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The White Dawn

"A True Story of an Artic Adventure."

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R 1974 · 1h 50m
Adventure, Drama, History
Starring Warren Oates · Timothy Bottoms · Louis Gossett Jr.
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In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.

Theatrical
Jul 21, 1974
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 31, 2004
Director
Philip Kaufman
Writers
James Houston, Thomas Rickman
Producers
Martin Ransohoff, Don Guest, James Houston
Music
Henry Mancini
Studio
Paramount Pictures, American Film Properties, Filmways Pictures
Keywords
based on novel or book canada culture clash shipwreck inuit arctic polar circle region whaler 19th century eskimo
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Warren Oates
Billy
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Timothy Bottoms
Daggett
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Portagee

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