Movie · 1996
Alaska
“A missing father. A desperate search. An unforgettable adventure.”
Released 14 August 1996 109 min Family / Drama / Adventure More from 1996 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Charlton Heston
as Perry
Don S. Davis
as Sergeant Grazer
Gordon Tootoosis
as Ben
Dirk Benedict
as Jake Barnes
Adrien Dorval
as Burly Fisherman
Ed Gale
as Animatronics Bear Cub
Kristin Lehman
as Florence
Vincent Kartheiser
as Sean Barnes
Thora Birch
as Jessie Barnes
Ben Cardinal
as Charlie, Quincy Air Service
Stephen E. Miller
as Trooper Sam Harvey
Duncan Fraser
as Koontz
Ryan Kent
as Chip
Stephen E. Miller
as Trooper Harvey
Byron Chief-Moon
as Chip's Father
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The numbers
0.5×$23m budget became $12m at the box office
58years between the oldest and youngest billed
72Charlton Heston — oldest on the call sheet
14Thora Birch — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast