gaynor.wild Review of The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (1995 TV Movie)

For all who loved the western mountains, and still do

[19 September 2001]

This is a family movie, but not trite. The story, and especially the details, ring true, about Norman Maclean's young life in Montana in the early 20th C. There is a bit of scenery (actually British Columbia), all beautiful, and a story about a 17-year old who is full of himself, and who doesn't like the Forest Ranger's cook. We find out about the cook, and about the boy, and a lot about being a forest ranger in the Montana/Idaho wilderness of 1919. Not to be missed by anyone who loves the western mountains, and who was full of himself as a boy.