The Giant of Thunder Mountain
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The Giant of Thunder Mountain is a 1991
drama film
starring Richard Kiel
(The Spy Who Loved Me
) and Noley Thornton
(Beverley Hills, 90210). Bart the Bear
also appeared in the movie. The screenplay was jointly written by Richard Kiel
, Chrystle Fiedler, and Tony Lozito. It was directed by James W. Roberson.
The Boys Club
and North Fork, California
. It was released in the U.S. in March 1991, and at the Cannes film market in France, in May 1991. The films production company was American Happenings and Herklotz Enterprises. The distributors were Castle Hill Productions
and Plaza Entertainment, with special effects by FX West.
1991 in film
The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
starring Richard Kiel
Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...
(The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me is the ninth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962. It is the shortest and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels as well as a clear departure from previous Bond novels in that the story is told in the first person by a...
) and Noley Thornton
Noley Thornton
Noley Thornton is a television and film actress whose works spanned American entertainment from 1990 through 1995.In 1994, Thornton was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category of "Best Performance: Young Actress in a TV Comedy Series" at the Sixteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards for her...
(Beverley Hills, 90210). Bart the Bear
Bart the Bear
Bart the Bear was an Alaskan Kodiak Bear that appeared in several Hollywood films. Previously, Bart's mother appeared in the films Grizzly and Day of the Animals. Animal trainers Doug Seus and Lynne Seus of Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife, Inc., in Heber City, Utah, trained Bart...
also appeared in the movie. The screenplay was jointly written by Richard Kiel
Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...
, Chrystle Fiedler, and Tony Lozito. It was directed by James W. Roberson.
Cast
- Cloris LeachmanCloris LeachmanCloris Leachman is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award...
as Narrator / The Elder Amy - Richard KielRichard KielRichard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...
as Eli Weaver - Lynne Seus as Ma Weaver
- Doug Seus as Pa Weaver
- Marianne GordonMarianne GordonMarianne Gordon is an American actress, and ex-wife of Kenny Rogers. Gordon and Rogers had one son together, Christopher Cody Rogers . Gordon's first husband was Playboy producer Michael Trikilis...
as Alicia Wilson (as Marianne Rogers) - Noley ThorntonNoley ThorntonNoley Thornton is a television and film actress whose works spanned American entertainment from 1990 through 1995.In 1994, Thornton was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the category of "Best Performance: Young Actress in a TV Comedy Series" at the Sixteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards for her...
as Amy Wilson - Chance Michael Corbitt as Tommy Wilson
- Ryan Todd as Ben Wilson
- Jack ElamJack ElamWilliam Scott "Jack" Elam was an American film actor best known for his numerous roles as villains in Western films and, later in his career, comedies .-Early life:...
as Hezekiah Crow - William SandersonWilliam SandersonWilliam Sanderson is an American character actor.-Early life:Sanderson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to an elementary school teacher mother and a landscape designer father...
as Percey Crow - George 'Buck' Flower as Oliver Crow
- Ellen CrawfordEllen CrawfordEllen Crawford is an American actress. Most recently, she co-starred as Edith, in The Man from Earth. She also played Nurse Lydia Wright on ER from 1994–2003 and then again in 2009 for the series finale...
as Agnes Macgruder - Danuel PipolyDanuel PipolyDanuel Pipoly is an American actor, most famous for starring as Piggy in the 1990 film adaptation of Lord of the Flies. He received two award nominations as a result of his work with Lord of the Flies, including one for best young supporting actor.-Personal life:Piploy graduated from Crescenta...
as Zeke Macgruder - Ed Williams as Mr. Macgruder
- Foster BrooksFoster BrooksFoster Brooks was an American actor and comedian most famous for his portrayal of a lovable drunken man in nightclub performances and television programs.-Biography:...
as Doc (Townsman) - John Quade as Carl (Townsman)
- James Hampton as Jesse (Townsman)
- Dennis Fimple as Henderson (Townsman)
- Burt Marshall as Mobbs (Townsman)
- Myra Chason as Customer (Townsman)
The Townsmen
- Warren Sweeney
- Robert Foster
- Jeff Till
- Ron Hardee
- George Davis as George 'The Poker Player' (Saloon Patron)
- Charles P. Bernuth as Poker Player #1
- John Herklotz as Poker Player #2
- Beverly Stern as Blonde Floozy
The Boys Club
- Joshua Mitchell
- John Thornton
- Bennett Kiel
- Brad McPeters as Posse Man #1
- John Cunningham as Posse Man #2 / Vigilante
The Vigilanties
- Paul Jacobson
- Bart Brown
- Kim Wood
- Bob Nelson
- Kenny Linder
- Ron Forbes
- Paul Fairbanks
- Cleo Blackburn
- Townser Leonar
- Gary Preston
- Wayne White
- Robert Seastron
- Jerry Westfall
- Ray Preston
- Bart the Bear as The Bear
Production notes
The film was shot in Yosemite National ParkYosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain...
and North Fork, California
North Fork, California
North Fork is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located east of Raymond, at an elevation of 2638 feet .It is miles south east of Bass Lake and from Oakhurst. North Fork is also home of the Mono Indian Museum and the starting point of the Sierra scenic byway...
. It was released in the U.S. in March 1991, and at the Cannes film market in France, in May 1991. The films production company was American Happenings and Herklotz Enterprises. The distributors were Castle Hill Productions
Castle Hill Productions
Castle Hill Productions is an independent television and film distribution company handling classic and independent films whose library spans eight decades.-Background:...
and Plaza Entertainment, with special effects by FX West.