Dirkie (1969)

Very well executed

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Awesome! Its good to see that there are many more people like me here who've struggled with identifying the name of the movie they've loved and have vivid images of, years after they have watched it. I must have watched it about 19 years ago as a kid, and i remember crying over it, feeling scared and finally happy that the boy and his dog made it.Was there a stalking hyena in this movie? The hyena scenes are still so embedded in my head and i think those parts were the most fear inducing for me. I searched all over the net for a movie with a kid and a stalking hyena-0 results. Then i began to think may be i was mistaking the gods must be crazy -2 for this movie.I loved the movie, purely for it's sense of adventure and it's ability to invoke so many emotions in a 7 year old. Even though i had a series of nightmares after the movie for a few days, I remember thinking i should be like him, strong and brave. Totally recommend it. The fact that so many of us still remember the movie, even though we didn't remember it's name and made the efforts to figure it out, speaks for the movie.

Hi, My mother used to show me a movie 30 years back regard a boy who flew with his uncle where their own airplane crashed in the middle of the jungle. The boy survived the crash however his uncle didn't. In the night the boy wants to start a fire to protect himself from the hyena however accidentally he sets fire on the airplane and lost the only connection to his father. He starts the journey with his Dog. I remember the followings: 1. he ate ants who bits him. 2. A scorpion sting him and an African man treat him using a chewed herb. 3. He ate an ostrich's Egg. 4. He used to drink a Cough syrup. 5. He has a clock in his travelling bag. 6. He used this bag to put the ostrich's egg in them. 7. He accused the African man that he barbecue his dog.

Strange how some things stick with you for 30 years. I too remember a few things about this movie even though I am now 46. I saw it with my best friend and his mother. I remember Dirky's father dropped flyers from a plane and they read "Dirky, I love you and I will find you" A great movie I would love to see again and show my children. As a young boy I was very embarrassed that I cried in the film when my friends mum was watching. In this day and age of sex and violence it is a touching story of a fathers love for his son, I can't remember 30 years on why he was flying alone but I do remember there were a lot of very emotional scenes in the film. If it is somehow still available I would love to be able to find it.

I saw this film as a double bill with 'The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad' back in 1974, with my father when I was growing up in Sutton Surrey. As an 8 year old it had an enduring impact on me. I then remember seeing it again in 1980 one Monday afternoon on TV - which confirms it was broadcast on British television at least once. I'm still searching for a copy on DVD which I believe is available now after all these years. It's a shame that this film of a boys survival & a fathers determination to find him has been largely forgotten now. It was powerful as a children's film, but certainly rises above a lot of the pointless movies made for children these days. I'm looking forward to finding a copy very soon. Regards