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Wild America

1997 · 106 min · Director: William Dear, William Dear ★ IMDb 6.4 · 8,841 ratings

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Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America. One summer their dream comes true, they travel through America, filming alligators, bears and moose.

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Wild America (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Awe 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Awe
20%Humor
  1. Awe25%
  2. Humor20%
  3. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Awe, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Awe and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Excitement
  • Tension
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

Excitement
Tension
Joy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then peaks around 68 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityExcitementTensionJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor52 %32 %22 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor48 %30 %16 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor45 %30 %24 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension44 %30 %33 %15 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Excitement46 %38 %30 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Excitement56 %45 %36 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Tension65 %45 %54 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Tension68 %53 %59 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Excitement65 %60 %51 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Excitement66 %63 %53 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Excitement68 %55 %54 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Sadness61 %33 %50 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension66 %30 %63 %9 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension76 %46 %75 %10 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Tension73 %41 %64 %11 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Sadness68 %32 %51 %13 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Excitement68 %45 %50 %25 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Humor68 %48 %41 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Joy64 %34 %23 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Joy57 %27 %8 %52 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JT
Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Marshall Stouffer

SB
Scott Bairstow

Marty Stouffer Jr.

SB
Scott Bairstow

Devon Sawa

Mark Stouffer

Frances Fisher

Agnes Stouffer

Jamey Sheridan

Marty Stouffer Sr.

Danny Glover

Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)

Zack Ward

D.C.

DS
Don Stroud

Stango

CS
Claudia Stedelin

Annie

LL
Leighanne Littrell

Tanna (as Leighanne Wallace)

SS
Sonny Shroyer

Bud

RF
Rachel Fowler

Sarah

JB
Jennifer Bonner

Betsy (as Jennifer Crumbley)

LR
Larry Reese

Dr. Pierce

SD
Susan Dear

Diana Pierce

DD
Devon Dear

Swoon Girl #1

JM
Jennifer Mickelson

Swoon Girl #2

EM
Emily Meissner

Swoon Girl #3

Details

Written by
David Michael Wieger
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 8,841 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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