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The Journey of Natty Gann
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0786936178333
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: May 21, 2002
Running Time: 101 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 27, 1985
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Editorial Review:
A sleeper when released in 1985, The Journey of Natty Gann has since become an enduring family classic. While following a familiar Disney formula (the perilous adventures of a girl and her pet wolf), director Jeremy Paul Kagan adds something fresh at every turn, aided by a first-rate cast and beautifully scenic locations. Then-promising newcomer Meredith Salenger is perfect in the title role--a scrappy kid in Depression-era Chicago who travels cross-country to the Pacific Northwest, hoping to find her father (Ray Wise), who had been forced to leave her with an awful landlady while he took a logging job in Washington. Natty befriends the wolf and a fellow drifter (John Cusack, in an early role), and her journey is a memorable one, intense and realistic but still appropriate for kids. Although Salenger's subsequent film career has been modest (she later graduated cum laude from Harvard), Natty Gann remains a worthy claim to fame. --Jeff Shannon
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. In this masterful, atmospheric adventure, a courageous young girl (Meredith Salenger) confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her extraordinary odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter (John Cusack). A brilliant, moving tapestry, woven of courage and perseverance.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Touching Depression Era Story
This is a quietly touching adult film made by Disney long before they had their Touchstone division. Meredith Salanger gives a star-making performance as a teenage girl growing up with her father during the depression. A young John Cusack has a nice turn as well, already showing the kind of quiet and surprising talent he would become known for in coming years.
Natty's father (Ray Wise) finds the only work he can during the depression and reluctantly leaves Natty with someone who turns ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent family movie
Great movie that isn't sappy or simplistic. You'll be at the edge of your seat several times, especially at the end.
Rating: - the journey of nattie gann
I saw this movie when it first came out- i loved it... i recently purchased it for my grandsons....
Rating: - The Journey of Natty Gann
A very good movie about a journey of a little girl who would not give up.
Rating: - A journey of hope and persistence against great odds!
Set in 1935, the Depression is the main villain in this emotional, coming-of-age adventure tale of a young girl's journey from Chicago to Washington in search of her father. When Natty Gann's father is offered a job as a logger in Washington, he must leave his tomboyish daughter with a friend until he can afford to send for her. Natty's habit of getting into trouble immediately lands her on the road, however, forced to become a rail-rider and having to avoid the law and adults in general, most of whom ... Read More
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