jsc@nbires.UUCP (Steven Carnes) (02/09/84)
one person says the movie is set in Antarctica; wrong. another says Alaska. wrong again If you've ever read the book (very funny, quite touching at times), you'd know that it is set in the Barrens area of Canada, north and west of Churchill. As a postscript, I'd always thought that the book was very truthful, and that Farley Mowat must be universally thought well of. Hah. In a recent interview, he said that not only was he not alone on the trip, but he had his wife with him. In fact, he was fired from the job because of alleged improprieties, such as flying his wife at government expense in order to do some shopping. Also, many Canadians feel him to be quite a pain in the ass. Still, it's an outrageous book and well worth an evening.
phyllis@utcsrgv.UUCP (Phyllis Eve Bregman) (02/10/84)
The film took place in the North West Territories (Canada)
and not Antartica. I took my kids to see it (ages 11 and 8),
and they really loved it.
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Phyllis Eve Bregman
CSRG, Univ. of Toronto
{decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,allegra,utzoo}!utcsrgv!phyllisjulian@deepthot.UUCP (Julian Davies) (02/13/84)
For what it's worth, public opinion about F Mowatt in canada seems quite polarized. His views on Wolves are highly controversial in the West, where one of the governments is sponsoring wolf hunts, I forget which. (check the Globe&Mail for details.)