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6.2/10
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Benji is left in the wilderness after an accident. Can he survive?Benji is left in the wilderness after an accident. Can he survive?Benji is left in the wilderness after an accident. Can he survive?
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Joe Camp
- TV Director
- (voice)
Steve Zanolini
- Producer
- (voice)
Karen Thorndike
- Countdown
- (voice)
Guy Hovis
- The Balladeer
- (voice)
Bart the Bear
- Bear
- (uncredited)
Kiefer Davis
- Boat Crewman
- (uncredited)
Gideon
- Mother Cougar
- (uncredited)
Malina
- Cougar Cub
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWas brought up in a dispute between film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert on their syndicated television show Siskel & Ebert (1986). The same week, the critically acclaimed Full Metal Jacket (1987) was released, and Ebert gave it a mixed review. Meanwhile, Ebert gave "thumbs up" to Benji the Hunted, which Siskel gave thumbs down. Siskel claimed that Ebert liked Benji the Hunted more than Full Metal Jacket. Ebert's favorable review of Benji the Hunted was again brought up when Siskel and Ebert appeared on the animated sitcom The Critic (1994).
- GoofsGrizzly bears are not modernly found in Oregon. This bear species has been extirpated from this northwestern American state since the early 20th Century. They can modernly be found in western Canada and Alaska. Timber wolves currently inhabit Alaska, Canada, portions of the Great Lakes region and northwestern American states (specifically Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming).
- Quotes
Mary Beth McLaulin: Tonight, Benji is missing at sea. He was with his trainer, Frank Inn, in a small open fishing boat just off the coast when the boat capsized. Mr. Inn was rescued. He was taken here to the Coast Guard station in Newport where he apparently is in good condition, but Benji is still missing.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits are over, a still of Benji appears and the text reads "woof."
Featured review
a must-see
I'm 20 and this film just came on the day after Boxing Day, it looked like a cute easy-going Incredible Journey sort of thing so me and my Mum settled down to watch it and we were just blown away. I'd never heard of Benji so there weren't any expectations although it made it harder to understand the beginning. But I wish I'd seen something like that when I was a kid, and I don't care how different films are in the future - when I have children I will DEFINITELY sit them down to watch Benji the Hunted! The acting was frankly astonishing for a dog, and I laughed out loud when the little dark kitten went up to the bear and tried to growl. How they got a small male dog to run up and down and even climb cliffs with cougar cubs in his mouth I will never know. In short, a 20 year old and a 49 year old give this movie 4 big thumbs up and even Dad watched it all the way through, although he'd never admit to liking it
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- Dec 27, 2010
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Benji - Sein größtes Abenteuer
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,257,624
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $21,530
- Jun 7, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $22,257,624
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