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Feb 21, 2020 · Based on the classic novel by Jack London the movie tells the story of Buck the dog and his adventures as a comfortable city dog to a working dog in The Yukon, this is squarely aimed at the family market, playing down the cruel treatment of sled dogs and the harsh life.
- (57K)
- Adventure, Drama, Family
- Chris Sanders
- 2020-02-21
Set during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, the film follows a dog named Buck as he is stolen from his home in California and sent to the Yukon, where he befriends an old outdoorsman and begins a life-altering adventure.
- Buck was Based on a Real Dog. Jack London actually went to Alaska, and much of his experience there influenced his now classic novel. While in Alaska, he stayed with brothers Marshall and Louis Whitford Bond, who owned a cabin.
- Buck Was Created in Response to a Bad Dog. In 1902, a year before The Call of the Wild would be published, Jack London wrote and published a short story called "Diablo - A Dog," about a horrible dog who goes on to kill his master.
- Buck Looked More Menacing in the Book. In the The Call of the Wild novel, Buck is supposed to be half St. Bernard and half Scotch Shepherd. Here, he was described as being particularly large and looking a bit like a wolf.
- Buck is Not a Husky. While he is described as large and slightly wolf like in the novels, Buck was never described as or intended to be a Husky, despite the breed's popularity among sled dog trainers.
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- 3M
- Walt Disney Studios
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- Walt Disney Studios
Feb 21, 2020 · Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life gets turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon...
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- Adventure, Drama
- PG
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Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life gets turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon in the 1890s.
