My Side of the Mountain

1969 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,215 VOTES · DIR. James B. Clark

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Overview

Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.

ActionAdventureDramaFamily1960s

Dialogue Timeline — 309 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:17 (tropical birds cawing)
00:07:16 (dog barking in distance)
00:10:29 Rats.
00:14:29 (falcon cries)
00:18:37 Hm.
00:23:20 No.
00:28:00 But you’re alone.
00:31:45 Training.
00:36:36 Frightful it is.
00:40:38 and had a place to tan the deer hide.
00:44:41 (♪♪♪♪♪♪)
00:48:15 take me to your leader.
00:51:14 (♪♪ plays melody on flute)
00:54:00 (Frightful crying)
00:59:20 Here, you try.
01:03:13 Oh, any day now.
01:06:54 Well, so long now. Keep in touch.
01:10:30 we’ll have us a nice, warm home.
01:13:58 I won't be gone long.
01:19:33 It's dying.
01:24:21 Gu... (chittering)
01:26:51 (wind whistling)
01:31:58 I'll be right back.
01:35:41 I've learned all I can here.

Cast & Characters

Ted Eccles Sam Gribley Theodore Bikel Bando Tudi Wiggins Miss Turner Paul Hébert Hunter Cosette Lee Apple Lady Ralph Endersby Boy In Soda Fountain George Allan Boy In Soda Fountain Dan McIlravey Little Boy On Bus Frank Perry Mr. Gribley Peggi Loder Mrs. Gribley

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed309
Dialogue density3.1 lines / min
First line00:00:17
Final line01:35:41

Production Record

DirectorJames B. Clark
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,215