Balto

by Simon Wells (Director)

Other authorsSteven Spielberg (Producer), Bridget Fonda (Actor), William Roberts (Actor), Bob Hoskins (Actor), Garrick Hagon (Actor), David Steven Cohen (Author), Cliff Ruby (Author), Nick Fletcher (Editor), Kevin Bacon (Actor), James Horner (Composer), Phil Collins (Actor)15 more, Steve Hickner (Producer), Miriam Margolyes (Actor), Sandra Dickinson (Actor), Jim Cummings (Actor), Donald Sinden (Actor), Roger S. H. Schulman (Author), Elana Lesser (Author), Sim Evan-Jones (Editor), Danny Mann (Actor), Jack Angel (Actor), Robbie Rist (Actor), Jan Richter-Friis (Cinematographer), Renee Edwards (Editor), Lola Bates-Campbell (Actor), Juliette Brewer (Actor)
DVD, December 22, 1995

Description

Part husky/part wolf, Balto doesn't know where he belongs. He's an outcast in Alaska, except to his true friends. 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 diphtheria epidemic spreads among the children of Nome. When a blizzard closes off all routes of transport, there's no way to obtain life-saving medicine ... unless a team of sled dogs can race through the blinding Arctic storm and bring back antitoxin. But the dogs are lost in the frozen wilderness. Now, only Balto can rescue the team and save the children.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1995

Publication

1995

Library's rating

Awards

Annie Award (Nominee — Best Animated Feature — 1996)

Rating

(6 ratings; 3.2)

User reviews

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A dramatized version of the true story of the heroic dog team that got desperately needed medicine from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, during a 1925 diphtheria epidemic. The dire conditions are simplified for younger viewers, but the film still engages adults with the gripping tale of a relay of dog
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sleds, nearly disastrous mishaps, a blizzard, and the final 53-mile run that Gunnar and his lead dog Balto accomplish.
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