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| Iron Will | 
| Director: Charles Haid
Actors: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, August Schellenberg, Brian Cox
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (57 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3888
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 108 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: DISD24721D
UPC: 786936169737
EAN: 0786936169737
ASIN: B0000633U4
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: January 14, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
Hang on for the ride of your life as Walt Disney Pictures presents the action-packed adventure that delivers thrilling heroics and rugged scenery! Based on an incredible true-life story, a brave young man is thrust into adulthood as he and his courageous team of sled dogs embark on a grueling and treacherous cross-country marathon. Together they race through the frozen wilderness, carrying hopes of capturing the $10,000 grand prize that will save his family from financial ruin. With dogged determination and sheer iron will, they face impossible odds and hardships along the dangerous trail to his dreams. IRON WILL is high adventure that will thrill and uplift everyone!
Amazon.com
A complete lack of imagination is what qualifies this as a B movie. Thankfully, this snowy adventure about a boy and his dogs is charming enough to entice the kiddies. Charismatic MacKenzie Astin plays a teenager trying to save the family farm by entering a 522-mile sled-dog marathon. Except for Astin, the lusciously scenic background has more depth than most of the characters. This is so predictable you could take a nap and miss nothing except a few rousing scenes in the 1917 Winnipeg-to-St.-Paul sled race. Although this is visually more appealing than most family fare, one wishes more attention had been paid to the script. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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| Customer Reviews: Read 52 more reviews...
 Who was Will Stoneman? September 7, 2008
The question in my mind is was there ever a Will Stoneman. Google comes up with nothing. I did find something that said Albert Campbell claimed to be Iron Will. He said the story was based on the fact that his father died and in just two weeks he fulfilled his dying fathers wish and won the race.
I have always associated Will Stoneman with an old man I once saw on TV. He talked about winning a dog sled race and later going to the (North/South Pole?) on an expedition back in those days. He was hired because he was an expert with dog teams. Albert Campbell says he won the race in 1917. The Canadian politician Albert Campbell was born in 1910 I believe, in Canada. And grew up on the family farm.
So, who knows what the real story is? If someone does I would certainly appreciate more information.
Thank you.
David G.
Genterprise
excellent!! outstanding!! June 18, 2008
iron will is an excellent movie!! if you love huskys you will love this movie!!
GOOD FAMLY MOVIE June 3, 2008
MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH ENJOYED THIS MOVIE AND IT IS A GOOD MOVIE FOR OUR COLLECTION,AND TO PASS AROUND.
Great Family Day film April 29, 2008
This is not your average Disney film, except that the quality is top-rate, the acting is top rate, and the story line is decent. But it is not a Mikey Mouse Club tpye story.
It is based on a true life story. Mackenzie Austin is a great actor in this. Not sure why he never did anything this good again.
Ok, the story can be sappy, and it has been done before (and since). But for all the sled-dog type movies this is the best (even recent ones).
As for a dog movie, this is ok, there are some better dog movies, but this ranks up there with Benji.
happy customer January 1, 2008
i ordered a video i couldn't get in Australia, it was easy to order, arrived before xmas and cost about the same as it would have in a retail shop; thats including postage.
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