Iron Will (1994)

Director:

Charles Haid

Writers (WGA):

John Michael Hayes (written by) and
Djordje Milicevic (written by) ...

Release Date:

14 January 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Adventure

Tagline:

The Uplifting True-Life Story Of Courage, Determination And Triumph!

Plot:

When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it...

Plot Keywords:

Racing | Sled Dog | Snow | Train | Journalist

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mackenzie Astin	...	Will Stoneman
Kevin Spacey	...	Harry Kingsley
David Ogden Stiers	...	J.W. Harper
August Schellenberg	...	Ned Dodd
Brian Cox	...	Angus McTeague
George Gerdes	...	Borg Guillarson
John Terry	...	Jack Stoneman
Penelope Windust	...	Maggie Stoneman
Jeffrey Alan Chandler	...	DeFontaine
Michael Laskin	...	Simon Lambert
James Cada	...	Peter Swenson
Rex Linn	...	Joe McPherson
Allan R.J. Joseph	...	Albert Carey
Alvin William 'Dutch' Lunak	...	Gabriel Cary
Tony Griffin	...	Mike Riley

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Australia:G | Germany:6 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:U (video premiere) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bingham, Maine, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Much of the movie was filmed in northern Minnesota near the town of Duluth. Many of Duluth's citizens were extras in the movie, a large number at the end of the race

Goofs:

Factual errors: After Will crashes after dodging the "Army" truck. It is revealed that there is a Marine recruiting poster on the side of the truck. The US Marines would never advertise on an army truck.

Quotes:

J.W. Harper: The boy has the heart of a bear.

Just passable old-school corn...

Midwestern farm kid in 1917 enters a grueling Winnipeg, Canada-to-St. Paul, Minnesota dog-sled race. Live-action adventure from the Disney Studio, scrubbed clean with good intentions, seems to have come off the same conveyor belt as "The Journey of Natty Gann" and "Homeward Bound". It's old-fashioned and inoffensive, despite clichéd villainy and an impossibly corny slow-motion climax (not to mention gaps of logic so wide, you could drag a dog-sled through them!). Mackenzie Astin (real-life son of actor John Astin and actress Patty Duke) is fairly good in the lead, though the movie is poorly directed and edited, without an ounce of honest inspiration. ** from ****