Where the Red Fern Grows

Name: Where the Red Fern Grows
Director: Sam Pillsbury, Lyman Dayton
Released: 2003
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Renee Faia, Mac Davis, Kris Kristofferson

2003 · 86 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,430 VOTES · DIR. Sam Pillsbury, Lyman Dayton

Overview

Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."

Dialogue Timeline — 1,011 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:35 (''If I Could Only Go Back Again'' by Jim Witter)

00:04:41 How about that? You hear that, Jenny? Uncle Fred sent 'em down here.

00:07:40 (Billy) Every town has its characters. and every boy has his nemesis.

00:10:44 Johnny's jamming hard on an old crate box

00:13:38 l love this place. lt was my mother's land, and her people before her.

00:16:27 l just get so excited, thinking about having my own little pups.

00:19:37 - Yes, sir, sure is. - Might be fixing to rain, though.

00:22:27 Come over here and sit down.

00:26:56 Well. it was too much for her.

00:32:13 What are you gonna do with all that money?

00:37:20 Oh, that's a big sycamore.

00:42:36 l got a pesky ringtail out there been getting into my chickens, stealing eggs.

00:44:27 that no dog's been smart enough to tree yet.

00:48:41 What you doing up there, boy?

00:52:33 Girls? Huh?

00:54:38 They have the right to prove it.

00:57:53 l don't know. There's some mighty fine hounds out there.

01:00:22 - Good luck, Mr. Bellington. - Well, thank you, young man.

01:03:29 - All right. - Yeah.

01:06:20 Hey, George. Better late than never.

01:09:06 Whoo! Yes, all right.

01:15:31 I knew little Ann's heart was broke. and she didn't want to live without old Dan.

01:19:49 I hope to go back one day.

01:24:43 To run free as the wind

Cast & Characters

Joseph Ashton Billy Coleman Dave Matthews Will Coleman Renee Faia Jenny Coleman Mac Davis Hod Bellington Kris Kristofferson Older Billy Coleman Ned Beatty Sheriff Abe McConnell Dabney Coleman Grandpa Gary Anson Bully Wendell Orvel Baldridge Mr. Pritchard Robert Bauman Hunter #2

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,011

Dialogue density11.8 lines / min

First line00:00:35

Final line01:24:43

Production Record

DirectorSam Pillsbury, Lyman Dayton

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,430