Walking Thunder (1997)

Directed by

Craig Clyde

Genre

drama film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Jacob McKay travels with his family by wagon to California. They get stranded in the Rocky Mountains and learn to survive with help from a mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a famous bear.

heartfeltgentlehopefulnostalgicslow-pacedearthyfamily-orientedsurvival-based

What happens

Walking Thunder is a 1994 film starring James Read, John Denver and David Tom and Bart the Bear, written and directed by Craig Clyde. It relates the memoirs of a young boy Jacob McKay who travels with his family on a wagon on their way to California and become stranded in the Rockies. There they learn to survive, adapt to their surroundings and make the most of what they have with the help of a mountain man, an elderly Sioux medicine man and a legendary bear known by the Native Americans as Walking Thunder. The film won a Silver Award at the Worldfest Film Festival. It was released in 1995, but was not widely distributed until 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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