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| Director: | Jeff Bleckner | 
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| Writer: | Ernest Kinoy, Manya Starr | 
| Staring: | 
| When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hopes to teach the four boys lessons about the wilderness, but about themselves. Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 10, 1987 | 
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| Director: | Jeff Bleckner | 
| Writer: | Ernest Kinoy, Manya Starr | 
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama | 
| Keywords | wilderness, friendship, survival, coming of age, summer, nature, guide, tough love, white water rafting, rapids | 
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Polar Entertainment | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $300,859 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Kevin Bacon | Vic | 
| Sean Astin | Alan | 
| Jonathan Ward | Mitch | 
| K.C. Martel | George | 
| Matt Adler | Chris | 
| Caroline McWilliams | Virginia Block | 
| Charles Siebert | Jerry Block | 
| Joseph Passerrelli | Storekeeper (as Joseph Passerelli) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Jeff Bleckner | Director | 
| John Alcott | Director of Photography | 
| Loren Janes | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Charles Croughwell | Stunts | 
| Steve M. Davison | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Mary V. Buck | Casting | 
| Ernest Kinoy | Writer | 
| Manya Starr | Writer | 
| Michael Boddicker | Original Music Composer | 
| Susan Edelman | Casting | 
| David Ray | Editor | 
| Bruce A. Gibeson | Set Decoration | 
| Margaret Hilliard | Production Manager | 
| Jeffrey L. Goldstein | Art Direction | 
| Tom Dawson | Costume Design | 
| Wolfgang Glattes | Unit Production Manager | 
| James Brown | Transportation Captain | 
| Patricia Bowers | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Susan Demskey-Horiuchi | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Dennis Fierman | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Bob Roe | First Assistant Director | 
| Larry Rapaport | Second Assistant Director | 
| Kevin Reynolds | Second Unit Director | 
| Joe Dunne | Second Unit Director | 
| Mike Benson | Camera Operator | 
| Dana Christiaansen | Second Unit Director of Photography, First Assistant Camera | 
| Richard Mosier | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Barbara Adamski | Property Master | 
| Bobby Burton | Chief Lighting Technician | 
| John Hawn | Best Boy Electric | 
| William Cross | Electrician | 
| Michael Arvanitis | Electrician | 
| Ben Haller | Key Grip | 
| Richard Redlin | Best Boy Grip | 
| Rodney Veto | Dolly Grip | 
| Bob Ivener | Grip | 
| Kevin Tansey | Grip | 
| Dwayne Redlin | Grip | 
| Christine Lee | Hairstylist | 
| Daniel C. Striepeke | Makeup Artist | 
| David P. Newell | Assistant Property Master | 
| Barbara Hogan | Script Supervisor | 
| Kirk Francis | Sound Mixer | 
| Hudson Marquez | Boom Operator | 
| Steve Birkett | Boom Operator | 
| Linda Coffey | Cableman | 
| Grace Blake | Production Coordinator | 
| Gina Roose | Post Production Coordinator | 
| Judy Silberstein | Assistant Editor | 
| Louis Cerborino | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Curtis Roush | Music Editor | 
| Randall Coleman | Sound Editor | 
| Robert Hein | Sound Editor | 
| Greg Sheldon | Sound Editor | 
| Michael Steinfeld | Sound Editor | 
| Harriet Fidlow | Sound Editor | 
| Jeffrey Stern | Sound Editor | 
| Ron Bochar | Foley Editor | 
| Hal Levinsohn | Dialogue Editor | 
| Yvette Nabel | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Gina Alfano | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Christopher Weir | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Julie Parroni | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Steven Visscher | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Marty Levenstein | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Michael Barry | Foley Mixer | 
| Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist | 
| Dave Brown | Construction Coordinator | 
| Gerald Gates Jr. | Standby Painter | 
| Michael Hawthorne | Painter | 
| Jim Ondrejko | Construction Foreman | 
| Robert Dottini | Leadman | 
| Ken Speed | Special Effects Coordinator | 
| Robert Simokovic | Special Effects Assistant | 
| Robert Olmstead | Special Effects Assistant | 
| Robert Robinson | Still Photographer | 
| Walter McCormick Jr. | Projection | 
| Nikita Knatz | Production Illustrator | 
| Mark Niclas | Extras Casting | 
| Jim Donovan | Stunts | 
| Sharon Duncan | Stunts | 
| Darrin Georgeson | Stunts | 
| Leonardo Gonzales | Stunts | 
| Greg Holladay | Stunts | 
| Lane Parrish | Stunts | 
| Mark Ray | Stunts | 
| Lori Lynn Ross | Stunts | 
| Wayne Schiff | Stunts | 
| David Verhoef | Stunts | 
| Rick Mercier | Transportation Coordinator | 
| Helen Mercier | Transportation Captain | 
| Barbara Williams | Unit Manager | 
| Cathy Anderson | Production Secretary | 
| Chloe Smith | Production Secretary | 
| Keith McKenzie | Accountant | 
| Trevor Haysom | Location Manager | 
| Caroline Cottrell | Continuity | 
| Victoria Hardy | Second Second Assistant Director | 
| Waka Attewell | Camera Operator | 
| Ian Turtill | Camera Operator | 
| Donald Duncan | Focus Puller | 
| Mark Hantler | Focus Puller | 
| Simon Roelants | Clapper Loader | 
| Peter McCaffrey | Clapper Loader | 
| Geoff Jamieson | Key Grip | 
| Hamish McIntyre | Grip | 
| John Wheller | Grip | 
| Neil Taylor | Grip | 
| Ben Campbell | Grip | 
| Don Jowsey | Chief Lighting Technician | 
| Ian Philp | Best Boy Electric | 
| Graham Morris | Sound Recordist | 
| Hammond Peek | Boom Operator | 
| George Lyle | Boom Operator | 
| Dan Hennah | Art Direction | 
| Ralph Davies | Props | 
| Phil Taratoa | Props | 
| Mike Becroft | Set Dresser | 
| Paul Radford | Painter | 
| Judith Crozier | Wardrobe Master | 
| Sue Gandy | Wardrobe Master | 
| Esme Smart | Makeup Artist, Hairstylist | 
| Bryony Hurden | Makeup Artist, Hairstylist | 
| Francia Smeets | Makeup Artist, Hairstylist | 
| Mark van der Wilt | Location Assistant | 
| Andrew McCrostie | Location Assistant | 
| Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Dennis Palumbo | Associate Producer | 
| Mark Tarlov | Producer | 
| Bob Roe | Associate Producer | 
| Larry Rapaport | Associate Producer | 
| Christopher Dalton | Associate Producer | 
| Wolfgang Glattes | Executive Producer | 
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