THE CALL OF THE WILD (2020) MOVIE NEWS & REVIEW
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the CALL OF THE WILD(2020) movieGenre | Adventure
Classification | PG
Running time | 120 minutes
Released | 20 February 2020 castHarrison Ford ... John Thornton Karen Gillan ... Mercedes Cara Gee Jean Louisa Kelly ... Katie Miller Dan Stevens ... Hal Bradley Whitford ... Judge Miller Wes Brown ... Mountie Omar Sy Terry Notary ... Buck directorChris Sanders writerMichael Green ... (screenplay by) Jack London ... (based on the novel by) cinematographerJanusz Kaminski musicJohn Powell film editorDavid Heinz William Hoy box office resultWorldwide $200 million
Australia $? million
North America $? million movie minutiaeThe role of John Thornton, here played by Harrison Ford, was previously portrayed by Rutger Hauer in the 1997 TV adaptation of the story. Both actors famously appeared opposite each other as enemies in BLADE RUNNER (1982).
The fully CGI model of Buck is a digital scan of a real dog, adopted during production from the Emporia, Kansas animal shelter by director Chris Sanders' wife, Jessica Steele-Sanders. Coincidentally, the dog's name was "Buckley." Buckley is the same kind of mixed breed as Buck is described in Jack London's book: a cross between a St. Bernard and a Scotch collie-type dog (a medium-sized herding dog, similar to a border collie or Australian shepherd). When Jessica Steele-Sanders adopted Buckley as a companion for the Sanders' other dog, Brody, the CG model for Buck at that time was loosely based on a Bernese mountain dog -- however, when the producers saw Buckley and learned that he was the same sort of mixed breed as the dog in the book, it was decided that Buck in the film would be changed to a digital scan of Buckley.
Live-action directorial debut of Chris Sanders. |
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