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Alaska: Directed by Fraser C. Heston. With Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston. While searching for their missing father in the mountains of Alaska, two siblings come across a baby polar bear on the run from a pair of poachers.

“The Alaska scenery in this movie is spectacular and varies: sea, rivers, mountains, snow, rock, skies, shot with sweeping helicopter and crane shots.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut the soundtrack is embarrassing: like something out of the Ten Commandments, great blaring trumpets, soaring strings, Tibetan bass horns, South American flutes, tom toms, fanfares, all preposterously overblown like something of a bygone era. It was seriously distracting.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe dialog is silly, like something out of 50u0026#39;s cowboy and Indian dramas e.g. u0026quot;Trust the bearu0026quot; and u0026quot;Dad, can we keep him?u0026quot; The movie has no subtlety. Everything is spelled out with the explicitness of a TV sitcom.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot is utterly improbable, with various anomalies that distress, like packing no more than a sandwich for a four day hike without it turning into a problem. Even the bear finds a adoptive mother, something that never happens in real life. No bad guys were harmed in the making of this movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCubby the orphaned polar bear cub is the star of the show, sort of like Wookie in Star Trek, who repeatedly saves the day from the evil poachers. It is a bit like the old Rin Tin Tin adventures, only Cubby is much cuter.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, the movie far from boring. I could not help but fear for the actors creating the film because they do so many dangerous stunts. Kids or adults without problems suspending disbelief will most enjoy this film.”

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