Watch Brothers of the Wilderness

Separated from his family. Lost in the mountains. Small Steve befriends a wolf, finds a mountain man and his gold, and fights off thieves to get back home. "Brothers of the Wilderness" is an old-style family adventure that looks for the gold in people's hearts. Made in 1985 in the high California mountains under blizzard conditions, "Brothers of the Wilderness" has played throughout the world, becoming a family classic - but is only now making its U.S. debut. Here's the story: A young family splitting apart takes a cross-country trip and their small son becomes separated from them in the mountains by a near-tragic traffic accident. He is befriended by a large "dog" - the wolf, Mara - who belongs to an old prospector with more than enough gold, but a hole in his heart: literally, and for the family he lost years earlier. The old man sets out to find the boy's parents, but his gold attracts the attention of two greenhorn prospectors, Bernie & Len. When the old man dies of a heart attack, leaving the boy alone once again - and with a map to his gold - the boy goes off alone to look for his parents. Only the wolf-dog Mara stands between the boy and the two greedy men.