A scientific researcher, sent on a government study: The Lupus Project, must investigate the possible "menace" of wolves in the north. To do so, he must survive in the wilderness for six months on his own. In the course of these events, he learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the wolf species.
Cinematography
Hiro Narita's Arctic vistas that make suffering look gorgeous.
Direction
Ballard turns a guy eating mice into spiritual cinema.
Practical Effects
Real wolves, real tundra, real Charles Martin Smith freezing.
Director
Carroll Ballard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Charles Martin Smith wasn't acting during the mouse-eating scenes—those were real, and he insisted on doing multiple takes.
The film directly contradicts Canadian wolf culling policies of the era; Farley Mowat's book was banned in some provinces for 'environmentalist propaganda.'
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