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American Frontier Classics:: Where the Red Fern Grows

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This movie is a classic family movie. I loved both the book and movie as a kid and have loved sharing it with my kids. It also has great lessons, of integrity, hard work, dependence on God, love, death, how prayers are answered, etc. "If you want God's help, your gonna have to meet him half way." "I believe every boy ought to have to cut down a tree like this...At least once in his life."

Make sure to get the original movie with Stewart Peterson, the remake is awful.

I hadnt seen this film in years and happy to see that American Frontier classics re-released this along with other great frontier films. The story is a classic tale of a young boy, played by Stewart Peterson (very believable and holding his own against the dogs and the adults), who very much wants his own hunting dogs and works hard to earn them and travels a great distance to fetch them. The relationship between Peterson and the dogs is very real and touching. Though this was filmed in the the early 70's and takes place in the early part of the centery, this film stands the test of time and still brought a tear to this viewer's eyes.

I saw Where the Red Fern Grows when I was eight and it was quickly my favorite movie.
The plot is Billy Coleman wants coon hounds very badly. His family is poor so he is not able to get them from his parents. So he saves his own money. Then he buys his hounds. The only reason he has the hounds is because of an add in a sportsman's magazine. Billy hunts with his coon hounds. His coon hounds are the two best coon hounds in the Ozarks. It tells about the up's and down's in his life with his dogs.
This film was great in the overall story of friendship.
The movie didn't have much special effects. The movie was AWESOME how it is.
This movie teaches you about love, friendship, and courage through a twelve year old boy's life. Billy never wants to let go of his dogs because he loves them. Billy and his dogs battled through the cold Ozark Mountains too.

My teenage son died when a junior in high school in 1985. "Where the Red Fern Grows" was his favorite book (he had made notes throughout it) and his favorite movie, also. We place a "red" tinted fern on his grave every year by using a little spray paint. Our VHS recently developed problems, so we are ordering a DVD of the original movie with Peterson and Whitmore. Showed it to 3 family friends ages 10, 12, & 13 and all needed wipes. Very emotional.

I am 11 years old, and even though I you probably wouldn't think that me, being so young, would understand the true point of a movie, but I do. I have only reviewed a few movies before, "Where the Red Fern Grows", but you've got to start somewhere! "Where the Red Fern Grows" is one of my all time favorite movies. I have seen the movie and read the book several times, so this has given me a lot of time to think about this film.
This movie is about a young boy and the love he has for his dogs, and the love that they have for him and each other. Billy and his dogs have a relationship that seems only separable by death, and when death happens, he and his family realize that it is all part of God's plans to answer their prayers.
This movie was made in 1991, so there weren't many special effects, but the characters made it seem like it wasn't a movie at all, but a part of their own lives. When they cried, when the dogs hunted, fought, and died, it all seemed so real. In fact, I wanted to write a letter to the Coleman family to see how their life in town was going! Yeah, it seemed that real!
This film manages to make me shed a tear and build up a smile every time I watch it. It is a heartfelt story that teaches you about love, faith, and hope. After I watched it, I felt the need to hug a dog!
So, like I said at the beginning, this is one of my all time favorite movies. I would highly suggest seeing it!

I am 11 years old, and even though I you probably wouldn't think that me, being so young, would understand the true point of a movie, but I do. I have only reviewed a few movies before, "Where the Red Fern Grows", but you've got to start somewhere! "Where the Red Fern Grows" is one of my all time favorite movies. I have seen the movie and read the book several times, so this has given me a lot of time to think about this film.
This movie is about a young boy and the love he has for his dogs, and the love that they have for him and each other. Billy and his dogs have a relationship that seems only separable by death, and when death happens, he and his family realize that it is all part of God's plans to answer their prayers.
This movie was made in 1991, so there weren't many special effects, but the characters made it seem like it wasn't a movie at all, but a part of their own lives. When they cried, when the dogs hunted, fought, and died, it all seemed so real. In fact, I wanted to write a letter to the Coleman family to see how their life in town was going! Yeah, it seemed that real!
This film manages to make me shed a tear and build up a smile every time I watch it. It is a heartfelt story that teaches you about love, faith, and hope. After I watched it, I felt the need to hug a dog!
So, like I said at the beginning, this is one of my all time favorite movies. I would highly suggest seeing it!

I'm in sixth grade and I have watched a lot of movies, but Where The Red Fern grows is by far one of my favorites.
It was about this boy and he has two dogs Dan and Ann. Everything was going good. They had won the coon hunt and a little bit of money. Then one day they were out hunting ,and out of no where a mountain lion jumps out and starts fighting Dan and Ann. Dan gets injured on his stomach and dies. Then after a few days Ann dies of loneliness. They bury them side by side and then in the middle of them a red fern starts growing.
I loved the movie another thing I loved was the acting. There wasn't that many special effects. The actors made everything look real this boy fell and they made it look like the boy was really injured. The acting was astonishing.
Like I said before there really wasn't that many special effects, but the scenes were filmed in beautiful places. They were mostly filmed outdoors in the mountains and woods, but you have to see it to know how beautiful it was.
You really need to see this movie just once. I know how some people don't like watching movies with things dyeing in them in this case dogs, but this movie proves how much you can love something. In one scene it shows u how to use teamwork. If you want to watch a heartwarming movie this is the one you need to see. Once you watch it you'll want to watch it again. Trust me I know

ONE OF THE BEST STORIES I HAVE EVER SEEN,AND THE COLOR OF THE MOVIE WAS BREATH TAKING I ENJOYED IT SO MUCH I WILL LOOK AT IT SEVERAL TIMES.I WISH THEY STILL MADE MOVIES LIKE THIS.IF YOU ARE A DOG LOVER YOU WILL CRY AT THE END I WAS WELL PLEASED WITH AMAZON, I HAD MY ORDER IN AFEW DAYS THEY DO GOOD WORK.
SINCERELY
DORIS LOVELL

Great Story, takes you into the world of the characters where you lose yourself to the story.

I ordered the dvd and, upon receving it, played it on my dvd player. There was a flaw in the disc, and the movie stopped playing when the flaw was reached. I contacted Amazon, and they promptly sent me a replacement. On playing the second dvd, it had the same flaw and stopped in exactly the same place. I have kept the dvd and skip over the flaw (about one minute of the movie)just before I get to the problem. I believe the problem will probably pop up on future copies so I decided to work around the flaw rather go through the hassle with a third copy.

I'm a school teacher and needed to play the movie after reading the book. I'm just going to explain the problem to my students when I show it.