Favorite W&SS Movie??

I recently saw a German film called "As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me" which is about a German soldier escaping from a Siberian work camp after WWII and traveling 8000 miles to get back home. Worth a look and is available for instant viewing on netflix.
 
The edge

The hunted -kinda survivalist, they were tracking alot and they made fire from sparks, made cordage and flint napped so there is a bit of bushcraft it

Into the wild
 
Death Hunt

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One of my favorites is "The Earthling"

Here is the summary from Wikipedia:

The Earthling is a drama film starring William Holden and Rick Schroder. It was filmed in 1979 in Australia, and released there in 1980. Peter Collinson directed this film and died of cancer shortly after its release. It was also one of Holden's last films.
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Patrick Foley (Holden) is dying of cancer and decides to return to the outback where he was born. He has stopped taking his medicine and is at peace with his decision to die alone in the woods. On his journey, he notices a family camping. From a neighboring peak, Foley watches as Shawn (Schroder), a 10-year-old boy, removes a piece of wood from the tire of the family's camper because he was helping his father collect firewood. The camper rolls off the cliff it is parked next to with Shawn's parents inside. Shawn climbs down from the cliff only to realize his parents are dead. Foley has an ethical dilemma- take the stranded ten year old back to civilization, and lose his own wish to die where he was born, or continue his personal mission and let the boy die alone in the wilderness. He decides to take the boy with him, and teaches him along the way how to survive in the wilderness. A strong bond grows between the two, and when Foley finally dies, Shawn is equipped to travel out of the outback alone.

If you haven't seen this one, I recommend that you check it out. It definitely has a WS&S theme.

Phil
 
PayetteRucker said:
Gary Paulsen is one of my favorite authors. Great guy, he lives in my grandparents' town. Somehow managed never to meet him.
I really liked Australia. Some gorgeous country, even if the story is fabricated, shows alot of cool backcountry culture of Australia, and living off the land. Last of the Mohicans has the whole SERE thing going-the hunt in the beginning, all the E&E of the indians tracking each other and the British, the tomahawk and scalper h2h combat, crossing beautiful terrain, the frontier life...
There was another Tommy Lee Jones movie where he tracked down a bunch of apaches that were running around kidnapping white women to sell as slaves in Mexico... I can't remember the name but it was pretty good too.
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hmmm if you like the outback check out "Wolf Creek" -it may change your mind.
BTW the place is actually Wolfe Creek & its the second largest meteorite crater on the planet.
cheers
 
Loved "The Edge", one of the first to be interesting to me was "Jeremiah Johnson", there have been scenes in movies that were good but complete movies... not so much.
 
Comprehensivist said:
One of my favorites is "The Earthling"

Here is the summary from Wikipedia:

The Earthling is a drama film starring William Holden and Rick Schroder. It was filmed in 1979 in Australia, and released there in 1980. Peter Collinson directed this film and died of cancer shortly after its release. It was also one of Holden's last films.
[edit]Plot

Patrick Foley (Holden) is dying of cancer and decides to return to the outback where he was born. He has stopped taking his medicine and is at peace with his decision to die alone in the woods. On his journey, he notices a family camping. From a neighboring peak, Foley watches as Shawn (Schroder), a 10-year-old boy, removes a piece of wood from the tire of the family's camper because he was helping his father collect firewood. The camper rolls off the cliff it is parked next to with Shawn's parents inside. Shawn climbs down from the cliff only to realize his parents are dead. Foley has an ethical dilemma- take the stranded ten year old back to civilization, and lose his own wish to die where he was born, or continue his personal mission and let the boy die alone in the wilderness. He decides to take the boy with him, and teaches him along the way how to survive in the wilderness. A strong bond grows between the two, and when Foley finally dies, Shawn is equipped to travel out of the outback alone.

If you haven't seen this one, I recommend that you check it out. It definitely has a WS&S theme.

Phil
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sounds interesting..
 
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