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The Making of 'Never Cry Wolf' (1983)
As interesting and funny as the picture itself. And I gave that a 10.
NEVER CRY WOLF is one of the best movies and has the best Making-of presentation I've ever seen. When showing the video to friends, having seen the Making-of means it's continually exciting to me even though I've watched the story and read the book many, many times.
The material in the Making-of is to-the-point, but also funny where it should naturally be funny. I probably learned as much and laughed as much watching the Making-of as I did watching the video itself.
This was also the first Making-of I ever watched, and since, I've become a loyal watcher of Making-of's. I'd like to own a DVD of both the story of NEVER CRY WOLF and a copy of the Making-of. Wish I'd gotten them years ago. -=Dayonda
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
Only the most awesome film I've seen.
NEVER CRY WOLF is my number-one favorite nonfiction film. It's an eye-opener as to the feeding and social habits, and the true value of the wolf, and opens a window into the personality of individual wolves and their family interactions.
Although we don't think of wolves as having any scrap of silliness in their natures, it seems they can sometimes look like silly puppies playing to humans. And the film shows us humans in scenes apparently looking pretty silly to wolves.
The mutual curiosity and mutual respect of man and wolf as portrayed in the film is striking. And the learning that apparently went from wolf to man was good to watch.
Having first read the book, I was prepared for the story line, but SEEING these things happen made them so much better in this film. (Usually I like the book better: Raised-on-radio kids have great imaginations!)
My attitudes toward the wolf as a ravening beast (and scientists as dry sticks) were forever changed by this film, and I saw to it that all old friends and every new friend I made watched this. Even my (now) husband had to pass the "wolf test" before I'd go out a second time with him.
NEVER CRY WOLF is a film I wish I had on either VHS or DVD not knowing it would ever go out of print, I foolishly never bought a copy of it. -=Dayonda