Two that come to mind are Cast Away and Lord of the Flies. I had a teacher approach me looking for a movie to show that would tie in with the unit they are doing. Any other good suggestions?
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
Are you looking for individual survival or group?
If individual, try Robinson Caruso.
Group, try Alive, about the soccer team that ate their dead.
K2 is also very good about survival on a mountain.
msquared
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
My Side of the Mountain
Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :
"Legally Blond"?
You know, a common bimbo cast into the unknown world of Ivy League academics. She has no friends. She is alone. Will the bimbo survive?
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
She didn't really specify. Isolation and survival in general I guess.
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Early '80s New Zealand SF film... OK, found the title, "The Quiet Earth" -- very few folks survive a strange scientific disaster.
How about Groundhog Day? More of an existential situation, but it'd make for an interesting contrast to the other films.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
2001: A Space Odyssey E.T. About Schmidt Rambo: First Blood
Not good, but fun: Red Dawn
-Bok
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
Limbo is a rather underrated movie that deals in part with two adults and a child marrooned on an island in Alaska. Very unconventional ending.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
I'm surprised no one mentioned "Swiss Family Robinson".
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
The Hatchet
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
Swiss Family Robinson is a classic.
How about Enemy Mine?
Oh, I've got it! Never Cry Wolf. That one was truly great. A scientist all alone in the arctic studying wolves. The scene where he resorts to eating mice to determine whether the wolves could actually survive on such a diet is great.
Posted by 1lobo1 (Member # 7762) on :
Touching the Void -- and it is a true story!
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
Touching the Void... Is that anything like Tripping the Rift? that would certainly be entertaining,and would probably get me fired.
Posted by no. 6 (Member # 7753) on :
A Boy and His Dog Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Walkabout
Jenny Agutter and her younger brother are deserted in the Australian outback when their father goes berserk and tries to kill them, but winds up killing himself and torching the car.
The two children befriend an aborigine on his walkabout, which is a rite of passage into adulthood where he is supposed to go alone into the wilderness, but in this case he has to help the two children survive too.
If I said much more it would include spoilers.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
If survival and isolation that's not in the "wilderness" per se counts, then I recommend Cube.
I hear there's a sequel, but I also hear it sucks. The first one is very good, though.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Hotel Rawanda.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
How about Cast Away with Tom Hanks and that funny round-headed kid, Wilson.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Snoopy come home.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Ooh, Glenn, I was thinking of animal movies/books, too:
Lassie Come Home!
The Incredible Journey
That one with no words with the bear. (The Bear?)
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Yeah, but I was just responding to the "Round Headed Kid" comment.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Well, you sparked my train of thought, anyway, so there.
Posted by John Van Pelt (Member # 5767) on :
quote:Walkabout
Good call, Glenn.
Also:
Dances With Wolves Testament On the Beach Mutiny on the Bounty Kandahar Wages of Fear/Sorcerer
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
The Edge with Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin.
I don't know if it was good or just made me scared of bears again for a while.
It addresses the subject of survival itself, though - Anthony Hopkins is a rich old guy with a fascination with this old book about surviving in "the wilds." He says that most people lost in the wilds die of fear.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Speaking of sparking a train of thought, I'm glad this thread came up, because the last time I tried to find Walkabout was in the video stores, before Amazon.com, etc.
So I just bought a copy. I've been wanting to see it again for years.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
quote:My Side of the Mountain
WOAH WOAH WOAH!! Rewind! They made a movie out of this? My Side of the Mountain was one of my absolute favorite books as a kid, but they made a movie out of it? When? And how come I've never heard of it?! *goes off to IMDB it*
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
My actual suggestion for this:
Never Cry Wolf
A biologist goes out into wilderness Alaska alone to study wolves. One of my favorite movies, its a lot of fun Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I think there were a couple more books after my side of the mountain as well.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Alcon, my reaction exactly.
And mack, HATCHET? Did they really make a movie out of Hatchet??
*joins Alcon at IMDB*
EDIT:
I'm back, and I'm elated and angered and saddened all at once. Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, was made into a movie called Cry of the Wild. Except they changed the location and some of the plot and seem to ahve done a terrible job. Oh well, I should have guessed a movie version would suck the soul right out of one of my favourite stories ever.
anyone seen it who can comment? Please, I'd like to know if it's not that bad, really.
Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
Snow Walker is a good one too. An airplane pilot gets stranded in the Northwest Territories with an ill Inuit girl and she helps him survive.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
During World War II, one American pilot (Lee Marvin) and one Japanese navy captain (Toshiro Mifune) are marooned on a deserted island. They must cooperate to survive, but can they?
An excellent film, which I remember seeing in the theatre when it first came out.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Blue Lagoon :ducks and runs:
But I also thought of Groundhog Day . Shocker there.
The PBS/American Experience documentary on The Donner Party was very compelling. At least to a geek like me. There are theatrical versions as well. I think one is called "Ordeal by Hunger" or that may be the book. Maybe the movie is "Donner Pass".
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
A couple choice episodes of Red Dwarf might work. Specifically, Marooned has one of the best scripts of the entire series, and it's perfect for the topic.
Also, "Grave of the Fireflies" is a fantastic movie dealing with those very topics when a brother and sister have to survive the destruction of their village and death of their family in WWII Japan.
And speaking of TV shows, the episode Out of Gas from Firefly is, again, one of the strongest episodes and perfect for the theme.
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Yeah, they made a TV movie of Hatchet. I saw it as a kid and found it very disturbing.
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
quote:My actual suggestion for this:
Never Cry Wolf
A biologist goes out into wilderness Alaska alone to study wolves.
Did they change Never Cry Wolf for the silver screen? I know it's based on Mowat's own experiences and the book took place in Northern Manitoba (IIRC). I guess changing the locale to Alaska made it more marketable to Americans.
Anyway, I second Snow Walker. Somewhere in the back of mind lurks some other suggestions, but they're not making their way to the front right now.
Posted by The Silverblue Sun (Member # 1630) on :
A.I.
Posted by Anastasia (Member # 8159) on :
quote:Originally posted by UofUlawguy: How about Enemy Mine? [/QB]
I love Enemy Mine--so much so that if you listed the top 10 things my husband enjoys teasing me about, one of them would be how much I like this movie.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
The short story is even better than the movie, in my opinion. But either way, it's a great survival story, as well as a story about tolerance and learning to understand the enemy.
Posted by Kreve (Member # 8110) on :
Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale would be a good one if you have access to it or know someone who does.
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