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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 w…
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Alaska
“A missing father. A desperate search. An unforgettable adventure.”
58%
Movie
1h 49m
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Alaska (1996) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Alaska (1996) — a movie tagged as Family, Drama, and Adventure with heartwarming moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 … Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for families with kids and family viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~109 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Alaska 58% (142 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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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.
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- Status
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- Release date
- 1996-08-14
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 36344
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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 ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Cast
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
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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
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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 become 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.
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