Nikki, Wild Dog of the North

Nikki, Wild Dog of the North

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jack Couffer
Don Haldane
Produced by Winston Hibler
Based on Nomads of the North
by James Oliver Curwood
Starring Jean Coutu
Émile Genest
Uriel Luft
Robert Rivard
Nikki
Jacques Fauteux
Music by Oliver Wallace
Will Schaefer
Cinematography Charles P. Boyle
Edited by Grant K. Smith
Production
company
Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution
Release dates
  • July 12, 1961 (1961-07-12)
Running time
 74 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Nikki, Wild Dog of the North is the title character and a 1961 Walt Disney film directed by Jack Couffer and Don Haldane.

This story, based on the novel Nomads of the North by James Oliver Curwood, is about the adventures of a malamute dog named Nikki.

Plot

Nikki and his kind master, Andre Dupas, are traveling via canoe through the Canadian Rockies. When Nikki encounters Neewa, a bear cub that has lost its mother, Andre ties the two animals together, plops them in the canoe, and heads for the rapids. When the two animals become separated from Andre, the unlikely pair must learn to survive in the wilderness.

What is initially a relationship of hate and incompatibility transforms into one of compromise and friendship between species. Encounters with timber wolves, lynx, wolverines, Grizzly bears and many other wild animals are vividly photographed and give viewers a real sense of life in the wild. When Neewa begins his long winter hibernation, Nikki sets off alone on a desperate hunt for food. Man's scent leads him not to the friendly Andre Dupas, but to an angry trader who attempts to trap and poison him, eventually capturing him and training him as a fighting dog.

Reception

It won the 1962 Eddie from the American Cinema Editors for Best Edited Special (Documentary).[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (1961) : Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
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