Hole in the Sky

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Hole in the Sky ★★½ The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky 1995 (PG)

Teenaged Mac (O'Connell) is working for the Montana forestry service in the summer of 1919 under the tutelage of taciturn legend Bill Bell (a mustacheless Elliott). Mac learns some lessons about growing up, first love, card-playing—and never to rile the camp cook. Based on an autobiographical story by Norman MacLean. Made for TV; filmed on location in British Columbia. 94m/C VHS, DVD . Sam Elliott, Jerry O'Connell, Ricky Jay, Molly Parker; D: John Kent Harrison; W: Robert W. Lenski. TV