Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow

You wouldn't know it by watching the mostly ridiculous escapades on display in Wild America, but this comedy/adventure for young boys is marginally based on the true story of Marshall, Mark, an...( read more  read more... )d Marty Stouffer, three young brothers who successfully pursued their dream of becoming wildlife filmmakers. From their home in the South, the Stouffer boys embark on a cross-country trek to the West, where they hope to get rare footage from inside the dreaded Cave of the Sleeping Bears. Along the way they encounter cute British tourist girls, deadly alligators, a rampaging moose, and an Air Force fighter on a bombing range. In other words, Wild America is about as contrived as it could possibly be and still claim to be based on reality, but it is harmless enough for young viewers with its wholesome message about bravery, hard work, and family togetherness. Jonathan Taylor Thomas (from television's Home Improvement) leads the young cast of adventurers. --Jeff Shannon

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PG, 102 min.

Directed by: William Dear

Release Date: July 2, 1997

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DVD Release Date: October 21, 1997

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  • February 3, 2008
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  • November 6, 2006
    Astonishly bad adventure film. Of the three young stars here, only Sawa creates an interesting screen presence, the others are quite, quite bad. The scenery is good, for what it's worth...
  • August 25, 2006
    Pretty good.
  • January 17, 2008
    crazy movie..pretty good.I liked it.
  • December 23, 2007
    Fantastic!
  • October 19, 2009
    Woah, back in the day. This came out when I was 6. Born to be wild lol.
  • October 6, 2009
    this was a great movie
  • September 6, 2009
    Excellent Adventure Movie. I personally liked it a lot.
  • August 7, 2009
    oh yes, classic. JTT, Devon Sawa, and Scott Bairstow..... whos Scott Bairstow, you ask?? are you serious? forget it you wouldnt like this all they do is save a panda from being raped and watch tigers and stuff.
  • July 26, 2009
    Childhood fave! I used to have a major crush on Jonathon Taylor Thomas and Devon Sawa lol still do! Great story as well once you get passed the drooling and start watching the film.

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  • seekinghim13
    June 21, 2009
    The movie was all in all a very neat and humorous movie. The only part that didn't really work was perhaps the bear cave, with all the hibernating bears together, and the boys singing them to sleep. Otherwise, it wasn't bad, and it had all of us (my family and I) laughing.

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