Alone in the Wilderness 2-DVD Package
by Bob Swerer
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Actor: Bob Swerer, Bob Swerer Sr.Director: Bob Swerer
Primary Contributor: Dick Proenneke
Narrator: Bob Swerer Sr.
Commentary: Bob Swerer Sr.
Producer: Bob Swerer
DVD: Region Code 1.0
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 118 unknown-units
Published: 2005
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Bob Swerer Productions
DVD Reviews of Alone in the Wilderness 2-DVD Package
DVD Review: You only need to get one
Summary: 3 Stars
Do not let the titles fool you. Alone in the Wilderness is a great DVD (One Man's Wilderness...the book...is even better), but Silence and Solitude is lacking in quality and has very little to do with Dick Proenneke.
I bought Silence and Solitude thinking the focus would be the same as A in the W and was wrong. I actually felt like Swerer had misled me with his description of this second disk.
Do your self a favor and get Alone in the Wilderness and leave the other one on the shelf. You will be missing next to nothing. Spend the other $[...] on the book, One Man's Wilderness, which is basically the book version of A in the W except in print and with a lot more of Dick's thoughts included.
This would have been a 5 star review if it weren't for the second DVD dragging it down the tube. Sorry.
DVD Review: wilderness self suffiency
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a really interesting video of a man who spent 30 years in the wilds of Alaska. He built a log cabin, wood storage,out house, and meat storage house high in the air completely alone and with only a few hand tools. He is a poet at heart and loved the changing scene he observed daily and recorded on film and in a journal. It is truly fascinating and worth watching many times over.DVD Review: Great gift for the person who has everything
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the DVD's as a gift for a friend who is hard to buy for. He loved them and has shared them with several other people. This makes a great gift for people who love Alaska or for people who love the outdoors. I could watch them over and over. DVD Review: excellent entertainment for all ages
Summary: 5 Stars
Have you seen it on PBS yet?
What a neat story of a 50 year old who pretty much leaves society and makes a life for himself in Alaska, living in peace and taking in the extreme seasonal changes that only Alaska can provide, building a cabin with his own hands using only simple hand tools. At 39 I have been inspired a number off times to get off my soft side and get somthing done.
Great price for a product that will give the family entertainment unlike anything else available today. This is "REAL" reality programming.
We pop this in and revisit it every few months or so.
DVD Review: Amazing story -- a must see for anyone interested in the outdoors
Summary: 5 Stars
Dick Proenecke lived alone for 20+ years in the Alaskan wilderness. This is his story, beginning with movies of him building his log cabin by hand, alone, with no help! It is amazing. If you like the outdoors and/or if you like to build things you must see this! His story is so incredible that you would not believe it if it were not captured on film and in his hand-written journals. Proenecke loved nature and his story includes detailed descriptions of the weather, wildlife and his survival methods. He actually lived quite well, considering he had NO modern conveniences of any kind. He even constructed many of his own tools.
Description of Alone in the Wilderness 2-DVD Package
The "Alone in the Wilderness 2-DVD package" includes the DVD titled "Alone in the Wilderness" starring Dick Proenneke by Bob Swerer, and the follow-up DVD titled "Alaska Silence & Solitude" where Bob Swerer visits Dick Proenneke about 25 years after "Alone in the Wilderness" was filmed.General DVDs
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