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The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (also known as The Wilderness Family) is a 1975 American family adventure drama film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan Damante-Shaw. The film is about Skip Robinson and his family who decide to move from Los Angeles, California to a new home in the majestic Rocky Mountains, Skip builds a log cabin, and the children befriend wild animals. As the intrepid Robinsons make a simpler life for themselves off the grid, they discover that, in the wilderness, each day brings its own adventure.
Skip Robinson is a construction worker who lives with his family in Los Angeles, California. Concerned about his daughter's health and the welfare of his family, as well as despising his job, Skip grows tired of the city life and decides to move his family to the Rocky Mountains with no plans to ever return due to the smog and congestion. After moving his wife Pat and two children, eleven-year-old Jennifer and seven-year-old Toby to the wilderness and then building their own cabin near a large lake, they settle in to find out that their new environment isn't always as peaceful as it may appear.
From the start, the Robinson family seemed to be adjusting to their new life in the Colorado wilderness. A few days after finishing building their new cabin, Toby and Skip go out hunting one morning with their dog Tres, and succeed in catching a grouse for the family dinner. Later that day, while climbing along the rocky slopes of a large hill, Skip and his son almost get caught in a deadly landslide. They later find a pair of young grizzly bear cubs who have lost their mother to the same landslide they got caught in. The cubs are quickly adopted into the Robinson family, but Pat and Skip tell their children that sooner or later the cubs would have to be released back into the wild when they are fully grown.
During the next few weeks, the Robinson family slowly adapt to their new life in the mountains. In addition to the two young bear cubs and their family dog, Skip and his family also befriend a raccoon that they find living near their cabin and name him Bandito. While Jenny and Toby are collecting flowers, they encounter cougar cubs near their den. The family receive numerous letters and packages from friends and family back in Los Angeles. Pat receives several letters from her mother and Jenny and Toby are given numerous schoolbooks from the Los Angeles schoolboard. Skip continues hunting for small game and fishing in the nearest creek to provide food for his family, while his wife works around the house and their two children work on their schoolwork.
The next day, Skip and his family meet a friendly aging mountain man who introduces himself as Boomer. Boomer informs them that he had been a longtime partner and friend to Ol' Jake, Skip's uncle who lived in the same area where the Robinsons had built their cabin. Ol' Jake had been known to take extremely good care of the local wildlife in the area, including a friendly black bear named Samson he raised from a cub to a massive adult that was the same black bear that Skip and his family had encountered a few times before. Boomer also warns Skip and his family to keep a watchful eye for Three-Toes, a locally notorious grizzly bear that has been known to invade the properties of humans who are living in the mountains. Boomer is then forced to leave when the two bear cubs accidentally frighten away Boomer's mule Flora.
Later on, while the family was out gathering a large bear walks into their cabin. Seeing it's a black bear, the children decide it must be Samson. Taking a risk, Skip follows Boomer's advice and "introduces himself". Thankfully it pays off and the bear, who turns out to be Samson, befriends the family and joins them for dinner. The family settles in further to their new life, gathering from the surrounding forests and spending time with their new animal friends and Boomer.
One day, while Pat and Jenny are picking berries, they encounter Three-Toes; Crust manages to fend off Three-Toes while Pat retrieves Jenny, who suffered a massive shock. Skip goes to find Crust while tracking down Three-Toes. The following morning, Jenny's condition has gotten worse, Skip tries to call for help but the radio's batteries are dead, so he has to walk to get help. During a windstorm, Three-Toes tries to break into the cabin, but Pat tries to fend him off. Samson comes to the family's defence and engages Three-Toes in a brawl as Pat reloads the gun. Samson manages to hold the grizzly off long enough and Pat manages to shoot Three-Toes, killing him. Skip returns with a doctor, saying that Jenny's health is improving. Pat is still hesitant about staying but she agrees to adapt as this is a better life for her and her family. Boomer then shows up and comically loses his animal again, and the children run off to help him.
Promotes respect for the power and beauty of nature and animals. Stresses self-reliance, common sense, caution, teamwork, and empathy as primary values. At its core, the film sees life in the wilderness as preferable to life in a modern city.
Multiple scenes of children and animals in jeopardy from wild animals. Trying to protect his loved ones, the family dog is attacked by a cougar, wolves, and a grizzly bear. He is never seriously injured but the often lengthy battle scenes are ferocious struggles. Bears and wolves chase the children in several scenes; the children run for their lives. Dad is bloodied from a fight with an angry mother cougar. In addition, the family is endangered by a rock landslide, raging river rapids, an intense grizzly bear attack on their home, and a windstorm which threatens to destroy that home.
Parents need to know that The Adventures of the Wilderness Family includes many scenes in which family members are threatened or attacked by wild animals and under siege from other natural events (a rockslide, a driving storm, a raging river). In contrast to the lovely, pastoral setting and images of some of nature's most beautiful and playful creatures, scenes of the family dog locked in ferocious battles with predators (wolves, a cougar, a grizzly), as well as moments during which the children run for their lives from those same predators, may be too disturbing and intense for younger or more sensitive kids. Still, the messages -- about teamwork, respect for nature, and a satisfying life without the trappings of the modern city -- are positive; and the portrayal of an interdependent family who love each other and mature together is admirable. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
Concerned about his daughter's fragile health and the family's busy, stressful life in Los Angeles, Skip Robinson (Robert Logan) urges wife, Pat (Susan Damante-Shaw) and their two kids to make a drastic lifestyle change in THE ADVENTURES OF THE WILDERNESS FAMILY. What if they trade in their smog-filled, urban world for simplicity, natural beauty, and the challenges of living in Rocky Mountains? It's a scary idea for these city folk, but one they're all willing to try. The family's initial misgivings intensify when they find the wonder and awesome power of their new, isolated environment brings danger as well as joy and serenity. For every playful bear and raccoon that becomes a part of the family, there's an angry or territorial animal trying to protect its environment. And after every exquisite sunlit day, natural disasters common to the mountainous region occur. It's a much more perilous adventure than any of them anticipated. Will their good intentions, newly learned skills, and rich experiences as a family be enough to see them through?
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family is a warm-hearted, old-fashioned family film, a crowd-pleaser and box office hit when it was released in the mid-1970s. By today's standards, however, the human acting is only passable; the story is predictable and safe; and the action sequences with teeth-baring, clawing animals fighting for their lives may be too intense for young audiences.
The animals are the stars here -- the bear cubs, the raccoons, the lovable old black bear, and the family dog turn in award-winning "performances" -- without relying on computer enhancements or sophisticated special effects. For families with kids mature enough to watch a lovable family dog contend with a pack of wolves or a grizzly bear, or a young mom and her kids seemingly defenseless as the grizzly wreaks havoc on the cabin in which they're hiding, it's an exciting adventure.
This movie was a great family story. The scenery is beautiful and the viewer gets to see quite a few wild animals throughout this DVD as it is set in the Rocky Mountains. Skip and Pat, the parents, decide to leave the big city and move to a remote area in the mountains with their daughter and son to try to give them a better life. Part of their decision comes because Jenny, their daughter, has a lung condition and they feel that getting her in to the clean air of the mountains will make her life easier. The family works hard together to build a cabin and live off of the land by planting a garden and hunting for meat. Some of the animals that they come across are tame and become part of their lives. At other times, the family goes through some tense moments when they are attacked by some of the wild animals that they encounter. This movie has some humor and a little bit of suspense. All in all, it is a great family movie and we award this DVD our Dove approval for everyone in the family.
This was a fantastic experience for us and for the rest of the family. The crew was exemplary, and they made it a trip of a lifetime for all. We look forward to another similar trip, and we also look forward to several upcoming Wilderness Travel adventures.
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