recommend me a good outdoorsy film

[grantdan]

Castaway has a slight survival feel
vaguely remember lord of the flies, watched it as a kid, isnt it about a tribe on an island?

i found the first series of lost pretty good.
another vote for the edge though

 

[BushEd]

lol woops....

apologies... :S :S

 

[Shewie]

 

[DavidJT]

Very funny! Although the famous exercise scene with Babs Windsor still puts me off my lunch.

 

[Bravo4]

Seraphim Falls. Shot on location mainly in New Mexico, parts of The Missing as well, and Silverado, and Astronaut Farmer(dumpster diver bushcraft), Young Gunsll, Chisum, Easy Rider(there's a campfire scene). I get a real kick watching the Ortiz mountains in the background, you might start to notice these peaks after awhile.
http://www.eavesmovieranch.com/site.html


Walkabout, if you've never seen it. Chock-full-o bushcrafty stuff, it's hard to keep up with everything the young man does.

Dersu Uzala, might be a little slow compared to a Hollywood flick but there's some good stuff in there.

The Bear, another oldie.

For westerns, The Outlaw Josey Wales is imo, the best film Clint Eastwood ever did. That may not be saying very much. I have a particular interest in this area and era of Missouri (prononced mis-ZUR-a, as in "miszura boat ride'').

Last night I watched Ride With The Devil. Similar time and place as Josey Wales. Apparently this film bothered quite a few people and it only ran in US theatres for 3 days.
Warning: this movie is not appropriate for young children or people with a tightly closed mind and/or staunch adhesion to political correctness. It's violent and often ugly to an extent that may be hard for some to watch. You won't enjoy it, in fact you may hate it and consider it to be the worst movie ever made, etc, etc. I can however assure you that for a work of fiction, this is in many ways a highly accurate depiction of life in that place and time.

 

[Glydr]

First blood, learn how to sew your own arm up, lol good movie though in any case

 

[silentpaddler]

You'll probably never find this one on your side of the world, but I really
enjoyed 'Borealis'....quirky little documentary about 2 guys taking a whole
summer to do a 3000 km canoe trip in northern Ontario.

Also, try 'The Last Trapper'...a bit hokey, but great scenery...

 

[Chinpo]

"Death Hunt" Bronson and Marvin. It's a kind of action packed Jeremiah Johnson.

"Rescue Dawn" Christian Bale. More of a jungle E&E scenario, but well made.

"The Naked Prey" Cornel Wilde in darkest Africa fleeing for his life from an indigenous hunting party.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

the last of the mohikans is a good movie

also if you want an action movie and a intresting false take on things about the second world war watch U571

due to the fact they show the US marines taking and capturing the enigma machine but if you read history it was decoded and caught by the english navy and decoded by british secret intelligance but then again thats hollywood for you and no disrespect ment to any americans on this site bear in mind

drew

 

[Bravo4]

Howdy Chinpo,

"Hell in the Pacific" Marvin and Mifune, like Death Hunt but on an island.

"Red Dawn" Bunch of High School drop outs go to the mountains for an extended camping trip.

"Mountains of the Moon" Two dudes stumble around Africa looking for the source of the Nile. A beetle crawls in the one guy's ear.

 

[Bravo4]

''Never Cry Wolf'' (1983) and "The Snow Walker'' (2003) are two outstanding films based on the works of Farley Mowat.

Charles Martin Smith stars in the first and directs the second.

 

[TeeDee]

Not that I've seen it yet but it is supposed to be a good 'bushy' film

Snowwalker http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337721/


But if I'm honest it was First Blood that got me into Bushcraft... Young Teenage Minds are so impressionable!! Still a good film IMHO.

 

[Chinkapin]

One of my favorites has already been mentioned; "the naked prey," with Cornell Wilde. There are two Richard Harris movies that would make my short list: "A man called Horse" and "man in the wilderness."

"The Last of the Mochicans," (already mentioned); "Will Penny", with Charlton Heston., "The Searchers" with John Wayne -- many film critics rate this the best western ever. I disagree, but it is very good, and almost entirely out-of-doors. "Quigley down under for the Australian version of the Wild West. "Black Robe", about a French priest who is sent to Quebec to convert the Indians. The "Unforgiven", Clint Eastwood's best western. Everybody in this film is perfectly cast. Richard Harris shows up once again in my list as "English Bob," in the Unforgiven A small role but it is a gem that is almost a mini-movie in itself. I think Tombstone and the Unforgiven are the two best "westerns" ever. I do not include Tombstone in this list however as it is shot mostly indoors.

Enjoy!

Oops, forgot True Grit, The dialogue is wonderful. The film is great but it is marred by two flaws: Glen Campbell as the Texas Ranger (he can't act) and the movie, set almost entirely in the Indian Territory (present state of Oklahoma) was shot in California, Colorado and Mexico. None of which bear the slightest resemblance to the Winding Stair Mountains of Oklahoma. But if you are not from Oklahoma you will not be put off by this gaffe. Apparently Oklahoma didn't look enough like Oklahoma. Eagerly awaiting the remake.

 

[303Brit]

Bravo 4 mentioned "Ride with the Devil". Suprised it only ran for 3 days in US cinema! Must have really touched a nerve with US viewers.Maybe a part of the Civil War that
was very ugly,. Actually thought it was well made.
Was was interesting is that in the film the main character comes from a family of German immigrants."Deutschmen",as they call themselves. Over the length of the film it is corrupted into ,by non immigrant Americans into "Dutchmen".The "Deutsch" was too hard to pronouce.The change is very subtile in the film,thought it was brilliant.In the end even the "Deutsch" call themselves "Dutchmen"
Many Americans today who think they are Dutch are actually German.
Well thats my movie-nerd moment for today.But showed me how well the film was researched.

 

[hatethatgiraffe]

Blair witch project!
Then go camping- I dare ya

 

[leaf man]

I did that before i went to collect my birch sap bottles, at night. I dont think i have carried so many sharp and bright things all at once before!!!

 

[locum76]

Baraka.

Not really an outdoors movie but it's all about how inspring life/ nature can be.

EDIT: I think all primary school kids should be made to watch this at least once and all politcians should be made to watch it before breakfast everyday.

 

[hermitical]

not realy what you're after but one of my favourites is Southern Comfort

 

[Mastino]

This one is interesting: http://www.nfb.ca/film/survival_in_the_bush/

Courtesy of David from the Dutch Bushcraft Forum

PS. Don't ask the bear

 

[basha]

Has anyone mentioned 'Deliverance' yet?

Canoes, archery (not a lot, but quite..er...exciting) plus some interesting locals. And banjo music.

You may not want to share the viewing with children though.