The Journey of Natty Gann

The Journey of Natty Gann
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Directed by	Jeremy Kagan
Produced by	Michael Lobell
Written by	Andrew Bergman Jeanne Rosenberg
Starring	Meredith Salenger John Cusack Ray Wise
Music by	James Horner Elmer Bernstein (uncredited score withdrawn)
Cinematography	Dick Bush
Editing by	David Holden Steven Rosenblum
Studio	Walt Disney Pictures Silver Screen Partners II
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	September 27, 1985 (1985-09-27)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$9.5 million

The Journey of Natty Gann is a 1985 American film directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and released by Buena Vista Pictures.

Plot

Set in 1935, the movie tells the story of a young woman, Natty Gann (Meredith Salenger). Out of work because of Depression-era unemployment, Natty's father (Ray Wise) travels from Chicago to the state of Washington to find work in the timber industry, leaving tomboyish Natty behind. Having no mother, Natty is left in the care of Connie (Lainie Kazan), the insensitive woman who manages the hotel Natty and her father had been living in. After overhearing Connie reporting her as an abandoned child, Natty runs away to find her father on her own, embarking on a cross-country journey. Along the way she is befriended by a wolf who travels with her for much of her voyage, has a brief, innocent romance with another young traveler (John Cusack), and encounters various obstacles that test her courage, perseverance, and ingenuity.

Cast

• Meredith Salenger - Natty Gann
• John Cusack - Harry
• Ray Wise - Sol Gann
• Lainie Kazan - Connie
• Scatman Crothers - Sherman
• Verna Bloom - Farm Woman
• John P. Finnegan - Logging Boss
• Gary Chalk - Chicago Worker
• Frank C. Turner - Farmer
• Gabrielle Rose - Exercise Matron
• Don S. Davis - Railroad Brakeman
• Alek Diakun - Station Master

Jed the wolf-dog

• The wolf-dog, Jed, who portrays the wolf befriended by Natty, later appeared as the title animal in White Fang. He also appeared as the first form taken by the alien creature in The Thing.

External links

• The Journey of Natty Gann at the Internet Movie Database
• The Journey of Natty Gann at AllRovi
• DVD Review