‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ movie trailer now out
By WGME
The official trailer for a movie based on Donn Fendler’s classic survival memoir “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” is officially out.
“Lost on a Mountain in Maine” is set to hit theaters this November.
Based on the classic book, the cinematic adaptation was produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and was directed by Andrew Kightlinger and written by Luke Paradise.
It premiered in July at the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville.
According to the Bangor Daily News, the movie was not shot in Maine. It was filmed in New York.
The movie is an adaptation of Fendler’s true story of getting lost in the Katahdin wilderness for nine days at age 12 in 1939.
The book was required reading in Maine schools for decades.
Fendler died in 2016 at age 90.
The film stars Camden-native Caitlin Fitzgerald, Paul Sparks, and Luke David Blumm as Donn Fendler.
The movie hits theaters Nov. 1.