My Side of The Mountain

Name: My Side of The Mountain
Genre: Adventure, Family
Released: 1969-06-25
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.70
Cast: Tudi Wiggins, Ted Eccles, Paul Hébert, Theodore Bikel

– Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the s..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.70 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 40 Minutes

Release Year:

1969

My Side of The Mountain — My Side of the Mountain (1969)

Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.

Styles:

Feel Good, Touching, Realistic, Serious

Producing Country:

USA

Genre:

Family, Adventure

Editor's Pick for:

Family Outing

My Side of the Mountain (1969) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Jun 1969

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

G – General Audiences

All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.

Directed by:

James B. Clark

Story Written By:

Jean George, Joanna Crawford, Ted Sherdeman, Jane Klove

Main Actors:

Tudi Wiggins, Ted Eccles, Paul Hébert, Theodore Bikel

Plot:

Sam, a brilliant child, leaves home for the mountains after being told that the family summer trip has been canceled, thus preventing him from doing the algae experiments he had planned for that summer. The film chronicles his struggle for independence, and with the forces of natures.

Awards:

1 win.

Production Company:

Paramount Pictures

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

80%