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In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.
Keywords
canada
based on novel or book
culture clash
shipwreck
inuit
arctic polar circle region
whaler
19th century
eskimo
Casts
Warren Oates
Billy
Timothy Bottoms
Daggett
Louis Gossett Jr.
Portagee
Joanasie Salamonie
Kangiak
Simonie Kopapik
Sarkak
Pilitak
Neevee
Sagiaktok
Shaman
Munamee Sako
Sowaiapik
Pitseolai Kili
Sowaiapik's Wife
Meetook Mallee
Ikuma
Seemee Nookiguak
Avinga
Sakkeassie
Dirty Boy
Akshooyooliak
Old Mother
Nilak Butler
Pance
Oolipika Joamie
Mia
Higa Ipeelie
Evaloo
Jacob Partridge
Archer
Ashoona Kilabuck
Shartok
Namonai Ashoona
Nowya
Aupalotak Simonee
Hunter
Atcheelak
Hunter
Crews
Philip Kaufman
Director
James Houston
Screenplay
Thomas Rickman
Screenplay
Caro Jones
Casting
Douglas Day Stewart
Editor
Martin Ransohoff
Producer
Michael Chapman
Director of Photography
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
James Houston
Novel
Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunts
Chuck Waters
Stunts
Mickey Gilbert
Stunts
Richard Washington
Stunts
Marcel Carpenter
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jon Anderson
Assistant Director
Don Carmody
Location Manager
Harvey Stambler
Assistant Editor
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Richard Lightstone
Sound Mixer
Henry Millar Jr.
Special Effects
Tony Lucibello
Second Assistant Director
Pete Horner
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kenneth Post
Camera Operator
Tim Griffith
Lighting Director
Martin Ransohoff
Adaptation
James J. Klinger
Sound Effects Editor
James Houston
Associate Producer
Don Guest
Associate Producer
Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Double
Backdrops & Posters
