Survival Skill Movies?

Movies are great fun and I love 'em but I take all that stuff with a major pinch of salt.

I really enjoy the Edge for example, but what a load. What Anthony Hopkins manages to do with that one little knife always makes me smile. Not to mention him killing that monster grizz solo with a sharpened stake. Yeah, right. :jerkit:

The Hunted is also dubious, although the knife fighting was well done, due to the fact that they had some proper advisors on board. I think its way Hollywood though.

There are some great books about real survivors though. I'll start a new thread about my favourites.
 
Nanook of the North

It was the first full length documentary film ever made. It's about the ways of the life of an Inuit family on the pack ice. (Watch what these people can do with a walrus tusk knife!) The director spent several years there, making this movie.
 
I know that kodiak-bear originally was apparently asking about Hollywood movies with survival and knife use, but this thread has kind of morphed into "survival movies". I just recently created a list of our survival and outdoor DVDs, many of which have been mentioned here. I think I have collected most of the relevant titles on DVD, but if you guys can think of any others that we should add, I'd love to hear about them.

Here it is:

GENERAL SURVIVAL
Survivorman Season One - Discovery Channel
Preparing To Survive - Peter Kummerfelt
Survival - Learn to Become a Survivor in the Wild!
Survival: Beyond the 10 Essentials - Gene Ward
Survival Basics 1 & 2 - Ron Hood (Compilation)
Prepared to Survive - Doug Ritter (sort of)
Desert Survival Skills
Tropical Seacoast - Survival Techniques
Marine Corps Survival School - Discovery Channel

GAME CARE
Quarter And De-Bone Big Game In The Field
Deer Processing 101
Wild Game Field Care & Cooking
Game Processing Basics
Field Dressing Big Game
Care and Processing of Venison
Advanced Sausage Processing - Vol 1
Caping & Field Dressing Big Game/Scoring Big Game
Big Game From Field to Freezer

TOM ELPEL
The Art of Nothing 1: Three Days at the River
The Art of Nothing 2: Mountain Meadows
The Art of Nothing 3: Mountain Lakes
The Art of Nothing 4: Canoe Camping

DICK PRONEKKE
Alone in the Wilderness - EXCELLENT! Partially disabled man in his 50's goes into the Alaskan bush, builds a cabin, and thrives there for thirty years! (I finally have been permitted to sell these!)
Alaska: Silence & Solitude

USEFUL OUTDOOR SKILLS
Campfire Magic
From Here to There: Canoe Basics
The Forgotten Skills
Hiking & Backpacking
Wilderness Trapping
Just Tie It
Advanced Knife Sharpening Techniques
Sawbuck Packing Made Easy
Living in Bear Country
Staying Safe in Bear Country
GPS & Land Navigation

JOHN & GERI McPHERSON
Primitive Wilderness Skills, Applied
Asiatic Composite Bow
Naked Into The Wilderness #1 - Brain Tan Buckskin
Naked Into The Wilderness #2 - Fire & Cordage
Naked Into The Wilderness #3 - Primitive Bow & Arrow
Naked Into The Wilderness #6 - Deer From Field to Freezer
Naked Into The Wilderness #9a - Breakin' Rock 1
Naked Into The Wilderness #9b - Breakin' Rock 2
Naked Into The Wilderness #10 - Shelters

RON & KAREN HOOD
Woodsmaster 1 - Spark Based Fire Starting
Woodsmaster 2 - Survival Shelter and Priorities
Woodsmaster 3 - Survival Kits
Woodsmaster 4 - Navigation & Travel
Woodsmaster 5 - Traps and Trapping
Woodsmaster 6 - Primative Weapons
Woodsmaster 7 - Jungle Living Skills
Woodsmaster 8 - Tracking
Woodsmaster 9 - Primitive Knifemaking
Woodsmaster 10 - Survival Camping
Woodsmaster 11 - Solo Survival
Woodsmaster 12 - Vehicle Survival
Woodsmaster 13 - Desert Survival
Woodsmaster 14 - Crafts for the Field
Woodsmaster 15 - Sticks, Stoves and Stitches
Woodsmaster 16 - Buffalo Butchers
Cave Cooking 1 - In the Woods
Cave Cooking 2 - Going Dutch
Cave Cooking 3 - Frocks, Fat and Food
Cave Cooking 4 - Messin' With Meat

MORS KOCHANSKI
Mors Kochanski - Sticks as Tools and Implements
Mors Kochanski - Blades: Sharpening & Safe Use
Mors Kochanski - Bush Knots
Morse Kochanski - Clothing & Sleeping Bags
A Plant Walk with Mors Kochanski - The Master Tape
A Plant Walk with Mors Kochanski - Vol. 1
A Plant Walk with Mors Kochanski - Vol. 2
A Plant Walk with Mors Kochanski - Vol. 3
A Plant Walk with Mors Kochanski - Vol. 4
A Plant Walk with Mors Kochanski - Vol. 5
A Plant Walk with Mors Kochanski - Vol. 6
A Plant Walk with Mors Kochanski - Vol. 7


--FLIX
 
That's an awesome collection. Need to join huntflix soon. Maybe Santa Claus will here my pleas.

EDIT: I just spoke with Santa Claus and she didn't seem excited by the prospect of me watching all of those. I better be good.
 
batosai117 said:
Bear was like my outdoor hero until I heard about all of that hotel stuff a couple of months back, but I still like learning a little from the show. Though it's not quite the same now that I know he's actually hunkering down after a fresh shower everynight in a fancy hotel
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Yup, I feel the same. Its like when your really young and find out Santa isn't real. Let down....
 
When I found out about santa I freaked out and thought that easter and all of the other holidays were going to end 'cause I thought "how are we supposed to get presents if they don't exist?" Now I just worry that 'santa' is going to bring me the wrong knife and flashlight!:)
 
nemoaz said:
That's an awesome collection. Need to join huntflix soon. Maybe Santa Claus will here my pleas.
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Thanks, nemoaz. If you see any obvious holes, please let me know. I'm trying to make our collection exhaustive (as opposed to exhausting!)

nemoaz said:
You should email exact web pages to Santa. Works fine. Unless you've been bad.
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Yeah, now that you can email Santa, you can link right to the item you're interested in. Of course, so can she . . .

Now was tht santa@northpole.com or .org?

-- FLIX
 
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