Alone in the Wilderness

"One man's 32-year Alaskan experience in the cabin he built by hand."

2004 0h 57m EN

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★7.9TMDB · 86

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Synopsis

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Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.

“One man's 32-year Alaskan experience in the cabin he built by hand.”

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Cast

Dick Proenneke
Himself
Bob Swerer Jr.
Narrator
Wendy Ishii
Narrator
Pamela Guest
On-air Co-host
Bob Swerer Sr.
Narrator

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dick Proenneke
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 57-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Dick Proenneke Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Dick Proenneke and Bob Swerer Jr. and Wendy Ishii carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "One man's 32-year Alaskan experience in the cabin he built by hand.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0437806 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 86 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dick Proenneke directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 57-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Part of the "The Dick Proenneke Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Dick Proenneke and Bob Swerer Jr. and Wendy Ishii carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "One man's 32-year Alaskan experience in the cabin he built by hand.".
7IMDB entry: tt0437806 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 86 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 57 min · 0h 57m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Alone in the Wilderness (2004)

Part of

The Dick Proenneke Collection

Dick Proenneke was an American naturalist who lived alone in the high mountains of Alaska at a place called Twin Lakes. Living simply in a log cabin he constructed by hand, Proenneke made valuable recordings of both scientific data and film of his life in the woods. The resulting footage was made into a series of documentary films.