The Hunter

by Philip Middleton Williams

Full-Length: (1984) Six teenage students and four adult instructors are isolated in the Rocky Mountains on a six-week wilderness survival course. Each has to come to terms with their fears, weaknesses, strengths and instincts, sometimes with chilling and tragic outcomes.

MFA Thesis Project, University of Minnesota, 1977. Revised for production in 1984. Not available for production.

Full-Length: (1984) Six teenage students and four adult instructors are isolated in the Rocky Mountains on a six-week wilderness survival course. Each has to come to terms with their fears, weaknesses, strengths and instincts, sometimes with chilling and tragic outcomes.

MFA Thesis Project, University of Minnesota, 1977. Revised for production in 1984. Not available for production.

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  • Kenneth N. Kurtz: The Hunter

    A solid spoof of bear hunting. "Well Done!"

    A solid spoof of bear hunting. "Well Done!"

  • Scott Sickles: The Hunter

    Isolate enough testosterone in one place and suddenly its Lord of the Flies meets Deliverance with a touch of Dead Poets Society (but significantly more Whitman-esque, if you know what I mean…). The yearning among and in between generations of men as they traverse a wilderness both environmental and psychological is haunting, fiercely erotic (even as you’re wincing), and unfathomably sad. It’s prime Williams that soars as its characters’ physical endurance and moral fortitude plummet. Rocky Mountain High, indeed! Well done!

    Isolate enough testosterone in one place and suddenly its Lord of the Flies meets Deliverance with a touch of Dead Poets Society (but significantly more Whitman-esque, if you know what I mean…). The yearning among and in between generations of men as they traverse a wilderness both environmental and psychological is haunting, fiercely erotic (even as you’re wincing), and unfathomably sad. It’s prime Williams that soars as its characters’ physical endurance and moral fortitude plummet. Rocky Mountain High, indeed! Well done!

  • Doug DeVita: The Hunter

    “A powerful look at what happens when a disparate group of teenagers and adults are forced to face their fears while left to themselves in the wilderness. Chilling and well done!”

    “A powerful look at what happens when a disparate group of teenagers and adults are forced to face their fears while left to themselves in the wilderness. Chilling and well done!”

Character Information

  • Scot
  • Chad
  • Jerry
  • Ginny
  • Lee
  • Susan
  • Elliot
  • Lou
  • Dan
  • Chuck
  • David
  • Andy

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