Underplayed Gems

Stone Fox (1987)

Stone Fox poster
Directed by
Harvey Hart
Genre
drama film, Western film, family film
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young boy named Willy enters a dog sled race to win money and save his grandfather's farm from being lost to taxes. He competes against skilled adults including a legendary Native American racer named Stone Fox.

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What happens

Stone Fox is a children's novella by John Reynolds Gardiner. It is the first and best known of Gardiner's books. Stone Fox was acclaimed and popular when it was published in 1980. It sold three million copies and was turned into a television movie starring Buddy Ebsen, Joey Cramer, and Gordon Tootoosis and directed by Harvey Hart in 1987. It was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 1980 (Nov. 30, 1980. p. BR4), and was included in 100 Best Books for Children by Anita Silvey. The book centers on a boy named Willy who enters a dog sled race in order to win $500 to pay back the taxes on his grandfather's farm. It is written in simple prose and is set at an indeterminate time in the American Old West. The book was inspired by a Rocky Mountain legend that Gardiner heard when he visited Idaho. Stone Fox was originally intended as a screenplay but became a book at the suggestion of a producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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