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This is a story about one man's passion for the wide-open spaces and freedom of the Canadian North. Frank is from Germany and knew nothing about Yukon when he decided to give up his job and become a trapper. He chose a rough life of fishing and hunting over material comforts and the responsibilities of raising a family. The call of the wild was too strong to resist.
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Jack London's The Call of the Wild, one of the finest wilderness novels ever written, is told entirely from the point of view of the dog Buck, a domesticated favorite in a wealthy California household who is stolen and brought to the far North to be a sled dog. This 1972 film adaptation, starring Charlton Heston, necessarily takes liberties with London's tale, while at the same time maintaining its essential atmosphere, particularly in its emphasis...