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longbow50

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I rented a movie called "The Snow Walker" and I think it's excellent. About a bush pilot and young Inuit that crash and have to survive the wilderness of the Northwest territory.
 
longbow50 said:
I rented a movie called "The Snow Walker" and I think it's excellent. About a bush pilot and young Inuit that crash and have to survive the wilderness of the Northwest territory.
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Is that the one that stars Barry Pepper?

I've heard great stuff about it, but so far haven't found it to rent.
 
I just had a friend loan that movie to another friend last night, I asked what it was about and they said , "survival", at the same time. I got dibs on it next.
 
The Last Confederate said:
Is that the one that stars Barry Pepper?

I've heard great stuff about it, but so far haven't found it to rent.
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Yep, that's the one.
 
Well this one finally showed up in my local vidoe store, and you were right it was great.

I had an interesting day, I went to my library to return Farley Mowatt's book The People Of The Deer, about his visit to the Ihalmuit people of the acrtic barren region in 1947. Stopped at my video store and rented The Snow Walker, and got home to find it is based on Mowatt's Walk Softly With Me Brother.

I love arctic stories and will most likely buy a copy of this DVD it was so good at showing Innuit living skills.

One side not, there was one "small" blooper in the movie. The setting is 1953, yet Charlie (Barry Pepper) carries and uses (quite a lot) a Buck 110.

About ten years to early for that knife, but it doesn't take away anything, this is still a great film. If you like "The Edge", this is similiar yet less "hollywood".

Also it was produced by Charles Martin Smith who I believe played Farley Mowatt in Never Cry Wolf and there is a 45 minute "making of" documentary that has interviews with both.
 
Wow, I didn't catch the knife, oh well. :rolleyes:

We are going to buy it as well. As soon as I get up to my favorite trout stream, I'm gonna give her fishing technique a try. :D
 
longbow50 said:
Wow, I didn't catch the knife, oh well. :rolleyes:

We are going to buy it as well. As soon as I get up to my favorite trout stream, I'm gonna give her fishing technique a try. :D
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You know I was thinking the same thing, gonna try it my next trip to the lake. My father spent time in the artic in the 1950's and when I was little he showed me a similiar method using a coke bottle. I wonder if that's where he learned it. I have some awesome photos of him skinning a polar bear and such. I often think his stories are why I am so facinated with that region.
 
I'm going to have to get a hold of this movie. Not long ago I heard an interview on CBC Radio with the gal who starred in the movie. Sounded real good, I'm looking forward to seeing it.
 
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I'm going to have to get a hold of this movie. Not long ago I heard an interview on CBC Radio with the gal who starred in the movie. Sounded real good, I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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She's pretty easy on the eyes to!

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Hello folks. I'm sleeping at 2:30 in the morning after having just watched it (I'm the last one in TV rotation in the house). As I'm slowly building my movie collection for the new DVD player, I happen to see this particular disk at the market kiosk this afternoon and remember THIS particular thread here in BF. Cosmic isn't it?

Wow, it really is a good movie! I have to admit, at the risk of lowering my "machismo" by a few notches, there were times in the movie I simply wanted to bawl! Barry Pepper, the lead, even executive-produced it. The "star" knives are the Buck 110 and the ulu blade.

If you can get or watch it, do so. Ya won't be disappointed.
 
Just a little note, Amaozn has it for $22.??, but Best Buy has it for $19.95.

One of those rare times that Amazon is more expensive.
 
I picked mine up at wallmart for just under $17. Great film and well worth the money, glad I saw this thread. I plan on watching it again soon.
 
Does anybody know what the .22 rifle was that he had with him? My Dad and I could not figure it out and I was kind of curious.
 
Logan1 said:
Does anybody know what the .22 rifle was that he had with him? My Dad and I could not figure it out and I was kind of curious.
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It looked like a Savage/Stevens from the shape of the magazine, but there are so many clones and contract guns out there just like the Savage/Stevens stuff, I can't be sure.

My first thought was that a .22lr might not be my choice if I spent much time flying around bear country.

Although one of the things that I liked about this film was they didn't feel the need to include the mandatory wilderness movie bear/wolf attack scene.

Now on the DVD "making of" there is a hilarious scene where a young Polar bear chased the entire production crew into the Tundra Buggy.

I laughed pretty hard at that!
 
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