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My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 25, 1969

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama, Family

User Score

65%

Original Title

My Side of the Mountain

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

James B. Clark

Description

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.