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Alaska (1996)

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Widower Jake Barnes (Dirk Benedict) moves with his daughter and son to a fishing village in Alaska, and earns his keep as a bush pilot by ferrying supplies to remote locations throughout the state. While the daughter loves her new home, the son cannot stand it, and is impatiently waiting until he is grown up enough to move away. However, they join forces to look for their father when they learn that he has gone down in an airplane accident. The official search party is called off and Jake is

PG, 1 hr. 49 min.

Action & Adventure, Kids & Family

Directed By: Fraser Clarke Heston , Ben Cardinal

Written By: Andy Burg

In Theaters: Aug 14, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Sep 3, 2002

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Alaska Trailer & Photos

Cast

Thora Birch
Jessie Barnes
Vincent Kartheiser
Sean Barnes
Dirk Benedict
Jake Barnes
Charlton Heston
Perry
Gordon Tootoosis
Ben
Duncan Fraser
Koontz
Ed Gale
Baby Bear
Mark McCracken
Animatronics Mother Bea...
Don S. Davis
Sergeant Grazer
Stephen E. Miller
Trooper Harvey
Ben Cardinal
Charlie
P. Adrien Dorval
Burly Fisherman
Arthur Agee
Cubby
Kristin Lehman
Florence
Ryan Kent
Chip
Dolly Madsen
Mrs Ben
Byron Chief-Moon
Chip's Father

Critic Reviews for Alaska

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Beautiful vistas, Thora Birch and a cute bear can't compensate for the routine story and sloppy direction of this old-fashioned family adventure about the courageous efforts of two children to find their missing father.

February 10, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

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Charlton Heston, though he has saved the Jews and a whole bunch of other distressed folk in the past, along with painting the Sistine Chapel, can't rescue his son's picture.

March 2, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Brandon Judell

Critics Inc./America Online

Really bad performances, an awful script straight out of a TV movie of the week and one of the least appealing, most irritating young heroes in recent screen history

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Jeff Vice

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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I can't believe that "Alaska" isn't getting better reviews than it is. A movie doesn't have to be one of the best ever to be a great movie. I thought it was a good all around movie. Two teens go on a search for their father after his plane crashes and the police show that they're not willing to search for him as much

September 8, 2009

Jason Owens

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Charlton Heston slums it as a poacher in this wilderness nonsense that sees a pair of american brats climb up and down mountainsides in between bouts of utterly contrived "suspense". They are helped along the way by a friendly polar bear, which are always handy to have around. If they fell in the sea, I presume they'd

May 28, 2007

xGary Xx

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Alaska Quotes

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1. Sean Barnes: Dad, you used to fly 747s, and now you deliver toilet paper!
– Submitted by Nick S (54 days ago)
1. Jake Barnes: What's that? It's either a polar bear or the whitest dog I've ever seen.
2. Sean Barnes: It's a dog. Can I keep him?
– Submitted by George B (2 months ago)