My Side of the Mountain

1969 Rated G · ⭐ 6.5 · Votes: 18

“A boy who dreams of leaving civilization.”

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.