This live action film is entirely based on the book "Hatchet" written by Gary Paulsen. Unlike the book, there is no moose in sight. The preview features a cougar, but scenes featuring this North American feline carnivore did not quite make it to the film itself. The star of this movie, Jared Rushton.. A Cry in the Wild is a 1990 coming of age-survival drama film based on the book Hatchet, written by Gary Paulsen. 13-year-old Brian is the sole survivor of an unreported plane crash.
A Cry in the Wild is a 1990 American coming-of-age survival drama film directed by Mark Griffiths, based on the 1987 novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. [1] The film was co-written by Paulsen, and stars Jared Rushton as Brian, Pamela Sue Martin as Brian's mom, Stephen Meadows as Brian's dad, and Ned Beatty as the pilot.. Hatchet is a 1987 young-adult wilderness survival novel written by American writer Gary Paulsen. [1] It is the first novel of five in the Hatchet series. Other novels in the series include The River (1991), Brian's Winter (1996), Brian's Return (1999) and Brian's Hunt (2003). [2] It was first published in September 1987 by Bradbury Press, [3] and the recipient of the Newbery Honor Award in 1988.