Survival Movies

Sarge47 · 07-21-2007, 05:28 PM

Anybody care to list their favorite "survival" films? I just finished watching three that I like:

1.) Cast Away. (You were right, Owl Girl, Wilson was a vollyball...silly air-head)

2.) The Edge.

3.) A Cry in the Wild.

getting ready to watch an old one with John Wayne in it called "Island in the Sky". It's in black & white, that's how old it is.

owl_girl · 07-21-2007, 06:11 PM

Lets see, the one that I can think of isn’t as much of a survival film as Cast Away but it still has survival stuff in it.
“Never Cry Wolf” was a lot of fun. The name sounds corny but the movie is really funny and its based on a true story.

Sarge47 · 07-21-2007, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by owl_girl

Lets see, the one that I can think of isn’t as much of a survival film as Cast Away but it still has survival stuff in it.
“Never Cry Wolf” was a lot of fun. The name sounds corny but the movie is really funny and its based on a true story.

I got that one as well! Liked the scene where the guy's walking across the frozen lake and the ice breaks under him. Thought lunching on field mice was kinda gross though.

Strider · 07-21-2007, 06:33 PM

The military has some very interesting films about surviving... each one is set to be for the Air Force, Navy, or whatever. They can sometimes be found in auctions or off ebay... they are the best, though, i think ...

owl_girl · 07-21-2007, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarge47

I got that one as well! Liked the scene where the guy's walking across the frozen lake and the ice breaks under him. Thought lunching on field mice was kinda gross though.

I thought I was funny when the mice were all looking at him well he was eating a bowl of mouse stew so he started laughing at them and eating faster, kind of sadistic but it was funny.

Sarge47 · 07-21-2007, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by owl_girl

I thought I was funny when the mice were all looking at him well he was eating a bowl of mouse stew so he started laughing at them and eating faster, kind of sadistic but it was funny.

Yeah, I agree, lol, but I thought the Wolves were really cool though.

wareagle69 · 07-22-2007, 12:25 PM

jerimiah johnson.....do i need to say more.. cheers

tarheelfan · 07-22-2007, 07:16 PM

1.) Rambo I

2.) Hatchet

3.) Shooter (Not really wilderness survival...but still one of the better movies i've watched recently)

trax · 07-23-2007, 06:33 PM

A Walk in the Snow
The Edge
Jeremiah Johnson
Never Cry Wolf

HOP · 08-05-2007, 03:28 PM

I picked a DVD some where Caled The Fast Runner about Inuets way back it is subtitled a bit long but very good about living in the artic has some evil drama as well.

FVR · 08-05-2007, 03:48 PM

Jerimiah Johnson
The Hunted
First Blood
Death Hunt

HOP · 08-05-2007, 08:51 PM

There are at least 2 books out there that death hunt was based on, one is a novel ond on is a weel put together reshearch type book both are quite interesting.

FVR · 08-05-2007, 10:00 PM

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Death Hunt

Albert Johnson aka the Mad Trapper, alot of info. can be dug up right on the net.

If you watch Death Hunt, you will notice that there are ideas that were pulled and use in First Blood.

Beowulf65 · 11-19-2007, 07:10 PM

Jeremiah Johnson
The Hunted
Dath Hunt
Last of the Dog Men (how the Cheyenne survived)
Best Native American Movie: 500 Nations, Dances With Wolves, Last of the Mohicans

LadyTrapper · 11-20-2007, 02:09 AM

The Edge
"Jermiah" of course!
Dances with Wolves (I have been called "she who stands with fists" a time or two)LOL
Ghosts in the Darkness(Story of zsavo's maneating lions)

LadyTrapper · 11-20-2007, 02:11 AM

Never seen Death Hunt with the mad trapper...I will have to look that up.

FVR · 11-20-2007, 02:13 AM

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Ghosts in the Darkness(Story of zsavo's maneating lions)

I read that book, nothing like the movie, but just as exciting.

I always forget "Last of the Dogmen," boy that was a good movie.

swampyankee · 11-20-2007, 02:40 AM

Excellent choice. Never Cry Wolf is by/about one of my favorite writers,Farley Mowat. I would encourage anyone to read any (or all) of his many books. Recently a movie was based on another of his books. I believe it's called The Snow Walker or something similar. It's about an Alaskan bush pilot who doesn't care for the natives who crashes while transporting a sick Inuit woman. Of course, he ends up surviving by relying on her wilderness skills.

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Originally Posted by owl_girl

Lets see, the one that I can think of isn’t as much of a survival film as Cast Away but it still has survival stuff in it.
“Never Cry Wolf” was a lot of fun. The name sounds corny but the movie is really funny and its based on a true story.

Sarge47 · 11-20-2007, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by swampyankee

Excellent choice. Never Cry Wolf is by/about one of my favorite writers,Farley Mowat. I would encourage anyone to read any (or all) of his many books. Recently a movie was based on another of his books. I believe it's called The Snow Walker or something similar. It's about an Alaskan bush pilot who doesn't care for the natives who crashes while transporting a sick Inuit woman. Of course, he ends up surviving by relying on her wilderness skills.

See if you can find the actual title, I'd like to see that one.

swampyankee · 11-20-2007, 04:11 AM

Here you go, Sarge...

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808664160/info

07-21-2007, 05:28 PM	#1
Sarge47 Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Western Illinois Posts: 5,671 Blog Entries: 19	Survival Movies Anybody care to list their favorite "survival" films? I just finished watching three that I like: 1.) Cast Away. (You were right, Owl Girl, Wilson was a vollyball...silly air-head) 2.) The Edge. 3.) A Cry in the Wild. getting ready to watch an old one with John Wayne in it called "Island in the Sky". It's in black & white, that's how old it is. __________________ SARGE "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein Proud father of a US Marine....SEMPER FI! They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin

07-22-2007, 12:25 PM	#7
wareagle69 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: northern ontario Posts: 3,951	best survival movie ever jerimiah johnson.....do i need to say more.. cheers

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trax missing in action Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: yonder Posts: 6,778	A Walk in the Snow The Edge Jeremiah Johnson Never Cry Wolf __________________ some fella confronted me the other day and asked "What's your problem?" So I told him, "I don't have a problem I am a problem"

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HOP Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Salem WV Posts: 412	I picked a DVD some where Caled The Fast Runner about Inuets way back it is subtitled a bit long but very good about living in the artic has some evil drama as well. __________________ KNOWLEDGE the ulitmate survival tool I AM HURT BUT NOT SLAIN, I WILL LIE DOWN AND BLEED A WHILE THEN I WILL RISE UP AND FIGHT AGAIN.

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07-21-2007, 06:11 PM	#2
owl_girl a bushbaby Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: I travel but was raised in Alaska Posts: 1,231	Lets see, the one that I can think of isn’t as much of a survival film as Cast Away but it still has survival stuff in it. “Never Cry Wolf” was a lot of fun. The name sounds corny but the movie is really funny and its based on a true story.

07-21-2007, 06:33 PM	#4
Strider Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 138	The military has some very interesting films about surviving... each one is set to be for the Air Force, Navy, or whatever. They can sometimes be found in auctions or off ebay... they are the best, though, i think ...

07-22-2007, 07:16 PM	#8
tarheelfan Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Alabama Posts: 40	1.) Rambo I 2.) Hatchet 3.) Shooter (Not really wilderness survival...but still one of the better movies i've watched recently)

08-05-2007, 08:51 PM	#12
HOP Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Salem WV Posts: 412	Death Hunt (mad trapper) There are at least 2 books out there that death hunt was based on, one is a novel ond on is a weel put together reshearch type book both are quite interesting. __________________ KNOWLEDGE the ulitmate survival tool I AM HURT BUT NOT SLAIN, I WILL LIE DOWN AND BLEED A WHILE THEN I WILL RISE UP AND FIGHT AGAIN.

11-19-2007, 07:10 PM	#14
Beowulf65 PMC/Deputy Sheriff Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dunlap's Station, Ohio Posts: 3,916 Blog Entries: 57	Jeremiah Johnson The Hunted Dath Hunt Last of the Dog Men (how the Cheyenne survived) Best Native American Movie: 500 Nations, Dances With Wolves, Last of the Mohicans __________________ Do or Do Not, there is no try. Jedi Master Yoda

11-20-2007, 02:09 AM	#15
LadyTrapper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 139 Blog Entries: 1	The Edge "Jermiah" of course! Dances with Wolves (I have been called "she who stands with fists" a time or two)LOL Ghosts in the Darkness(Story of zsavo's maneating lions) __________________ ~Earth receives foot and paw, hoof and claw with equal grace. But it is the way of the wild not to overstep...let's leave no trace that wind, rain and snow cannot erase~

11-20-2007, 02:11 AM	#16
LadyTrapper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 139 Blog Entries: 1	Never seen Death Hunt with the mad trapper...I will have to look that up. __________________ ~Earth receives foot and paw, hoof and claw with equal grace. But it is the way of the wild not to overstep...let's leave no trace that wind, rain and snow cannot erase~

11-20-2007, 04:11 AM	#20
swampyankee Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South County,RI Posts: 31	Here you go, Sarge... http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808664160/info