City Boy
City Boy ★★★ 1993
At the turn of the century the orphaned Nick makes his way from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest in search of his natural father. He takes a job guarding Limberlost, a valuable oldgrowth forest, from thieves and is torn between the ideals of two new friends. His mentor Tom sees the forest as timber that will build homes and provide jobs, while Angelica sees the forest as an irreplaceable sanctuary. Filmed on location in Vancouver, British Columbia. Adaptation of “Freckles” by Gene Stratton Porter. 120m/ C VHS . GB CA Christian Campbell, James Brolin, Sarah Chalke, Wendel Meldrum, Christopher Bolton; D: John Kent Harrison; W: John Kent Harrison.
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Employment Outlook: Poor
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BORN: 1899, Cairo, Egypt
DIED: 1966, Fullerton, California, U.S.A.
NATIONALITY: British
GENRE: Fiction, nonfiction
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