where The Red Fern Grows tell the exciting story of a young 10 year old boy named Billy Coleman (Joe Ashton). Billy lives in the Ozark Mountains during the great depression. When Billy saved enough money to buy two red-bone coonhound's he then called them old Dan and little Ann. After Billy trained the pair of hound's, they went huntin almost every night. Billy and the hounds became best friends. You can buy the DVD at the cost of $19.98. The movie is 86 minutes long. Sam Pillsbury and Lyman Dayton were the directors.
Adapted from an American Classic 
2008-02-26 - Billy Coleman, a ten-year-old boy, wanted a pair of hunting dogs. Following his grandfather's advice, Billy worked hard and saved until he had enough money to buy them. The movie does not really show you that it took Billy two years to earn this money. Once he gets the dogs, Billy patiently trains them to hunt and they become the best in the state. Being best, however, is not always enough as love given and returned form the basis of true caring and courage. The hunting dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann are the true stars of this movie.
