Balto
– An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska...
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
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Release Date:
22 Dec 1995
Language:
English
MPAA Content-Rating:
G – General Audiences
All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.
Director:
Simon Wells
Writer:
Cliff Ruby (screenplay), Elana Lesser (screenplay), David Steven Cohen (screenplay), Roger S.H. Schulman (screenplay)
Main Actors:
Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins, Bridget Fonda, Jim Cummings
Plot:
A half-wolf, half-husky named Balto gets a chance to become a hero when an outbreak of diphtheria threatens the children of Nome, Alaska in the winter of 1925. He leads a dog team on a 600-mile trip across the Alaskan wilderness to get medical supplies. The film is based on a true story which inspired the Iditarod dog sled race.
Awards:
1 nomination.
Production:
MCA Universal Home Video
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