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Wild by Law

19910h 54m7.2/ 10 · TMDB · 4 votes
Documentary

Tells about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling Sand County almanac and the first to bring the word 'ecology' into standard usage; Bob Marshall, millionaire socialist and founder of the Wilderness Society; and Howard Zahniser, a bureaucrat with a love of the wild places he seldom saw. Singly and together, these three fought from the 1920s through the 1950s to preserve the natural world. Provides an overview of the roots of the environmental movement, offering a deeper understanding of one of the most important issues facing contemporary civilization.

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Directed by Diane Garey, Lawrence Hott

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt

Narrator

Ralph Waite
Ralph Waite

Aldo Leopold (voice)

Richard B. Shull
Richard B. Shull

Howard Zahniser (voice)

Peter Haydu
Peter Haydu

Bob Marshall (voice)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Bob Marshall

Self (archive footage)

Howard Zahniser

Self (archive footage)

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Film details

Released1 Dec 1991
Original languageEnglish
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