Alaska
A missing father. A desperate search. An unforgettable adventure.
1996 | 109m | English
Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Fraser Clarke Heston |
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| Writer: | Scott Myers, Andy Burg |
| Staring: |
| Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the mountains. Annoyed that the authorities aren't doing enough, Jessie and Sean set out on an adventure to find their father with the help of a polar bear which they have saved from a ferocious poacher. Conflict ensues. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 14, 1996 |
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| Director: | Fraser Clarke Heston |
| Writer: | Scott Myers, Andy Burg |
| Genres: | Family, Adventure, Drama |
| Keywords | pilot, polar bear, poacher, alaska, airplane crash, missing parent |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, Fuchs/Burg |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $11,829,959
Budget: $23,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Thora Birch | Jessie Barnes |
| Vincent Kartheiser | Sean Barnes |
| Dirk Benedict | Jake Barnes |
| Ben Cardinal | Charlie, Quincy Air Service |
| Kristin Lehman | Florence |
| Stephen E. Miller | Trooper Sam Harvey |
| Don S. Davis | Sergeant Grazer |
| Charlton Heston | Perry |
| Duncan Fraser | Koontz |
| Gordon Tootoosis | Ben |
| Ryan Kent | Chip |
| Stephen E. Miller | Trooper Harvey |
| Byron Chief-Moon | Chip's Father |
| Adrien Dorval | Burly Fisherman |
| Ed Gale | Animatronics Bear Cub |
| Mark McCracken | Animatronics Mother Bear |
| Agee | Cubby |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Scott Myers | Writer |
| Tony Westman | Director of Photography |
| Pauline L. Tremblay | Hairstylist |
| Tom E. Dahl | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Barbara Cohen | Casting |
| Betty Thomas Quee | Stunt Coordinator |
| Tedd Kuchera | Set Decoration |
| Dean Lockwood | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Becky Bates | Stunts |
| Andy Burg | Writer |
| James H. Chow | Property Master |
| Rob Kobrin | Editor |
| Beverly Winston | Script Supervisor |
| Reg Powell | Original Music Composer |
| Douglas Curran | Still Photographer |
| Stan Edmonds | Makeup Artist |
| Monique Prudhomme | Costume Design |
| Mary Gail Artz | Casting |
| Rex Raglan | Art Direction |
| Andrew R. Powell | Music Editor |
| Douglas Higgins | Production Design |
| Dean Beville | Music Editor |
| Stewart Bethune | Production Manager |
| Andy D'Addario | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Eric Batut | Sound Mixer |
| Rick Ash | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Anthony Brand | First Assistant Director |
| Pamela Cook | Stunts |
| Fraser Clarke Heston | Director |
| Marny Eng | Stunt Double |
| Janek Sirrs | Visual Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Andy Burg | Producer |
| Carol Fuchs | Producer |
| Gordon Mark | Co-Producer |
| John Stronach | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 7 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 6 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
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**Actually pretty good, one of the better wildlife/animal family films of the 90's.** Definitly ALOT better than for instance THE AMAZING PANDA ADVENTURE which was released the year before, with some perfectly fine acting from even the kids one of which is Vincent Kartheiser who would later becom ... e one of the main stars in the tv series ANGEL. The other is Thora Birch, she might not be as good as Vince but she was okay at least. Would have worked as purely a survival film but they had to throw in some baddies in it as well, one of which is played by Charlton Heston the father of the director of the film Frasert C Heston. I'm not saying that they weren't okay baddies or anything but sometimes less is more as they say. But still as a family adventure film in the veins of the stuff Disney did in the 90's it's most certainly above average.