The Call of the Wild (1976)
- Directed by
- Jerry Jameson
- Genre
- action, adventure, drama, family, tv movie
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man travels to the Yukon during the gold rush and bonds with a dog named Buck. They face the harsh wilderness together.
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What happens
The Call of the Wild is a 1976 American television film based on Jack London's 1903 novel The Call of the Wild. The film, starring John Beck, was directed by Jerry Jameson from a script by poet and novelist James Dickey. One of several adaptations of London's novel, this version was produced following the success of the 1972 film Deliverance, an adaptation of Dickey's novel of the same title. The author's son, Christopher Dickey, wrote in his 1998 memoir, Summer of Deliverance, that "[t]he Hollywood concept [for the 1976 film] was James Dickey meets Jack London; sort of Deliverance in the Klondike." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Gold Rush (1925)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.