''Wooly Boys'' is a 2001 American

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directed by Leszek Burzynski and starring Peter Fonda,

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, and Joseph Mazzello. The screenplay concerns sheep ranchers in the Badlands of

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. North Dakota's first full-length feature film, it was financed by the Bank of North Dakota, but did not do well at the box office.

Plot

A.J. "Stoney" Stoneman, a grizzled sheep rancher from Medora, North Dakota, is tricked by Sheriff Hank Dawson into taking a trip to see his daughter Kate Harper in

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, Minnesota. While there, Stoney ends up bonding with his 16-year old grandson, Charles, whom he hadn't seen in nine years. Charles is also part of the plot to get Stoney help for a serious health issue. Charles tells Stoney his mother is in the hospital, so they leave for the hospital. Upon arriving at the hospital, Stoney finds out that Kate was only "in" the hospital to trick Stoney into having an examination. Stoney and Kate have a bout with words as Stoney is leaving and he collapses from an aneurysm, thereby causing him to be hospitalized. With the aid of his rancher pal, Shuck, Stoney escapes the hospital—with Charles in tow—for what becomes a life-changing adventure as Charles discovers his family roots and what it means to be a “wooly boy”.

Cast

* Peter Fonda as A.J. "Stoney" Stoneman *

as Shuck * Joseph Mazzello as Charles * Keith Carradine as Sheriff Hank Dawson * Robin Dearden as Kate Harper

Production

Filming was done in the North Dakota towns of Medora, Belfield, Fryburg, and

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; also in

and Woodbury, Minnesota.

References

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* 2001 films 2001 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films Films set in Minnesota Films set in North Dakota Films shot in Minnesota Films shot in North Dakota Films scored by Hummie Mann 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language comedy-drama films {{2000s-US-film-stub