The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

1995 "The year is 1919 - a time when being a ranger meant forest fires were fought with guts and courage."

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

6.4 | 1h32m | en | Drama

A young ranger in the Montana wilderness discovers the great forces of nature while learning the importance of honor, trust and integrity. Legendary veteran ranger Bill Bell educates the young man and guides him toward manhood. The year is 1919-a time when being a ranger meant more than operating expensive equipment. Forest fires were fought with guts and courage, not chemicals and airplanes. Bill Bell was the toughest ranger in an elite crew of very rugged men. A figure of heroic proportions, he was generally feared and respected by all. It was even rumored that he had at one time killed a sheep farmer, which only fueled his already enormous reputation. The young ranger does everything to remain in the good graces of Bill Bell, the senior ranger he idolizes. Their tentative rapport grows into a friendship through a hilarious and heroic rite of passage in which the younger ranger meets the test-and the woman of his dreams.

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6.4 | 1h32m | en | Drama , Western , TV Movie | More Info

Released: June. 15,1995 | Released Producted By: Signboard Hill Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Sam Elliott , Jerry O'Connell , Ricky Jay

Director

Henry M. Lebo

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ctomvelu-1 Jerry O'Connell and Sam Elliot star in this improbably named western, set in Montana in the early 1900s. Forest rangers are clearing a trail over a mountain during one long summer. O'Connell is a 17 year old who learns as he goes, working with a veteran crew. Elliot is the trail boss, and the best mule packer in the group. Before the summer is over, O'Connell's farmboy will have learned a few hard lessons and fallen in love with a gal in town. There's also a humdinger of a bar fight over a poker game involving the camp cook, played by real-life magician Ricky Jay. This is a quiet, introspective movie in many respects, with no gunplay or fancy theatrics other than the bar fight. We can believe this is how forestry people did their job then, and perhaps even now -- with the addition of today's engines, of course. Back then, a lot of it was accomplished by hand. RANGER reminds me of a Hallmark movie, which it probably started out as.

bix1950 Just viewed this movie. Thought it is a great western. It showed me realistic scenes of how the people of the early 1900's of the western section of the U. S. lived. It has a good plot to where it was teaching a young boy who was starting on his the ways of his future will be. It seem that he was learning the ropes of forestry work from the schooling of Bill Bell Ranger in Charged. The Forest crew worked as a team with some problems that seem to be handled. This movie reminded me of the days of when I was a young sailor on my first ship at sea. We were isolated on the water and we worked as a team to keep things going and moral high. The cook in both situations is one of the moral makers. This cook had a thing with cards and keeping the crew happy. In the end, the cook brought the ship in by winning at the poker table and the end of the summer season in the forestry camp end in a happy ending.

gaynor.wild This is a family movie, but not trite. The story, and especially the details, ring true, about Norman Maclean's young life in Montana in the early 20th C. There is a bit of scenery (actually British Columbia), all beautiful, and a story about a 17-year old who is full of himself, and who doesn't like the Forest Ranger's cook. We find out about the cook, and about the boy, and a lot about being a forest ranger in the Montana/Idaho wilderness of 1919. Not to be missed by anyone who loves the western mountains, and who was full of himself as a boy.

thehl A heartwarming coming of age movie. There is no sex, very little violence and no profanity in this heartwarming film about a boy working in the Forestry service in 1919 .Why can't they make more movies like this?