The Legend of Tillamook's Gold

We have been waiting for this to appear on DVD! We saw this in the theater and absolutely loved the movie: adventure, legends, mystery, relationships and the most amazing scenery. It's a shame that this never made it into wide release. A hidden gem within the movie is the story within a story told by amazing marionettes. The artistry of these creations is incredible. You might think that this would detract from the movie but it truly adds to it. The locations are true (people don't walk from a beach location and next scene into a location hundreds of miles away) and the acting well done. Suspenseful, but not scary, and nothing gratuitous. A well done family movie (kids, teens and adults will all enjoy). Please support these independent movie makers and purchase this dvd (we have no connections to this endeavor but sure enjoyed the movie).

Family friendly story that has no profanity or sex- that alone is worth three stars! The story is fun and I enjoyed all the Native American aspects of the film such as the legends and vision quest. Beautiful scenery of the beach and mountain. I really like Brian McNamara, he's been in a few of these family friendly films and always does a good job. I'm adding a spoiler alert here...read at your own risk...but if you are like me...a little spoiler makes it more interesting....Overall an easy going film that was fun to watch and safe for the whole family. I was a little disappointed by the ending- that they didn't get to keep the treasure- but I agree that the treasure the family did get- of getting along better and discovering love and the meaning of family was more important.

Family friendly, light weight after school special style adventure film. It's good clean fun but a bit dull. I'm no prude but I applaud any film that doesn't feel the need to include profanity, nudity and violence. If you are looking for a film that will not embarrass you while watching with your kids this should fit the bill. Moderate recommendation.

This is a movie that we enjoy as we lived near Tillamook, Oregon on the Oregon Coast for fifteen years and we know many of the places pictured in the film. It is also a nice story about a teenage girl in search of gold but she finds out that family is more important than gold and helps her family draw closer together. This is a DVD that we will be watching often.

A TV movie that's nearly two hours long that gives the appearance of a family movie, but it was dreadful and has nothing to learn for a family. This 2006 movie felt like it was made in the 1980s. The humor is slap stick silly as two idiots hit and stab each other while digging for gold. The acting is bad overall as there are many moments of exaggeration. The directorial work was amateurish as everything was dragged out and slow. Terrible script about a dumb girl who do dumb things. Only nice thing in the story is that it included a native American Indian in it, but everything else is such a waste of time.The Indian legend in this town is that there is a box of gold that was left here by Spaniard pirates who killed a slave and they buried his body along with the treasure. Throughout the movie, the spirit or the soul of this slave appears as an elk to this young girl (who is supposedly 14, but looks like 18-20) and he's looking for "freedom." Often a soul is looking for freedom means he/she wants to get a proper burial. Well, this young girl of all days decides to go find the gold in a cave that the stream runs through during a rain storm. How dumb is that? She couldn't wait another day? Her mother tells her not to go, but she goes anyway. She then gets stuck in the cave and pulled along the stream almost drowning. The father goes look for her and when he finds her, he runs into the slave's skeleton remains and knocks it into the stream where he and the remains get swept down the stream into a waterfall that drains out of a mountain into the ocean. Then they show the spirit of the slave screaming out "freedom." They just washed him in pieces into the ocean without a proper burial. What kind of a "freedom" is that? The father fell hundreds of feet off the mountain and into the ocean, but the father remains alive and no injuries? Really? The impact of water from hundreds of feet above is nearly the same as solid ground due to gravity and speed. If his bones were not crushed, he would have gone unconscious and drown to death.No kids should be watching this movie for the kinds of behavior they display in it, and the consequences are misleading. The family is a complete dysfunction as they are constantly arguing and fighting, and everyone hates everyone. We don't need to see that as we already face that in real life. There is nothing inspiring about this movie. The script would have been so much better if it was a love story between the young girl and the young man who likes her. They offered only a minute of their relationship at the very end. Waste.

We thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Clean, wholesome, entertaining. So rare these days.

We just love this movie! FIVE STARS! The producers of The Legend of Tillamook Gold got together, they made a movie that has more than a great story line! It has Action, Mystery,& Adventure! Scenic locations and interesting people. The characters have depth. What I liked best about this movie is it entertained my children and their friends, regardless of age!

Pluses: Marionettes were very nicely done - props to Mr. Huber! Tie-in to First Nation legend was good. Flashback to pirates nicely done. But -Pace was slow, with only occasional highlights. So much plot potential wasted! The comic relief, Billie and Clyde, were more suited to a Pippi Longstocking story. Cut the run time down to 90 minutes, tighten up the scenes. The soundtrack alone was pretty mind-numbing!I had real hopes for this film. It started out well and the problem is that some of the best parts occurred in the first 50 minutes and then the pace fell off of a cliff.