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It grossed $57 million worldwide and was followed in 1996 by the sequel Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco. This film is dedicated to producer Franklin R. Levy, who died during production of the film, and Ben Ami Agmon, and it also marked the final film released during Don Ameche's lifetime.
The 1961 British adventure children's novel by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, served as the inspiration for The Walt Disney Company's Homeward Bound film series. The story follows three pets: a young Labrador Retriever named Luath, an old English Bull Terrier named Champion Boroughcastle Brigadier of Doune (nicknamed "Bodger" for short), and a loyal Siamese cat name Tao.
The Incredible Journey (1961), by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & Stoughton, which tells the story of three pets as they travel 300 miles (480 km) through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved masters. It depicts the suffering and stress of an arduous journey, together with the ...
The Incredible Journey is a 1963 adventure film directed by Fletcher Markle and produced by Walt Disney Productions.Based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Scottish writer Sheila Burnford, [2] the film follows the adventure of Luath the Labrador Retriever, Bodger the Bull Terrier, and Tao the Siamese cat as they journey 300 miles (480 km) through the Canadian wilderness to return to their ...
Noted film critic Stephen Holden praised elements of the film stating: "Homeward Bound 2 may not entirely avoid the coyness and sticky sentiment associated with Hollywood anthropomorphism. But it does a better job than most family films in projecting a child's-eye view of a world where siblings and pets are equally cherished members of the family."
Homeward Bound, an 1838 novel by James Fenimore Cooper "Homeward Bound", the sixth and final part of Stories of Other Worlds, a 1900 serial by George Griffith; Homeward Bound, a 1975 novel by Eleanor Farnes; Homeward Bound, a 1980 novel by Rosemary Timperley; Homeward Bound, a 1988 Deathlands novel by Laurence James (as James Axler)
The story of three animal pets traveling in the wilderness won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award in 1963 and the ALA Aurianne Award in 1963 as the best book on animal life written for children ages 8–14. It is marketed for children but Burnford has stated that it was not intended as a children's book.
Saroo Brierley (born c. 1981) is an Indian-born Australian businessman and author who, at the age of five, was accidentally separated from his biological family.He was adopted out of India by an Australian couple but was reunited with his original family 25 years later after finding his hometown via Google Earth.