This film, released in 1987, is a wonderful family film which just happens to depict a gentle Sasquatch. George Henderson (John Lithgow) is on vacation with his family in the woods near Seattle, Washington, when on the way home, his station wagon hits a large, unusual creature, a Sasquatch. His wife Nan (Melinda Dillon (A Christmas Story, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) objects to the idea of taking the thing home, but they take it home and all hilarity ensues. The creature, Harry (Kevin Peter Hall, Predator) gets loose in a Seattle neighborhood and frightens the locals. George checks out some books from the library on Bigfoot, including some journals from a Dr. Wallace Wrightwood, a John Green-like scientist (Don Ameche, Cocoon, Trading Places) who George visits up near Index, Washington. Meanwhile, Jacques Lefleur (David Suchet, Hercule Poirot on Mystery!), a Robert W. Morgan lookalike with a Rene Dahinden-like accent is on the hunt for Harry, which George is trying to protect. I won't give away the ending, but it is a great movie and highly recommended. It is coming out on DVD April 24.
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