too much and too little reality.

Rating: Null/10 (21 February 2016)

As a story teller of the fur trade I knew I had to see this movie. Though I tell the stories I have never trapped or butchered any animals, so the opening scene was a real wake-up call. You can't get that type of understanding from just reading a book. It will help me in my story telling. But the scenery is all wrong. it took place on the treeless prairie of south Dakota, west of Mobridge. A son was never mentioned in the real story, nor was the final fight with John Fitzgerald.
The acting, however, was superb. Whatever the scenery problems were, the basic story was well told. How in the world were they able to film the attack by the bear? That was magnificent.
Tom Laidlaw