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Director Mark Griffiths A Cry in the Wild is based on Gary Paulsens award-winning book The Hatchet. And as with many book adaptations, A Cry in the Wild does not fare as well on film as it does on paper.

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A boy (Jared Rushton) crash-lands in Canada bear country and survives with a hatchet his divorced mother (Pamela Sue Martin) gave him.

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1h 22m
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Canadian wolves are seen hunting, courting, mating and bearing young.

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Is a cry in the dark a true story?

Parents need to know that A Cry in the Dark is based on the 1980s true story of a notorious chapter in Australian injustice when an innocent man and woman were convicted, against all logic, of murdering their baby amid a crowd of people vacationing in the Australian Outback.

Is a cry in the wild based on Hatchet?

Director Mark Griffiths' A Cry in the Wild is based on Gary Paulsen's award-winning book The Hatchet. And as with many book adaptations, A Cry in the Wild does not fare as well on film as it does on paper.

What is the movie A Cry in the Dark about?

While on vacation in the Australian outback, Seventh Day Adventist priest Michael Chamberlain (Sam Neill) and his wife, Lindy (Meryl Streep), discover that their baby, Azaria, is missing from the tent where she was sleeping. Lindy claims she saw a dingo leave the tent with something in its mouth. Initial evidence supports the Chamberlains, but negative media coverage and unfounded rumors create a shift in public opinion as people begin to suspect the couple of murdering their baby.Evil Angels / Film synopsisnull