The Trial Of Old Drum

Animal Planet's first original movie is a down-home kid's picture aimed at animal lovers of all ages, though cynics may find its brand of nostalgia too sweet. Charlie Burden, Jr. (Randy Travis) recalls his childhood in Missouri during the 1950s, particularly an unusual courtroom drama. Young Charlie Jr. (Bobby Edner) and his tomboy chum, Dee (Alia Shawkat), spent their carefree days building a raft and playing with Charlie Jr.'s pooch, Old Drum. Although Charlie's widowed dad, Charlie Burden Sr. (Ron Perlman), has forbidden him to sail the Huckleberry Finn craft, Dee and Charlie Jr. are too adventurous to obey. With the exception of the threat of a town bully, whom C...