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Alone in the Wilderness

2004 · 57 min · Director: Dick Proenneke, Bob Swerer Jr., Bob Swerer Sr. ★ IMDb 8.6 · 4,276 ratings

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Documentary tells the story of Dick Proenneke who, in the late 1960s, built his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.

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Alone in the Wilderness (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 35%, Inspiration 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe35%
  2. Hope10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Inspiration, Nostalgia. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Inspiration and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 8.6/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Satisfaction
  • Inspiration
  • Curiosity

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Dominant emotion: Satisfaction

Dominant emotion: Awe

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

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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

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Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySatisfactionInspirationCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 1′Satisfaction48 %40 %43 %42 %
7.5 %≈ 4′Awe45 %36 %35 %44 %
12.5 %≈ 7′Satisfaction41 %39 %31 %43 %
17.5 %≈ 10′Satisfaction41 %44 %34 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 13′Satisfaction43 %45 %34 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 16′Satisfaction41 %44 %30 %35 %
32.5 %≈ 19′Satisfaction43 %45 %30 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 21′Satisfaction48 %41 %29 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 24′Sympathy50 %35 %24 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 27′Satisfaction51 %46 %29 %33 %
52.5 %≈ 30′Satisfaction53 %57 %34 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 33′Satisfaction53 %49 %30 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 36′Awe51 %38 %29 %41 %
67.5 %≈ 38′Satisfaction46 %39 %29 %40 %
72.5 %≈ 41′Satisfaction43 %38 %25 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 44′Sympathy43 %33 %25 %33 %
82.5 %≈ 47′Satisfaction44 %33 %29 %31 %
87.5 %≈ 50′Awe45 %33 %29 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 53′Satisfaction48 %41 %35 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 56′Satisfaction53 %53 %48 %32 %
Riches to rags

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

DP
Dick Proenneke

BS
Bob Swerer Jr.

WI
Wendy Ishii

PG
Pamela Guest

On-air Co-host

BS
Bob Swerer Sr.

Narrator

Details

Directed by
Dick Proenneke, Bob Swerer Jr., Bob Swerer Sr.
Written by
Dick Proenneke, Sam Keith
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
57 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.6 · 4,276 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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