Taglines: It’s not a question of age. Or strength. Or ability. It’s a matter of will.
Iron Will movie storyline. In 1917, Will Stoneman’s (Mackenzie Astin) father is killed in a mushing accident falling into a frozen river, leaving Will to care for his family. Needing money for college and to save the family farm in South Dakota, Will decides to travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Here he will take part in the dog-sled race that his father would have entered to save the farm.
Although his During the race, Will becomes popular with the newspaper media as reporter Harry Kingsley (Kevin Spacey) who also helped pay for Will to enter the race. The reporter tells about Will’s strong courage in what he must do. As Will races for long hours for many days, he endures brutal cold, steep mountains, treacherous river passages and various other obstacles, and grows increasingly tired and sick.
There are even attempts by some of the other competitors to sabotage his efforts and even hurt his lead dog, Gus. Will becomes hostile towards his competitors for their sabotage and also towards Kingsley for using him for publicity. However, when one competitor tries to bribe Will to drop out of the race, Kingsley defends Will’s honor and the two make amends.
However, on the last day of the race, Kingsley becomes genuinely concerned when he sees how bad Will’s condition is, as he can barely move, and advises him to drop out of the race and see a doctor, but Will insists on finishing the race to the end. Will finds himself following his arch enemy (Borg Guillarson) on a dangerous shortcut to the finish line, as it runs near a turbulent river. Will had been taking great lengths all through the race to dodge water obstacles because of what happened to his father, but he finds the courage to face this one, as Borg’s dogs turn against him for using a whip.
Iron Will is a 1994 American adventure film directed by Charles Haid, it stars Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Cox, George Gerdes, August Schellenberg, Penelope Windust, Jeffrey Alan Chandler ınd Tony Griffin.
Iron Will (1994)
Directed by: Charles Haid
Starring: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Cox, George Gerdes, August Schellenberg, Penelope Windust, Jeffrey Alan Chandler, Tony Griffin
Screenplay by: John Michael Hayes, Djordje Milicevic, Jeff Arch
Production Design by: Stephen Storer
Cinematography by: William Wages
Film Editing by: Andrew Doerfer
Costume Design by: Betty Pecha Madden
Set Decoration by: Hilton Rosemarin
Art Direction by: Nathan Haas
Music by: Joel McNeely
MPAA Rating: PG for adventure action.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: January 14, 1994
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