Where the Red Fern Grows 2003

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Title: Where the Red Fern Grows (2003).
Genre: American drama adventure film, Drama and Family.
Directors: Lyman Dayton and Sam Pillsbury.
Starring: Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Ned Beatty, Dabney Coleman, Renee Faia.
Based on: Children's book of the same name by Wilson Rawls.
Relation: Remake of the 1974 film of the same name.
Release Date: 05/03/2003 (US).
Runtime: 1h 26m.
Rating: PG.
Setting: Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression.
Plot: Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to buy two coonhound pups. He faces challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann." He develops