Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
Directed by Phillip Borsos
Produced by Peter O'Brian
Written by Phillip Borsos
David M. Evans (uncredited)
Starring Jesse Bradford
Bruce Davison
Mimi Rogers
Tom Bower
Music by John Scott
Cinematography James Gardner
Edited by Sidney Wolinsky
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • January 13, 1995
Running time
 81 min.
Country United States
Language English
Box office $11,642,946

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog is a 1995 adventure film starring Jesse Bradford and directed by Phillip Borsos. Its cumulative box office earnings were $10,435,021. The film currently has a B- at Box Office Mojo.

Plot

Teenager Angus (Bradford) finds and adopts a Yellow Labrador Retriever and names him Yellow. Several days later, while traveling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog, tries to attract rescuers. Starvation, freezing temperatures, violent rainstorms, and a pack of wolves test Angus' and Yellow's courage and abilities to survive as they journey through the Canadian wilderness. Angus is eventually rescued but has to leave Yellow behind. Angus is later shown at home sitting on his porch; he blows his dog whistle and Yellow comes running back home. He and his family all rejoice over the return of Yellow.

Cast

Critical response

The film received mixed reviews from critics with a 57% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.

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