Bless the Beasts & Children

Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)

Only one animal kills just for the sport of it... Guess which...

A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.

Date of release
1971-07-30
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Stanley Kramer

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Arizona
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Genesis Award

Bless the Beasts and Children is a 1971 film adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Glendon Swarthout. It was directed by Stanley Kramer and stars Bill Mumy and Barry Robins.

Production and reception

A bidding war broke out over the film rights, which Stanley Kramer eventually won. Kramer negotiated with Columbia Pictures for the right to produce and direct the film, which made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in August 1971, as the United States's entry in the international competition.

In his two-star review, film critic Roger Ebert expressed his frustration with the film's lack of cohesive message, debating whether the film was about the buffalo, the "neurotic kids" and the parents that raise them that way, or about gun control.

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