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Any of you folks watching TV or you just out practicing your winter survival techniques? I saw this movie years ago and noticed it. Not too bad overall. It is currently on the FX cable channel.
The movie was made in 1997 and stars Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin. Very wealthy Anthony Hopkins takes a group to Alaska for his birthday. They decide to take a float plane to another lake (side trip). Plane encounters sea gauls and crashes pretty violently into a lake. All die except for Hopkins, Baldwin, and another actor. Next is to survive as it is winter.
Hopkins is the quiet smart man that is willing to do whatever it takes to survive. Baldwin is the city guy ready to give up. Baldwin wants to kill Hopkins as he has an ongoing affair with his young beautiful wife. They have no food, a few matches, a flare, one large folder knife, and the clothes on their back. Interesting survival situation.
Survival: Build fire; Dry out clothing; Make shelter out of natural materials (not bad actually); give knife to black guy to make a spear to keep him busy and calm... idiot cuts himself badly in the leg... how I don't know. Hopkins does first aid.
Grizzly bear attacks at night and kills black guy (apparently attacted by the smell of blood). Make dead fall to catch squirrel. Start hiking out as no one knows where they are. Make fishing lure and hook, line for thread in jacket... Bear is man eater.... attacks again. Hopkins runs and hides in pile of brush that fell down to keep bear off him. (He would have died here in real life as the bear would not have left it's prey and would have ripped the pile of trees and stuff apart.)
Build more fires for night in hopes they will keep bear away. Bear stalks them... Hopkins decides they have to kill the bear or they are dead. No firearms. They construct spears. Hopkins kills bear (lucky). Eat some bear meat and make claw neckless. Make coats for warmth from bear skin.
Hike and find cabin with some supplies. Baldwin tries to kill Hopkins. Baldwin falls into bear pit and gets stabbed by sharpened stakes in bottom. Later dies. Hopkins is sighted by rescue search helicopter..... gets back to civilization.
Not a bad flick. The stalking bear is the core subplot that makes the movie. But it seems like a fairly realistic survival attempt. Hopkins is resolute on survival. This is central to the psychology of the movie.
Any thoughts? My wish is that IF I was in a similar situaton, I would keep my head and use my brain to survive.
The movie was made in 1997 and stars Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin. Very wealthy Anthony Hopkins takes a group to Alaska for his birthday. They decide to take a float plane to another lake (side trip). Plane encounters sea gauls and crashes pretty violently into a lake. All die except for Hopkins, Baldwin, and another actor. Next is to survive as it is winter.
Hopkins is the quiet smart man that is willing to do whatever it takes to survive. Baldwin is the city guy ready to give up. Baldwin wants to kill Hopkins as he has an ongoing affair with his young beautiful wife. They have no food, a few matches, a flare, one large folder knife, and the clothes on their back. Interesting survival situation.
Survival: Build fire; Dry out clothing; Make shelter out of natural materials (not bad actually); give knife to black guy to make a spear to keep him busy and calm... idiot cuts himself badly in the leg... how I don't know. Hopkins does first aid.
Grizzly bear attacks at night and kills black guy (apparently attacted by the smell of blood). Make dead fall to catch squirrel. Start hiking out as no one knows where they are. Make fishing lure and hook, line for thread in jacket... Bear is man eater.... attacks again. Hopkins runs and hides in pile of brush that fell down to keep bear off him. (He would have died here in real life as the bear would not have left it's prey and would have ripped the pile of trees and stuff apart.)
Build more fires for night in hopes they will keep bear away. Bear stalks them... Hopkins decides they have to kill the bear or they are dead. No firearms. They construct spears. Hopkins kills bear (lucky). Eat some bear meat and make claw neckless. Make coats for warmth from bear skin.
Hike and find cabin with some supplies. Baldwin tries to kill Hopkins. Baldwin falls into bear pit and gets stabbed by sharpened stakes in bottom. Later dies. Hopkins is sighted by rescue search helicopter..... gets back to civilization.
Not a bad flick. The stalking bear is the core subplot that makes the movie. But it seems like a fairly realistic survival attempt. Hopkins is resolute on survival. This is central to the psychology of the movie.
Any thoughts? My wish is that IF I was in a similar situaton, I would keep my head and use my brain to survive.
