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Release Date: 1997

Cast: Gordon Tootoosis, William Lightning, Allegra Denton, Camilla Scott, David Cubitt, Brendan Fletcher, Keith Carradine, Annette O'Toole, Darrell Dennis, Maury Chaykin

Categories: Movies, Children's/Family, Adventure, Television movie, Family Drama, Childhood Drama, Period piece, Family Film, Family-Oriented Adventure

Keeping the Promise is a 1997 historical drama television film based on the children's novel The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. The film was released to DVD and VHS on July 25, 2000. It was shot in Ontario, Canada. Keeping The Promise, tells the story of a 12-year-old boy, Matt (Brendan Fletcher) and his father, (Keith Carradine) who, as early settlers, together build a wooden cabin in Maine in 1768. However, Matt's father must head back to Quincy, Massachusetts, to get Matt's mother, sister, and newborn sibling who were all left behind so Matt and his father could build... MORE

Keeping the Promise is a 1997 historical drama television film based on the children's novel The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. The film was released to DVD and VHS on July 25, 2000. It was shot in Ontario, Canada. Keeping The Promise, tells the story of a 12-year-old boy, Matt (Brendan Fletcher) and his father, (Keith Carradine) who, as early settlers, together build a wooden cabin in Maine in 1768. However, Matt's father must head back to Quincy, Massachusetts, to get Matt's mother, sister, and newborn sibling who were all left behind so Matt and his father could build shelter for them. Matt's father promises to return in seven weeks and Matt is left alone with his father's old watch (a family heirloom) and a hunting rifle to guard the family's newly-built homestead and field crops. Unfortunately, Matt finds himself enduring many hardships for which he is unprepared. His hunting rifle is stolen by a stranger named Ben, his crop is picked over by the wildlife, and his food supplies are pillaged by a hungry bear. Wanting to sweeten his hunger urge, Matt raids a honeybee hive for honey and is attacked by the furry and very harmful bees. Attempting to escape the LESS