Lassie is a 1994 adventure

Adventure

An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports...

 family film

Family film

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 directed by Daniel Petrie

Daniel Petrie

Daniel Mannix Petrie was a Canadian television and movie director.Petrie was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, the son of Mary Anne and William Mark Petrie, a soft-drink manufacturer. He moved to the United States in 1945...

 and featuring the fictional collie Lassie

Lassie

Lassie is a fictional collie dog character created by Eric Knight in a short story expanded to novel length called Lassie Come-Home. Published in 1940, the novel was filmed by MGM in 1943 as Lassie Come Home with a dog named Pal playing Lassie. Pal then appeared with the stage name "Lassie" in six...

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Plot

The Turner family moves from the big city (Baltimore, Maryland) to the rural countryside in Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, hoping to start a new life. The move creates problems for everyone, especially 13-year old Matt, who feels lost and alone in his new surroundings. But with the help of a stray Collie dog named Lassie that the family takes in, Matt learns to adjust and the two form an unbreakable bond.

Cast

• Howard - Lassie
• Tom Guiry
  Tom Guiry
  Thomas John Guiry is an American actor.Guiry was born in Trenton, New Jersey and attended St. Gregory the Great school in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey from kindergarten through eighth grade, and then high school at Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey...
  
   - Matthew Turner
• Helen Slater
  Helen Slater
  Helen Rachel Slater is an American actress and singer-songwriter.She appeared in the title role in the 1984 film Supergirl. In the following years she starred in several very successful comedy-drama films such as Ruthless People, The Secret of My Success, and City Slickers...
  
   - Laura Turner
• Jon Tenney - Steve Turner
• Brittany Boyd - Jennifer Turner
• Frederic Forrest
  Frederic Forrest
  -Life:Forrest was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Virginia Allie and Frederic Fenimore Forrest, a furniture store owner. He is known for his roles as Chef in Apocalypse Now, When The Legends Die, It Lives Again, the neo-Nazi surplus store owner in Falling Down, Right to Kill? and for playing...
  
   - Sam Garland
• Richard Farnsworth
  Richard Farnsworth
  Richard W. Farnsworth was an American actor and stuntman. His film career began in 1937; however, he achieved his greatest success for his performances in The Grey Fox and The Straight Story , for which he received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor.- Early life :Farnsworth was born...
  
   - Len Collins
• Michelle Williams
  Michelle Williams (actress)
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   - April Porter
• Joe Inscoe - Pete Jarman
• Yvonne Brisendine - Mrs. Jarman
• Clayton Barclay Jones - Josh Garland
• Charlie Hofheimer
  Charlie Hofheimer
  Charlie Hofheimer is an American film, television and theatre actor. He landed his first film role as Jim Garland in the 1994 version of Lassie. He has also made many TV guest appearances in a number of TV series....
  
   - Jim Garland
• Jody Smith Strickler - Mildred Garland
• Margaret Peery - Mrs. Parker
• David Bridgewater - Customer
• Earnest Poole, Jr. - Highway Patrolman #1
• Jeffrey H. Gray - Highway Patrolman #2
• Robert B. Brittain - Grommet Fireman
• Rick Warner - Timid Neighbor
• Kelly L. Edwards - Smoking Girl
• Jordan Young - Smoking Boy
• Katie Massa - College Student

Reception

Lassie was released to mixed reviews. As of June, 2011 based on 8 reviews has earned Lassie a "fresh" rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes

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