Hero Dog: The Journey Home

"Never fear the dangers you can't see."

2021 1h 30m EN

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4.7

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★7.2TMDB · 62★4.7IMDB · 493

Adventure

Synopsis

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Chinook the Alaskan Malamute must lead a shipwrecked blind man out of the wilderness, while the man's children launch a rescue mission of their own.

“Never fear the dangers you can't see.”

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Cast

Steve Byers
Royce Davis
Natasha Henstridge
Susan Wade
Zackary Arthur
Max Davis
John Tench
Captain Walker
Jeremy Ferdman
Van Driver

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Boddington
Writers: Richard Boddington, Richard Clark
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Against the Wild Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Richard Boddington, shot by Stephen Chandler Whitehead. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dominik Svoboda. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Boddington shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Steve Byers and Natasha Henstridge and Zackary Arthur carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Richard Boddington directs. Stephen Chandler Whitehead behind the camera. Dominik Svoboda scores. Richard Boddington cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Part of the "Against the Wild Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Richard Boddington, shot by Stephen Chandler Whitehead. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Dominik Svoboda. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Richard Boddington shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Steve Byers and Natasha Henstridge and Zackary Arthur carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Never fear the dangers you can't see.".
10IMDB entry: tt11045566 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 62 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Stephen Chandler Whitehead
Original score: Dominik Svoboda
Editing: Richard Boddington
Production design: Csaba András Kertész
Costume design: Bonnie Brown
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Hero Dog: The Journey Home (2021)
IMDB rating: 4.7/10 · 493 votes
MPAA: PG

Part of

Against the Wild Collection

Against the Wild is a 2013 Canadian direct-to-video children's film starring CJ Adams, Erin Pitt, Natasha Henstridge and Ted Whittall. The film is directed by Canadian director Richard Boddington. In May 2015 Boddington filmed, Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti, in South Africa. The film is a sequel to Against the Wild and follows Alaskan Malamute, Chinook, on another adventure. This time Chinook must protect two children after their plane crashes in the African bush.