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Post by jeffersoncody on Apr 28, 2019 4:19:29 GMT
THE ENGLISH PATIENT.
THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE.
DELIVERANCE.
WILD (2014)
THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US.
SOUTHERN COMFORT.
GRIZZLY MAN.
ARCTIC.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Apr 28, 2019 5:05:56 GMT
Quigley Down Under
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Post by koskiewicz on Apr 29, 2019 15:24:11 GMT
A few more:
The Mosquito Coast
The Emerald Forest
Greystoke: Legend of Tarzan
A Boy and his Dog
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 29, 2019 15:37:05 GMT
Haven't seen this one, kos, but I was interested to see that it was directed by actor L. Q. Jones, a bit of surprise. Looks interesting.
For some reason it reminded me of a film with animals as the main characters, which I think is appropriate - THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (1962). There was a remake of that in 1993, HOMEWARD BOUND: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, which is also entertaining. Oh, and then there's THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS (1986), which I really enjoyed.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Apr 30, 2019 14:07:00 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Jan 10, 2020 18:27:09 GMT
Came to think of this one, Roy Ward Baker's American movie Inferno 1953, where Robert Ryan is left to die in the desert by a greedy wife and her lover. The dry wilderness was made at Mojave Desert in both Arizona and California (Is it the same that stretches into two states?).
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Post by spiderwort on Jan 10, 2020 22:35:05 GMT
Came to think of this one, Roy Ward Baker's American movie Inferno 1953, where Robert Ryan is left to die in the desert by a greedy wife and her lover. The dry wilderness was made at Mojave Desert in both Arizona and California (Is it the same that stretches into two states?).
Yes, teleadm, the Mojave desert is primarily in southeastern California and southern Nevada, but it also reaches a bit into Arizona and even into Utah. In California it's a monster landscape - home of Death Valley, and often/usually has temperatures that are deadly. Haven't seen this film, but "Inferno" is doubtless a good name for it. I'll keep an eye out for it on TCM. It makes me sweat even to think about it.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jan 12, 2020 15:33:34 GMT
Cast Away (2000) Backcountry (2014) Triple Frontier (2019) Kon-Tiki (2012)
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jan 15, 2020 12:41:11 GMT
Kon-Tiki (2012)
I didn't realize there was a narrative film version of this, Lebowskidoo. It looks really interesting. I remember seeing the documentary, KON-TIKI (1950) by Thor Heyerdahl about his actual experiences in the 1960s on late-night tv. It was nominated for an Oscar and was quite a thrill to see, given that it was the amazing journey in real time. But I think I would enjoy this theatrical version, too. Thanks for the recommendation.
We read the book and watched the old film when I was in junior high, so I was very interested in seeing the new movie. It's quite good.
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 5, 2022 22:21:03 GMT
Jäniksen vuosi, The Year of the Hare (1977) Finland. Dir. Risto Jarva. Adapted from the best selling novel of the same name from Finnish author Arto Paasilinna. From the stark concrete jungle of Helsinki, to the green wildernesses of Lapland, a beautifully filmed heartwarming story, a wonderful song of praise for the wilderness environmental person. Burnt-out urbanite Vatanen a typically droll Finnish character, is tired of his bedraggled wife and and his comfortable city apartment. He daydreams of trees and wild places and yearns for freedom from the conformity, excesses and the meaningless sterility of his modern world. Fleeing impulsively while on the road for business with an associate, Vatanen abruptly abandons the trip and his former lifestyle. Disappearing into the woods, Vatanen rescues and befriends an injured hare, once nursed back to health they set off deeper into the wilds where the adventurous pair experience all sorts of unlikely encounters... Tragically this was the swan song of director Risto Jarva. Sadly at just 43 years and with so much potential Jarva died in a car accident following a private screening and celebration party for this film...
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Post by MCDemuth on May 5, 2022 22:50:39 GMT
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Post by Penn Guinn on May 5, 2022 23:02:11 GMT
SHANE
Several families scattered in widely separated homesteads with the town in common BUT not where they actually live.
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 6, 2022 1:12:18 GMT
Mantrap (1926) Dir. Victor Fleming. Percy Marmont (Ralph Prescott) is a New York divorce lawyer weary of his wealthy women clientele. Woodbury (Eugene Pallette), who runs a hosiery business across the hall is a keen outdoor enthusiast. A seasoned camper he suggests that they both get away from the city for a camping expedition to the Canadian wilderness somewhere near the remote settlement Mantrap. Percy is a novice in the wilds and struggles to enjoy camping in the wilderness, after arguing with Woodbury he heads back to the settlement at Mantrap where he meets the vivacious ex-city girl Alverna (Clara Bow)... In the wilds... as the rain sets in, tensions mount between Percy & Woodbury.
On location Cinematographer James Wong Howe, Director Victor Fleming. Star Clara Bow...
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Post by politicidal on May 6, 2022 1:29:11 GMT
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Post by spiderwort on May 7, 2022 0:02:30 GMT
Along those lines, two that I really enjoyed:
And an all-time childhood favorite, which I love to this day:
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Post by Penn Guinn on May 7, 2022 0:08:49 GMT
Wind River (2017)"A veteran hunter helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation."
The grueling location shoot was filmed in real blizzardy conditions with crew and equipment being primarily ferried to locations on snowmobiles and snowcats, since regular vehicles were totally unsuitable for the hazardous terrain. Cleaning up unsightly vehicular tracks left in the snowy landscape had to be done with some compositing in post to keep the vista in 'virginal' condition. .....IMDb
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Post by MCDemuth on May 7, 2022 0:19:26 GMT
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Post by Penn Guinn on May 9, 2022 21:23:16 GMT
Walkabout (1971)
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Post by Penn Guinn on May 9, 2022 21:28:48 GMT
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 11, 2022 0:15:22 GMT
The Viking (1931) Canada/USA Directed by Varick Frissell and George Melford. Initially a tepid drama of romantic rivalry, The Viking however is an extraordinary portrait of a remote people’s “dramatic struggle for existence”, spectacularly filmed on location in the wilderness off the coast of Newfoundland. The Viking was the first location shoot outside Hollywood financed by Paramount Studios and, most notably, the first film to record sound and dialogue on location as the photo below shows, on the ice-floes themselves. Varick Frissell an adventurer and documentary filmmaker shot all the extensive real-life scenes involving life aboard ship and the seal hunt, however Paramount insisted that Hollywood director George Melford direct the fiction scenes. Frissell was concerned that the focus on melodrama detracted from the power of the actuality content. He returned to Newfoundland with his crew to shoot extra footage of the Canadian icy wastelands, that would be used to replace many of the clunky romantic scenes. Setting sail on the sealing ship the SS Viking in March 1931, Frissell with his production crew accompanied the ship’s crew on their annual seal hunt off the coast of Labrador. They filmed spectacular scenes from the icy wilderness, ice floes, icebergs, and some gruesome and incredibly violent footage of seal hunting. On March 13, the ship got trapped in ice near Horse Islands, off the coast of Newfoundland. After days of being trapped, explosives stored onboard for the very purpose were employed to break the thick ice. Twenty-five crates full of dynamite were held in the ship’s powder room, and as the ship’s crew began preparing explosive charges the whole lot ignited. Twenty-eight men mostly the production crew were instantly killed, including Varick Frissell whose body was never found, he rests with his beloved Newfoundland dog, Cabot, deep below the eternal ice. With a mix of dramatic fiction with footage of the wild, hostile and foreboding landscape, the wilderness environment becomes a principal character in the drama, the film has much in common with the work of Robert Flaherty. Released only a few months after the tragedy the film is an enduring memorial dedicated to those who took great risks, and lost their lives while filming in the remote wilderness. Stuck in the ice Horse Islands The doomed crew Varick Frissell crouching front far right
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