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Captains Courageous (1996)

Captains Courageous poster
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Genre
action, adventure, drama, family, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy boy learns about responsibility and hard work when he falls overboard from a luxury liner and is rescued by a fishing crew. He joins them on their voyage and forms a bond with the captain and his son.

old-fashionedwholesomeheartfeltadventurousnostalgicfamily-friendlyearnestuplifting

What happens

Captains Courageous is a 1996 American film directed by Michael Anderson for the Family Channel. It was an adaptation of the novel by Rudyard Kipling that had been filmed several times. The film starred Robert Urich who wanted to make a movie he could watch with his children. The Los Angeles Times called it "terrific". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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