The Adventures of the Black Stallion (1990)/ Legend of Cougar Canyon (The Secret of Navajo Cave) (1976)

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BLACK STALLION Mickey Rooney returns as veteran horse trainer Henry Daly, the role that earned him his fourth Academy Award nomination, from Carroll Ballard's critically praised 1979 screen adaptation of The Black Stallion. This story follows the further adventures of The Black from Walter Farley's books, as Henry and young jockey Alex Ramsey (Richard Ian Cox) enter him in France's biggest horse race, the Prix de Chantilly. Approximately 90 minutes/COLOR LEGEND OF COUGAR CANYON The beautiful and desolate Navajo tribal lands of the desert South-west are among the wildest, most rugged of all areas, where many legends haunt the windswept mesas and many creatures stalk the lonely canyons. The native people tell the tale of Cougar Canyon, where danger and wonder walk hand in hand, and when a young goat wanders away from the herd, two young boys must go alone to seek her in the haunted canyon. What they find, and what finds them, is an adventure into danger in this story for all ages, full of colorful Navajo folk tales, breathtaking scenery, and incredible footage of the battle for survival in the animal world. Narrated by sagebrush star Rex Allen, The Arizona Cowboy (TV's Frontier Doctor), this semi-documentary was shot on location, with members of the Navajo nation, and is also known as The Secret of Navajo Cave. Approximately 91 minutes/COLOR

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Legend of Cougar Canyon
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ASIN: B00006I041
Release Date: 2002-12-17

The Legend of Cougar Canyon ~ DVD ~ DOUBLE FEATURE INCLUDES; Toby McTeague ~ SAME DAY SHIPPING ~

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Follow the travels of a mountain lion. Legend of Cougar Canyon profiles this lone creature in search of a meal. Midway through observing the life of the Cougar, we shift to the human aspect of the film: A Navajo boy getting his sheep and goats safely back home and discovering that one of his kids is missing. Feeling the responsibility as the head of his household, he sets out with his friend to find it. Will they meet the hungry Cougar instead?

The Legend of Black Thunder Mountain/Legend of Cougar Canyon

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Producers lost in the Wilderness!

The Legend of Black Thunder Mountain/Legend of Cougar Canyon
Starring: Vance Cleveland
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ASIN: B00006G8GO
Release Date: 2002-08-27

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Producers lost in the Wilderness!.......2003-05-19

Back in the early to mid-seventies, America seemed to reject our industrialized society wholesale. The whole post-hippie, get back to nature craze swept the nation, leading to a boost in environmentalism, a growing respect for Native American culture, a new interest in folk music/John Denver tunes, and a plethora of happy, feel-good family Wilderness movies. The apex of these kind of Wilderness shows was of course "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams," the beloved television series that purported to show the life story of a real mountain man who cared for the Wilderness. Other features like "The Adventures of the Wilderness Family" and "Mountain Family Robinson" came out about the same time. On this DVD, we are "treated" to two such low budget Grizzly Adams wannabe Wilderness adventures.

In the first feature, "Legend of Black Thunder Mountain", two bad guys attack a single father for his secret gold map. Conked on the head and helpless, his two children flee into the Wilderness to escape capture. Unbeknownst to them, they have the map, and the bad guys soon follow. Naturally the Creatures of the Wilderness are very friendly and help care for our little, innocent heroes, watching over them and protecting them from harm. Yeah, right; in the REAL world, the little beasties would be dining on dopey kid the first chance they got! I guess the producers probably thought that all they needed to do was point a camera at some innocent little kids playing with some chipmunks or whatever, and the audience would have a good time Grizzly Adamsin' it. Well, even the beauty of Nature can't save some films, and this is one of them.

The chief bad guy is probably the only character of any value, although he's clearly played for laughs. None of the cast is in any danger of winning an Oscar, but as a city slicker claim jumper, he's a bit fun to watch. The obligatory crazy mountain man that shows up is so poorly acted he can't even remember his lines. And by the time the kids first decide to do the cute "kid" thing of giving one of their new Wilderness friends a name (aw, how sweet!), you're ready to flip the disc and try "The Legend of Cougar Canyon".

"The Legend of Cougar Canyon" is a bit better, but that's not saying much. The acting was so bad that the producers opted to go with a voiceover to cover the dialogue of the actors. There are some scenes with animals that will instantly bring to mind the staged confrontations/situations that regularly cropped up on "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" or "The Wonderful World of Disney". Those are the ones that show one animal attacking (or playing!) with another animal that they would probably avoid in the real world. Rex Allen's voiceover lends to the deja vu for those of us who recall these shows ("The cougar just can't figure this little fella out," etc.).

The story is half Wilderness travelogue, half human adventure in the Wild. The humans (two kids) show up in the second act, herding their sheep into Cougar Canyon and exploring some Anastazi ruins. The excuse is so that we can learn more of the fascinating life of the Native American (referred to in this 1975 opus to Nature as "Indians"). Frankly, from a 21st Century perspective, some of it is kind of demeaning to the Natives being depicted. Still, taken in context, it's better than nothing compared to some of the movies of the past.

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The native people tell the tale of Cougar Canyon,where danger and wonder walk hand in hand,and when a young goat wonders away from the heard,two young boys must go alone to seek her in the haunted canyon. What they find and what finds them is anadventure into danger..

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