My Side of the Mountain (1969)

Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George A family movie made by Paramount Studios the story revolves around thirteenyear old Sam Gribley Teddy Eccles a devotee of Thoreau as many were back in the in 1960s Sam decides to leave the city set in Toronto to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a selfsufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesnt pan out