Winter Related Movies
1. Snow Dogs- Theodore "Ted" Brooks( Cuba Gooding Jr.), a renowned dentist of Miami, Florida. He is advertising on every bus in Miami,travels to the wilds of ALaska to claim his inheritance left by his late mother. Seven Siberian Huskies and a border collie. He discovers roots that are totally out of his elements, he has to face challenges hehas never dreamed of. Blizzards,thin ice,an intimidating,crusty old mountain man called Thunder JAck,and a aggresive,defiant lead dog,demon. All this happens with the buzzing excitement of the Artic Challenges Sled Dog Race which is only two weeks away
2. Balto- Based on a true story, Balto will touch your heart. Part husky/part wolf, Balto doesnt know where he belongs. HE's an outcast in Alska,except his true friends-Noris,the russian snow goose;polar bear cubs Muk and Luk; and the beautiful husky,Jenna.Even though he's different,all of Balto's friends recognize what he still cant see in himself: his noble spirit. One day, a serious epidemic spreads fast among the children in Nome. When a fierce blizzard closes off all routes of transport,theres no way toobtain lifesaving medicine...unless a team of sled dogs can race six-hundred miles through the blinding Artic storm and bring back anti-toxins. But when the dogs get lost in the frozen wilderness,only BAlto can rescue the team and save the children.
3. Ace of Huskies-Brentwood, the aged RCMP officer tells this story to his grand-daughter about his favorite dog-sled leader in his young ayz. Okemow, a dog treated specially since its puppyhood, gets its big break one day, it gets to be the leader of a sled team for the first time. They travel for a long time, when he finally stops. After much confusion,it turns out that he has saved his master and his dog team from disaster: a deadly ice hole.
4. Baree, Son of Kazon-An adventure-filled,realistic novel about the first year in the life of Baree,who is torn between his wolf -half and his dog-half,who must learn to survive and be accepted in two worlds. He is befriended by a young girl and her trapper father,whom he defends against her father's boss, the personification of evil. Curwood's excellent power of descrimination helps readers witness the beaty of and death in nature.
5.Legend of the Spirit Dog- Jed and his vetererinarian mother are looking after a wlf-dog that was rescued from the Alaskan wilderness after being injured in a long-running spirit battle with a raven. Doespite being a wild animal, the dog takes a liking to JEd, who has a poor relationship with his mother. Jed discovers a few strange things about his dog-that may be linked to a proposal to use their town as a toxic waste dump.
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