American Wilderness is a 1970 American wilderness documentary film directed by Arthur Dubs. Dubs owned an Oregon construction company and was a big game hunter in his spare time. He made the film while on a working holiday in Alaska in 1966.[1]
Made for $52,000, Dubs distributed the film himself. It was very successful and launched his filmmaking career which included Pacific International Enterprises.[2] [3] The movie featured a number of hunting sequences - Dubs' later films were more family friendly.[4]
The film was a surprise success at the box office and made $5.7 million in rentals in the US and Canada.[5]
The San Francisco Examiner called it "a chilling record of systematic slaughter".[6]