Man in the Wilderness

Man in the Wilderness (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard C. Sarafian

Written By:
Jack DeWitt

Actors:
Richard Harris ..... Zachary Bass
John Huston ..... Captain Henry
Henry Wilcoxon ..... Indian Chief
Percy Herbert ..... Fogarty
Dennis Waterman ..... Lowrie
Prunella Ransome ..... Grace
Sheila Raynor ..... Grace's Mother
Norman Rossington ..... Ferris
James Doohan ..... Benoit
Bryan Marshall ..... Potts
Ben Carruthers ..... Longbow
Robert Russell ..... Smith
John Bindon ..... Coulter
Bruce M. Fischer ..... Wiser
Dean Selmier ..... Russell

Synopsis:

When an expedition of early 1800s fur trappers in the American Northwest encounters a bear while hunting, their scout, Zach (Richard Harris), is unfortunately mauled. Although Zach's wounds are treated by the medic, the leader of the troop, Henry (John Huston), believes he will die and orders the troop to continue on while Zach is left behind. But Henry has underestimated Zach's will to live - he survives and manages to regain his strength, in order to track the troop and exact revenge.

The fundamental theme of the story is the spiritual redemption of an emotionally damaged man, Zachary Bass. By using flashbacks to his childhood, the director provides to the viewer the basis for Bass's emotional damage brought about by abandonment by his father and abuse by his schoolmaster. After being abandoned by his fellow trappers, his motive for survival is revealed to be driven by many things, including revenge against Captain Henry, and the desire to see his young son, whom he left to be raised by his mother-in-law after his wife's death in childbirth. As it turns out, one of his comrades left a pocket Bible with Bass. It is this Bible that transforms and redeems Bass so that when he finally confronts his fellow trappers and Captain Henry, it is no longer the same hardened man that they meet. Rather, Bass has become transformed into a rational and forgiving man with no anger left in his heart.

In the early 1800's, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilisation and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 15 November, 2013.