Wild America (1997)

Directed by

William Dear

Genre

children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 109 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three brothers set out on a road trip to film wildlife across America. The story follows their real-life journey that eventually inspired a PBS documentary series.

adventurouslightheartednostalgicupbeatfunrough-around-the-edgesfamily-oriented

What happens

Wild America is a 1997 American adventure comedy film directed by William Dear, written by David Michael Wieger, and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa, and Scott Bairstow. The film is based on the lives of three Stouffer brothers, Marty, Mark, and Marshall, and their journey in creating the PBS wildlife documentary program of the same name. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 2, 1997 to negative reviews from critics, and the film was a box office bomb as it grossed $7.3 million against a $17 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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