Two dogs and a cross-eyed Siamese cat trek 200 miles through the backwoods with only a camera crew for company when their owners, NRA members to a man, get terribly confused about who's looking after them.
Kind of soothing to watch with a good ol'boy commentary, until the cat is attacked by a bear and a lynx and falls in the rapids, the retriever kills a rabbit and gets a face full of porcupine spines, and a hunter shoots a duck. Bodger the bull terrier gets a bit tired. But it all turns out OK.
In an idyllic part of (WASP) America that only existed in Uncle Walt's imagination, to modern eyes 'TIJ' seems incredibly crudely, if effectively, put together. Back in the day it was part of Disney's golden years.
Also to cynical 21st century eyes, this original Incredible Journey gets away with treatment of animals nobody would dream of filming live today. That's not a post-modern criticism, it's just a fact anyone showing this to young kids (or animals) should bear in mind.
Kind of soothing to watch with a good ol'boy commentary, until the cat is attacked by a bear and a lynx and falls in the rapids, the retriever kills a rabbit and gets a face full of porcupine spines, and a hunter shoots a duck. Bodger the bull terrier gets a bit tired. But it all turns out OK.
In an idyllic part of (WASP) America that only existed in Uncle Walt's imagination, to modern eyes 'TIJ' seems incredibly crudely, if effectively, put together. Back in the day it was part of Disney's golden years.
Also to cynical 21st century eyes, this original Incredible Journey gets away with treatment of animals nobody would dream of filming live today. That's not a post-modern criticism, it's just a fact anyone showing this to young kids (or animals) should bear in mind.