The Great Alaskan Race

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The Great Alaskan Race
Great alaskan race.jpg
Film poster
Directed byBrian Presley
Written byBrian Presley
Produced byBrian Presley
Mark David
Will Wallace
StarringBrian Presley
CinematographyMark David
Edited byGabriel Ordonez
Mark David
Brian Presley
Music byJohn Koutselinis
Production
company
Rebel Road Entertainment
Distributed byP12 Films
Release date
  • October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
104 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Great Alaskan Race is a 2019 American action adventure drama film written and directed by Brian Presley.

Cast[]

Synopsis[]

The film opens in 1917 Alaska with Leonhard Seppala winning the Sweepstakes Race for the third time in a row. However, things change for Leonhard when his wife Kiana dies after giving birth to their daughter Sigrid, leaving everything up to him.

In 1925, in Nome, Alaska a child begins to cough during a ceremony in the village church. This passes without being noticed by Dr. Welch, but when other children start coughing as well, he realizes something is wrong and decides to visit some of them. When he realizes it's diphtheria, he immediately looks for the antitoxin, but in vain. Welch then decides to warn the mayor of the town and so a quarantine is triggered for the town. All the neighboring towns try to send the serum to Nome, but the snowstorm prevents the planes from flying and the frozen sea does not allow the ships to leave. The mayor then calls all the mushers and tells them that in Nenana, the nearest town to Nome, they have the serum but that it will be necessary to create a transfer with which to get the antitoxin. Seppala initially doesn't want to leave, because Sigrid has only him in the world, but then Constance, one of the nurses at the hospital and a very important figure for Sigrid, convinces him to leave. After an extreme effort, the antitoxin finally reaches Nome, but Leonhard has no more strength and is about to die. In a dream, however, he has a vision of Kiana who tells him not to give up and to return to his daughter. Leonhard wakes up in his bed at home, ready to start living his life again and spend it with Sigrid and Constance.

Release[]

The film was released in theaters on October 25, 2019.[3][4][5]

Reception[]

Tara McNamara of Common Sense Media awarded the film two stars out of five.[6] Bobby LePire of Film Threat gave it a five out of ten.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Harvey, Dennis (24 October 2019). "Film Review: 'The Great Alaskan Race'". Variety. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ Scheck, Frank (24 October 2019). "'The Great Alaskan Race': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ TV News Desk (25 October 2019). "THE GREAT ALASKAN RACE is In Theaters Now". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. ^ "'Everyone Told Me You Will Never Get This Made': Brian Presley On 'The Great Alaskan Race', Advice From Kurt Russell". KCAL-TV. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  5. ^ Tramel, Jimmie (20 October 2019). "'The Great Alaskan Race:' Jenks' Brian Presley has new movie on way, but still knows way home". Tulsa World. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  6. ^ McNamara, Tara. "The Great Alaskan Race". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  7. ^ LePire, Bobby (19 October 2019). "The Great Alaskan Race". Film Threat. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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