Balto
Rotten Tomatoes® Score
56%
70%
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On DVD: | April 2, 1996 |
Running time: | 1h 14m | Genre: | Action, Adventure, Animation |
Part husky/part wolf, Balto doesn't know where he belongs. He's an outcast in Alaska, except to his true friends - Boris, the Russian snow goose; polar bear cubs Muk and Luk; and the beautiful husky, Jenna. Even though he's different, all of Balto's friends recognize what he still can't see himself: his noble spirit.
One day, a serious diptheria epidemic spreads fast among the children of Nome.
When a fierce blizzard closes off all routes of transport, there's no way to obtain lifesaving medicine...unless a team of sled dogs can race six-hundred miles through the blinding Arctic storm and bring back anti-toxin. But when the dogs get lost in the frozen wilderness, only Balto can rescue the team and save the children. Based on a true story.
Director: | Simon Wells |
Studio: | Universal Pictures |
Producer(s): | Steve Hickner |
Cast: | Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins, Bridget Fonda, Jim Cummings, Phil Collins, Jack Angel, Danny Mann, Robbie Rist, Lola Bates-Campbell, Sandra Dickinson, Donald Sinden, William Roberts, Garrick Hagon |
Writer(s): | David Cohen, Elana Lesser, Cliff Ruby, Roger S.H. Schulman |