--- title: 'Alaska (1996)' type: 'film' director: 'Fraser Clarke Heston' released: '1996-01-01' runtime_minutes: 109 genres: - 'Adventure' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/alaska-1996' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115493/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Alaska (1996) 1996 · 109 min · Adventure · United States ## Synopsis Alaska is a 1996 American adventure survival film directed by Fraser Clarke Heston and produced by Carol Fuchs and Andy Burg. The story, written by Burg and Scott Myers, centers on two children who search through the Alaskan wilderness for their lost father. During their journey, they find a polar bear who helps lead them to their father. However, a poacher with a desire to capture the bear follows close behind the children and the polar bear. The director's father, Charlton Heston, plays the main antagonist. The movie was filmed primarily in the Purcell Mountains of British Columbia in Canada and the city of Vancouver. Alaska was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 14, 1996. The film was a box office bomb, grossing only $11,829,959 against a $24 million budget. It received negative reviews upon its release. ## Credits - **Director:** [Fraser Clarke Heston](https://cinepixo.com/people/fraser-clarke-heston) - **Original Music Composer:** [Reg Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/reg-powell) - **Director of Photography:** [Tony Westman](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-westman) ## Cast - [Vincent Kartheiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-kartheiser) - [Kristin Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristin-lehman) - [Ryan Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryan-kent) - [Don S. Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-s-davis) - [Gordon Tootoosis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-tootoosis) - [Stephen E. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-e-miller) - [Thora Birch](https://cinepixo.com/people/thora-birch) - [Dirk Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-benedict) - [Charlton Heston](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlton-heston) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/alaska-1996 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1479235); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.