{"id":44778,"date":"2019-09-14T00:09:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T07:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44778"},"modified":"2021-01-24T11:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T18:58:58","slug":"incredible-journey-the-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44778","title":{"rendered":"Incredible Journey, The (1963)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;From the very start, the travelers had adopted a certain marching order.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Poster.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo dogs and a cat leave their temporary caretaker (Emile Genest) in search of their owners, and soon find themselves on a truly incredible adventure across the Canadian wilderness.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friendship<\/li>\n<li>Pets<\/li>\n<li>Road Trip<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDisney&#8217;s first live action adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Incredible_Journey\">Sheila Burnford&#8217;s classic children&#8217;s novel<\/a> features a voice-over narration chronicling the tale of three plucky pets sticking with each other through thick and thin as they battle obstacles such as a raging river, a prickly porcupine, and a lynx. They receive ample support from well-meaning humans along the way, but their ultimate destination (getting back home to their owners) is never far from their minds. Thank goodness the animals don&#8217;t talk; we&#8217;re allowed to believe in them as actual creatures who happen to be incredibly hardy, loyal, and smart. The sections with human actors are poorly acted and a bit stilted, leaving one even more impressed by what the well-trained animals here manage to pull off. This film is infinitely better than <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41134\"><em>Benji<\/em> (1974)<\/a>, and holds a certain charm, but it isn&#8217;t must-see viewing for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assured performances by the <em>animal<\/em> cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Friendship.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Friendship.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Friendship.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Friendship-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Friendship-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Cinematography.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Cinematography-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Incredible-Journey-Cinematography-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Listed as a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057180\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rinkworks.com\/movies\/m\/the.incredible.journey.1963.shtml\">At-a-Glance Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;From the very start, the travelers had adopted a certain marching order.&#8221; Synopsis: Two dogs and a cat leave their temporary caretaker (Emile Genest) in search of their owners, and soon find themselves on a truly incredible adventure across the Canadian wilderness. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Friendship Pets Road Trip Survival Review: Disney&#8217;s first live action adaptation of Sheila Burnford&#8217;s classic children&#8217;s novel features a voice-over narration chronicling the tale of three plucky pets sticking with each other through&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44778\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44778","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=44778"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65586,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44778\/revisions\/65586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}