Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)

Directed by

Lyman Dayton, Sam Pillsbury

Genre

adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy in the Ozarks buys and trains two hunting dogs. He bonds with them as they learn to hunt raccoons together.

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What happens

Where the Red Fern Grows is a 2003 American drama adventure film directed by Lyman Dayton and Sam Pillsbury and starring Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Ned Beatty and Dabney Coleman. Based on the children's book of the same name by Wilson Rawls and a remake of the 1974 film of the same name, it follows the story of Billy Colman who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs to hunt raccoons in the Ozarks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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