A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
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- 1 win & 8 nominations
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- TriviaUnlike the source novel, John Thornton has a back story. They wanted Thornton's experience to be similar to Buck's for this film adaptation to show both man and dog finding their strength after overcoming tragedy.
- GoofsThe message on the telegram that Perrault receives has a uniformity and cleanness that demonstrates that this was produced not on a typewriter, but by a modern laser printer. Also, the telegram's text uses a modern Courier font not present on typewriters of that period.
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[last lines]
John Thornton: [narrates] Some say that's the legend. Not so. You see, I knew him once, when he was just a dog at a men side. And even all this land is his, every summer, when he comes down to the valley, he remembers kind hands and old masters... before he went to his own... became his own master... before he heard the call.
- Crazy creditsThis is the first film released under the 20th Century Studios banner (previously known as 20th Century Fox).
Thus, there is a new 20th Century Studios logo, which is an updated version of the classic Fox logo.
- Alternate versionsPrior to re-shoots, Mercedes, Charles, and the remaining dog team die (off-screen) on the broken-up river; only Hal survives to return to Dawson and confront John Thornton in the Argonaut saloon. (Paraphrased: "I lost everything because of you: my dogs... my sister...") Despite successful test screenings, studio heads changed this to Hal saying, "My dogs ran off" -- indicating the team and (one assumes) Mercedes and Charles survived -- in an attempt to keep children from being upset.
- SoundtracksJohnny Todd
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As it's dads 92nd birthday we went to see a movie I knew he'd love, Call of the Wild. Based on the classic novel by Jack London the movie tells the story of Buck the dog and his adventures as a comfortable city dog to a working dog in The Yukon, this is squarely aimed at the family market, playing down the cruel treatment of sled dogs and the harsh life. The CGI animals were good but didn't take me out of myself. It's schmalzy and cheesy but good fun and I shed a few tears. 3.5 stars
George: A very dramatic movie with fantastic scenery of The Yukon! The animal animation was fantastic and Harrison Ford played a good role as the curmudgeonly loner. I remember reading Jack London's novels and I enjoyed this adaptation very much. 4 stars
PS Meredith cried several times.
- Karynsiegmann
- Feb 20, 2020
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- Also known as
- Tiếng Gọi Nơi Hoang Dã
- Filming locations
- Yukon, Canada(Klondike Gold Rush)
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Box office
- Budget
- $135,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $62,342,368
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,791,624
- Feb 23, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $111,166,669
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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