{"id":1254,"date":"2006-07-07T15:50:39","date_gmt":"2006-07-07T22:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2021-01-17T01:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T08:58:51","slug":"adventures-of-the-wilderness-family-the-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1254","title":{"rendered":"Adventures of the Wilderness Family, The (1975)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;What are we staying here for? Look at this place!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-Wilderness-Family-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-Wilderness-Family-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-61502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-Wilderness-Family-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-Wilderness-Family-Poster-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-Wilderness-Family-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-Wilderness-Family-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-Wilderness-Family-Poster.png 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTired of the smog and pressure of city life, the Robinsons &#8212; Skip (Robert Logan), Pat (Susan Damante Shaw), Jenny (Hollye Holmes), and Toby (Ham Larsen) &#8212; head out to live in the wilderness, not realizing their lives will be in near constant danger.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;surprisingly popular&#8221; film &#8212; which showed up repeatedly on cable television stations &#8212; is relatively innocuous &#8220;family fare&#8221; with &#8220;lots of pretty scenery and wild animals&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Damante-Shaw.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Damante-Shaw-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Damante-Shaw-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Damante-Shaw-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Damante-Shaw-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Damante-Shaw-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Damante-Shaw-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Damante-Shaw-477x270.png 477w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Damante-Shaw.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Bear-Seesaw.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Damante Shaw &#8220;may get on your nerves by continuously worrying about her kids&#8217; safety&#8221;, &#8220;considering that their lives really are in danger about every two minutes of screen time, she has the right.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Danger.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Danger-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Danger-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Danger-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Danger-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Danger-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Danger-1536x862.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Danger-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Danger.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary rightfully argues that &#8220;most people who see these films will choose the smog over the dangerous mountain life.&#8221; The Robinsons&#8217; incompetence is frustrating, especially given how many families have chosen to homestead safely, and likely have a lot to teach the rest of us &#8212; but this is not that set of lessons. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful Colorado scenery<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Adventures-of-the-Wilderness-Family-Scenery.png 1857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0072610\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1975\/12\/20\/archives\/adventures-of-the-wilderness-family.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What are we staying here for? Look at this place!&#8221; Synopsis: Tired of the smog and pressure of city life, the Robinsons &#8212; Skip (Robert Logan), Pat (Susan Damante Shaw), Jenny (Hollye Holmes), and Toby (Ham Larsen) &#8212; head out to live in the wilderness, not realizing their lives will be in near constant danger. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Survival Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;surprisingly popular&#8221; film &#8212; which showed up repeatedly on cable television&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1254\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63877,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1254\/revisions\/63877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}