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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Set in the frozen wilderness and frontier towns of the Yukon Territory at the height of Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1890's, Randal Kleiser's "White Fang" (1991) is above all a story of love and friendship between two young orphans: Jack Conroy, played by a fresh-faced but precociously talented Ethan Hawke, and White Fang, a lone gray wolf.Loosely based on the classic Jack London novel of the same name, "White Fang" is as eager and hopeful a film as Jack is when he touches shore in the Yukon Valley. But no sooner is Jack mugged by reality in the shape of a sly and malicious Beauty Smith (played a finely villainous James Remar) and his two cronies, than Kleiser begins to unveil the unyielding, unpitying hardness of nature, starting with the shooting death of a she-wolf, mother to the wolf pup White Fang.The story of the film is a journey in more ways than one, and Jack's journey closely parallels White Fang's in spirit and tone. Both are recently orphaned survivors, vital spirits in a barren landscape. Jack's challenges start as soon as he lands: a new land, both harsh and majestic, with potentially unlimited wealth awaiting the lucky and the industrious. The difficult conditions are compounded by the reason for Jack's sojourn: though he claims to want only to work his father's claim, he clearly, ultimately, seeks to redeem his father's death.As their stories progress and Jack and White Fang eventually find each other, their fraternal/paternal relationship seems to take the place of the their absent parents. They care and look out for each other and at different times, rescue each other from certain death. Kindred spirits, both were forced to grow up quickly and they take on the odds of survival with pluck and, mostly, good humor.The photography of "White Fang" matches the beauty of the arctic landscape: underground lakes and grottos, ice caves and vast expanses of snow framed by distant mountain ranges. Cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts's impressive use of the wide shot – in some instance with the sled team slicing across the screen, perfectly channel the adventurist spirit of the time and the place. Like Jack, it's hard for us not to be completely swept away by the wide open scenes of nature at its purest. Pierce-Robert's dramatic crane shots, from slow, intimate creeps to quickly rising booms are also beautifully choreographed.According to Kleiser, the film was storyboard from first shot to last. Given that so many scenes involved wolves or wolf-dogs of varying degrees of tameness and training (as well as an astonishing cameo by Bart the Bear in a fight scene) this was a wise decision. Because of the limitations inherent in filming under these conditions, Kleiser bravely relied on the pure visual grammar of film language to tell the characters' story. His economy of shots, matching eye lines, composition and distribution of elements in the screen space were carefully thought out and intelligently, if not painstakingly, executed.On a personal level, I found watching "White Fang" to be a touching, even moving experience, and only very momentarily sentimental. In fact, the director's reserve in not allowing the material to move into maudlin sentimentality is to be admired and appreciated. This reserve is the mark of a great observer.Successful sound design elements also contribute to the film's faithful and creative re-creation of its sensory world: at tense moments like when the ice is cracking under Jack's feet, or when we hear a heartbeat-like thudding in more hallucinatory scenes, as when Gray Beaver of the Han tribe finds little White Fang caught in a game trap. I also very much enjoyed the majestic soundtrack, with its resonant symphonic score: horns, strings, and unusually, wind instruments working together in resonant and harmonic ways to make Jack and White Fang's story truly great storytelling.Finally, the film's faithful and evocative re-creations of the historical era, from the stock photos and maps of the opening credits to the impressive outdoor sets of the Klondike towns, combined with a refined instinct for storytelling, magnificent locations, well-directed actors (including a small, delightful role by the great Seymour Cassel!) and disciplined choreography make "White Fang" a great film experience.

OMG OMG OMG I am SOOOO excited I finally FINALLY have the ORIGINAL (RARE) White Fang Soundtrack!!!!!!! YAY! :D I am in heaven. It must have been Divine intervention lol. I actually got it. It turned out to be a bootleg copy that someone made out to look like an original, but I don't care. The music...omg it has like 51 tracks of nothing but wonderful Basil's White Fang score (yes the ENTIRE score of the 1991 film, not #2). SOOOO awesome. Anyway, enough bragging lol.The movie is such a wonderful experience too. Jed the malamute is SOOOOOO frickin awesome. He was my ultimate dream-dog hehheh. True enough to the orig story to be worthy of the title White Fang. The scenery combined with Basil Poledouris music alone makes this movie a personal favorite.Hey, if anyone is desperate for a copy of the White Fang soundtrack (ALL tracks composed by legendary Basil Poledouris), I would be happy to help you out...knowing how much this score meant to me and searching for it all these years without any luck...until now! I believe music like this wasn't meant to be kept hidden away in the vaults of greedy corporations who only see music as numbers/sales/$$$ and don't understand or care how deeply some music can touch the soul and inspire.asoulwithpaws (at) y a h o o (dot) com :)

This movie is great movie because at first it shows the story of a boy who trying to find his fathers claim with the help of a guy named Alex Larson. At the beginning it shows the life of how wolves lived and even how they live today. It made me sad to see that wolf loose his mother. And how they made dogs fight back then. To me that is just cruelty to animals. Its good to know that none of the animals were hurt during that film. And just how a brave boy just went in and helped that wolf and saved his life. We should always treat animals with respect thats a good thing Disney movies do a lot of teaching us all right from wrong. I also like what they say at the end about how almost all the wolves were killed through out our American history. And about they opened up national parks for wolves to live in peace. By the American Humane Association. I thank the AHA for doing all that great work.

My son loved this movie as a child. He was really into wolves. Having read the Jack London book, I was a little bewildered by what they did to the plot. Except for a few names of the characters, there isn't a whole lot of the book in the movie. Putting that aside, I decided to not look at it as an adaptation and view it as an adventure movie. It has a whole lot going for it. I'm not sure where it was filmed, but the scenery is breathtaking. It would make a romantic head north, looking for gold. The characters are fun, especially Klaus Maria Brandauer, whom I've always liked, as the rugged Alex Larson. Ethan Hawke is a little goodie two shoes for his role, but he's OK. The prospectors were right, though. He wouldn't last a day without an experienced partner. The scenes with the wolves are very effective. The most memorable scene is when Jack goes through the water and a corpse, that is being transported to his burial site, goes in with him. There are some excellent scenes with dog fights, bear chases, training the wolf after he is rescued from his persecutors, that work. It's nice when you can have a movie like this that can keep the attention of kids without the usual gross out elements. At times it's a little too antiseptic, but that's fine. We could use a little antiseptic these days.