The Hunt

Duration: 30

Genre: Adaptation | Survival

Year Published: 1975

Creator: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA EDUC. (FILM

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 23Apr75 · MP3257 (Jul-Dec 1977) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Description: Two men on a hunting trip find their weekend going sour when one of them, new to the sport, discovers that he doesn't enjoy shooting animals. His companion, an avid huntsman, leaves him in disgust. He meets an older hunter so jaded with killing that the only prize he yearns to stalk is human prey. The chilling pursuit that follows is a cliff-hanger until the very end when the victim escapes--a shaken but wiser man., Adapts Richard Connell's short story The Most Dangerous Game about two friends--one an avid hunter and the other unable to shoot at a deer--who go on a hunt together, have a disagreement, and split up. Pictures Rich, the avid hunter, as he falls and is aided by a professional hunter who yearns to test his hunting abilities by stalking another man. Concludes with Rich escaping with the help of his friend, a shaken but wiser man.

Complete Record: Two men on a hunting trip find their weekend going sour when one of them, new to the sport, discovers that he doesn't enjoy shooting animals. His companion, an avid huntsman, leaves him in disgust. He meets an older hunter so jaded with killing that the only prize he yearns to stalk is human prey. The chilling pursuit that follows is a cliff-hanger until the very end when the victim escapes--a shaken but wiser man., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.