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My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Directed by James B. Clark
Overview
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.
Rated G | Length 100 minutes
Actors
Ted Eccles | Theodore Bikel | Tudi Wiggins | Paul Hébert | Cosette Lee | Ralph Endersby | George Allan | Dan McIlravey