Where the Red Fern Grows is a classic novel written by Wilson Rawls in 1961. The story follows Billy Colman, a young boy living in the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma during the Great Depression, who sets out to buy and train two redbone hound puppies. The film adaptation of this beloved book was released in 2003 and stars Joseph Ashton as Billy, along with Dabney Coleman, Ned Beatty, Jane Seymour, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Larry Drake.
The movie centers around twelve-year-old Billy's desire for his own hunting dogs that will help him fulfill his dream of becoming an expert hunter like his father before him. Despite being faced with poverty and opposition from family members due to their financial situation, he works hard to save enough money to purchase two redbone hounds whom he names Old Dan and Little Ann.