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Title: ROUGHING IT
Review: As a lone wolf who dislikes civilization, Redford has a personal triumph in his playing the title role. Johnson moves to the unforgiving Rockies; he can barely stay alive until an old trapper he meets (Will Geer) takes him under his wing. For a year, Johnson learns all the basic neccessities of staying alive in the wilderness, and he eventually goes off on his own. Marauding Indians wipe out a settlement in which only a mother and son survive; Johnson buries the dead and adopts the boy! A later tribe of Indians turn out to be friendly and when they discover their enemy scalps in Redford's possession, he turns out to be their hero and is hailed as a Great Warrior....... Based on a real-life person; the acting of Redford is brilliant in every respect while the photography of wild Utah is breathtaking. Well-directed, the movie was an enormous hit when it was originally released theatrically in 1972; it grossed over 22 million dollars.
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