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{{Infobox film

| name = White Fang

| image = WhiteFang(2018film)Poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| native_name =

| director = Alexandre Espigares

| screenplay = Philippe Lioret
Serge Frydman
Dominique Monfry

| based_on =

| music = Bruno Coulais

| studio = Superprod Animation
Bidibul Productions
Big Beach

| distributor = Netflix

| runtime = 85 minutes

| released =

| language = English
French

| gross = $7.8 million

| country = France
Luxembourg

}}

'White Fang' is a 2018 French-Luxembourgish computer-animated film directed by Alexandre Espigares. Based on the 1906 book of the same name by Jack London, the film features the voices of Nick Offerman, Rashida Jones, Paul Giamatti, and Eddie Spears as natives of Alaska who, at different times, come to know White Fang, a free spirited and at times violent wolfdog who eventually bonds with Offerman's character, a gentle master named Weedon Scott. The film also features Dave Boat, Daniel Hagen, and Stephen Kramer Glickman in the original English version, and Virginie Efira, Raphal Personnaz, and Dominique Pinon in the French dub.

The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January 2018. After a limited theatrical run in France and the United States, Netflix acquired the film and released it later that year, on July 6, 2018. The film received positive reviews from critics and audiences. During its theatrical run, 'White Fang' grossed $7.8 million worldwide.

Plot



A young wolfdog pup gets separated from his mother, Niche, and embarks on a journey of self discovery. He is given the name White Fang by a tribe of Native Americans, who enlist him as a sled-pulling dog. After he is unable to pull sleds anymore, he is sold to a Native American man, who loses him in a gambling bet to Beauty Smith, a cruel master who forces White Fang into dogfighting. He is saved by Marshal Weedon Scott, who bonds with him before eventually setting him free.

Voice cast



*Nick Offerman as Marshal Weedon Scott

*Rashida Jones as Maggie Scott

*Paul Giamatti as Beauty Smith

*Eddie Spears as Grey Beaver

*Dave Boat as Jim Hall

*Sean Kenin as Bookie

*Raquel Antonia as Vichi

*Daniel Hagen as Marshal Todd

*Stephen Kramer Glickman as Ned

*William Calvert as William

*Jason Grasl as Three Eagles

*Armando Riesco as Curtis

Reception



The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and audiences.

Guy Lodge of 'Variety' called it a "a visually marvelous, dramatically uneven spin" on the source material, writing that, "close canine sympathy is one thing this kind-hearted, beautifully conceived but, well, slightly toothless 'White Fang' gets right throughout." Lodge criticized the film's pacing, voice acting, and lack of personality, but praised its animation and artistic style, and felt that it was an enjoyable movie for its target demographic of young children. Kate Erbland of 'IndieWire' gave the film a B grade, wrote that it "offers up warm-hearted charms and often stunning animation", praising its animation and message.

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