Two orphans, Heather Rattray, Mark Hall, must cross the Great Divide, the rugged snow-covered Rocky Mountains in 1876 in order to reclaim their inheritance, a 400 acre plot of lands in Salem, Oregon . Along the way they are helped by a roguish card player, Robert F Logan. They soon find that nature may be very harsh and dangerous. All of them seeking escape of bandits, George Buck Flowers and others, Indians and a hunger as well a huge bear pursuing them .At the end takes place an amusing card game between the expert card player, Robert Logan, and the ingenuous outlaw, George Buck Flower, that results in unexpected consequences.
An enjoyable family fare with majestic scenario. A predictable retreat of previous film from Wilderness Family saga, but more good family adventure drama. This is a pleasant and agreeable coming-of-age story in which a pair of waifs find trouble in paradise, this makes a half-hearted attempt to break away from the triteness of the Walt Disney stereotype, before succumbing to a catalogue of savageries and beauties of nature. The picture spends time promising interesting tensions between the independient children and the rogue drifter, before dumping them on the wilderness to find savage animals in exemplary Baden-Powell fashion and the little girl results to be the better provider, while attempting to escape of Indians.
It contains a colorful and wonderful cinematography, including breathtaking outdoors. And a sensitive and touching musical score by Angelo Baladamenti, David Lynch usual. This fairly formulary children adventure was well directed by Stewart Raffil. He is a fine craftsman who has directed several films of all kinds of genres as Grizzly Falls, Tammy and T-Rex, Mannequin 2, Mac and me, Ice pirates, The Philadelphia experiment and other films in similar style to Across the Great Divide : Sea gypsies, The adventures of the wilderness family, When the north wind blows. Rating 6.5/10. Decent adventure movie for the youngest viewers.
An enjoyable family fare with majestic scenario. A predictable retreat of previous film from Wilderness Family saga, but more good family adventure drama. This is a pleasant and agreeable coming-of-age story in which a pair of waifs find trouble in paradise, this makes a half-hearted attempt to break away from the triteness of the Walt Disney stereotype, before succumbing to a catalogue of savageries and beauties of nature. The picture spends time promising interesting tensions between the independient children and the rogue drifter, before dumping them on the wilderness to find savage animals in exemplary Baden-Powell fashion and the little girl results to be the better provider, while attempting to escape of Indians.
It contains a colorful and wonderful cinematography, including breathtaking outdoors. And a sensitive and touching musical score by Angelo Baladamenti, David Lynch usual. This fairly formulary children adventure was well directed by Stewart Raffil. He is a fine craftsman who has directed several films of all kinds of genres as Grizzly Falls, Tammy and T-Rex, Mannequin 2, Mac and me, Ice pirates, The Philadelphia experiment and other films in similar style to Across the Great Divide : Sea gypsies, The adventures of the wilderness family, When the north wind blows. Rating 6.5/10. Decent adventure movie for the youngest viewers.