i get this movie out for the family and and yes there be unsettle bit in it and vis the dog fight and the abuse and the orphanage and the tree scene and when you think about it probably the whole film . and why be that . probably due to the verisimilitude of the film to the time and the grainy nature just add to the realism and the time be tough so let not sugar coat the experience of those who go through them . disney probably make this film by mistake but i be glad they do . and i just love a story where a wolf get equal billing in the sensibility stake and even if it a dog actor . good film and good acting and great train and the u. s. countryside never look more beautiful . oh and the dvd do jitter but settle down after clean . and and it be letterbox for the widescreen so i do not have to suffer amputation . 10 10 .