Keeping the promise
(Video)
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Published
Murray, Utah : Feature Films for Families, c1997.
Edition
Standard format.
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Published
Murray, Utah : Feature Films for Families, c1997.
Format
Video
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
033937031779
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel The sign of the beaver by Elizabeth George Speare.
General Note
Originally produced for television in 1997.
General Note
Also sold as "The sign of the beaver."
General Note
Includes about the author featurette, frontier Maine featurette, and 4 thoughts to be shared for family discussion.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Ron Stannett ; edited by Ronald Sanders ; music by Peter Manning Robinson.
Citation/References
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Participants/Performers
Keith Carradine, Gordon Tootoosis, Brendan Fletcher, Maury Chaykin, David Cubitt, William Lightning, Annette O'Toole.
Description
The father of a colonial family seeking a new and promising life in the deep wilderness of Maine in 1763 reluctantly leaves his 13-year-old son alone in the wilderness to protect their claim until he can return with the rest of the family and their belongings.
Target Audience
Young Adult,Follett Library Resources.
Target Audience
Young Adult.
System Details
DVD; stereo.
Language
Soundtrack in English, with some dialog in Penobscot ; subtitles in English.
Local note
Gift: George H. Chrismer II.
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DVD-Video discs.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Maine -- History -- Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Maine -- History -- Fiction.
Made-for-TV movies.
Maine -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Maine -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Native Americans -- Maine -- Fiction.
Penobscot Indians -- Fiction.
Penobscot Indians -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Videodiscs.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Maine -- History -- Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Maine -- History -- Fiction.
Made-for-TV movies.
Maine -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Maine -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Native Americans -- Maine -- Fiction.
Penobscot Indians -- Fiction.
Penobscot Indians -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Videodiscs.