Where the Red Fern Grows [DVD]

Make sure you have some tissues handy. It is sad but a wonderful old movie to watch. Another goody but oldy is Old Yellar!!

My husband and I are both 300 pound midgets. Sometimes we struggle with intimacy so we turn on this movie and it really gets us in the mood. We love listening to the dogs bark at each other.

A movie we used to watch when we were kids,brought back memories of me and my brothers and sisters when we were young.

I love this movie!!

You can't beat the original. 100% accurate to the book, which is hard to come by. The Disney 2003 version is good, but not this good. This movie and book had me as a kid in overalls and wanting a dog so bad. My mom eventually got me a Lab mix with the best nose I've ever seen. My old honey ended up finding some glasses I lost in the woods cutting trees. That's just one of the stories my Honey dog doing!

I can recall reading this story, and watching, bit by bit (chapter by chapter) this movie adaptation. As a kid it always spooked me, but grown up now and seeing the way the world is as an adult, this film strikes the very heart of what it was like growing up.I never grew up in the exact way Billy did, per say, but the sentiments of a boy working hard, asking God for assistance, and hunting with 2 of the finest dogs put into live-action film are just the staples of this tale. The core values are timeless, that even though we may get what we want, it may lead us to unfortunate turns of events...and eventually, to what we need to learn, as the father proclaims in the end "Maybe it's God's way of explaining to Billy about his dogs."The answer? Billy's love of the dogs will always remain in his heart, and God will always want Billy to remember that, for both how God gave Billy those dogs, and took them. But, that the love will always remain. Truly, what a sublime message for a movie of this time.Despite this film's low production value, I would love to share this film with my own, or others' children some day so that they too can learn some core lessons of life: that working hard is good, asking God for help/favors always, and to be fair/well-mannered, honorable, smart, and cunning (in the face of danger).A movie that truly stands the test of time; a movie that forever echoes the love a boy has for his own dogs.

I loved this movie. I have read this book many times to my students each year and never failed to cry. I always warned them before I started reading it that I would cry. We all would cry together. Such a wonderful story about a boy and his dogs.

Love the movie my son read the book when he was about 7 and it's just been a tradition in our family he is now 40 and both of his sons know the movie well

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The film was great an old film with no sex or violence.

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My boyfriend saw this movie as a child, and it stuck with him all these years. It was so special to be able to find it and share it with him.

Watch this when I was a kid. Will have any dog 🐕 lover in tears!