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Dec 14, 1979 · With Pius Savage, George Clutesi, Slim Pickens, Chief Dan George. True life story of George Attla - famous Alaskan dog sled driver. The film shows the life of Attla as a young Athabaskan trapper living in the bush in Alaska and then in a TB sanitarium in town.
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- Adventure, Drama, Family
- Ralph Liddle
- 1979-12-14
Spirit of the Wind (also known as Attla) is a 1979 American Northern film directed by Ralph Liddle and starring Chief Dan George, Slim Pickens, Pius Savage, and George Clutesi . Plot summary. The film is a semi-biographical story based upon the early life and rise to prominence of Native American dog musher George Attla, Jr. (1933–2015). [1] .
On April 25, 1998, the governor of Alaska, Steve Cowper, declared April 29 as George Attla Day. Attla was the focus of the movie Spirit of the Wind. He inspired the 2017 single "You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind)", a collaboration between Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tanya Tagaq. References
Dec 24, 2011 · Spirit of the Wind (movie) A true-life story of George Attla – famous Alaskan dog sled driver. The film opens with George as a young boy learning the ways of his forebears in the land where life is lived in an awesome northern wilderness. The boy, however, contracts tuberculosis.
The life story of George Attla, a famous Alaskan dog sled driver, from his childhood until his first major victory in 1958. John Logue. Director, Writer. Ralph Liddle.
Feb 16, 2015 · “Spirit of the Wind” is the name of a movie that was made about his life. “The dog never makes a mistake. He is just a dog and he does what he does because he is a dog and thinks like a dog. It is you that makes the mistake because you haven’t trained him to do what you want him to do when you want him to do it.” (George Attla)
The movie reveals the raw yet simple life of Alaska during a unique time in its history. It's a story of grit, determination, courage and destiny. Although it tells of George Attla, crippled while still a child, it also reveals the story of daily life on Alaska's frontier.
