An 8-year-old boy and his dog are left to face a vast desert wasteland alone after a plane crash, while an army of men and machines penetrate the desert searching for them. Based on true events.
Practical Effects
Real vultures, real desert, real child endangerment — 1969 was different.
Acting
The dog gives the performance of the century. Oscar robbed.
Production
Director cast his own son and somehow this wasn't nepotism, just survival.
Director
Jamie Uys
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Same director made 'The Gods Must Be Crazy' — this is basically his warm-up for throwing Coke bottles at people.
Marketed as 'based on true events' but the true event was apparently just 'deserts exist and children shouldn't be in them'.
US
