Sole survivor not rated 1h 40min drama, fantasy tv movie 9 january 1970 this story is loosely based on the discovery of the b24 liberator bomber the lady be good that was found in the libyan desert after the crew got lost on their 1st bombing mission to italy. The poor chap buried under the tail is never found so is in limbo for eternity. The film, written by screenwriter guerdon trueblood, was first aired on television in 1970. About half the posters were satisfied that sole survivor 1970 tvmovie was their film. Sep 15, 2016 sole survivor is a 1970 madefortelevision film based on the discovery of the lady be good, which was found 15 years after it went missing.
From 1993 to 2019 thousands gathered each summer for soul survivor festivals, seeing god do incredible things. Depending on the player characters sex, the sole survivor is either the husband or wife name determinant in a prewar family and has a son, shaun. For years ive tried to find out the name of the movie and today i finally did. Soul survivors 2000 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Sole survivor comes complete with an excellent blu ray transfer a photo gallery is all in the form of extras the package features a dvd of the movie along with your blu ray excellent value for your money. Sole survivor is a cbs friday night movie starring richard basehart, william shatner, and vince edwards. Like so many others who have commented on sole survivor ive been haunted by this movie since i was a kid. Soul survivor is a 1995 canadian drama film directed by stephen williams, who also wrote the screenplay. The general claims that he and the other members of the crew jumped over the ocean.
Look out for pat wayne playing the leader of the ghostly crew the whole movie is an whos who of well known tv faces. The toddler, the miracle girl, the copilot and the. Sole survivor 1970 william shatner monologue youtube. Empire gave the film two stars and said weve been here before, and well be here again. Musicnotes features the worlds largest online digital sheet music catalogue with over 300,000 arrangements available to print and play instantly. I thought this was going to be another movie i tink had the word soul in it where. Dean koontzs bestselling novel is brought to tv in this 4. Soul survivors was in the can for a long time before it ever saw the light of day, and when artisan did get around to releasing it, there certainly wasnt much effort. Soul survivor hosted its final summer festivals in 2019. Dean koontzs bestselling novel is brought to tv in this 4 hour miniseries. Following a brief stint at a salon, he takes an illegal job as a debt collector for a gang. Terror stalks the sole survivor of a plane crash in this gripping, innovative horror story by thom night of the comet eberhardt. Shop our newest and most popular soul survivor sheet music such as who can know. Oct 05, 2008 who sang the 80s hair band song soul survivor.
In the intervening 25 years, the sole survivorthe navigatorhas become a general. Produced by paul brown, the film stars george harris, peter williams, and clark johnson and is set in torontos africancaribbean sector. Sole survivor tv movie 1970 sole survivor tv movie 1970. The movie also educates us some on the subject of survivor syndrome, wherein people who live through catastrophic accidents expire themselves within 24 months, possibly through a sense of guilt and feeling of unworthiness. Soul survivor is a global christian movement based in watford, hertfordshire. This twopart, fourhour miniseries adaptation of dean koontzs bestseller sole survivor begins with a plane crash that takes the lives of the wife and daughter of reporter joe carpenter. The planes navigator, russell hamner richard basehart, panics and bails out, causing the plane to crash in the. Sole survivor is a 1970 madefortelevision film based on the discovery of the lady be good, which was found 15 years after it went missing. When a bomber believed to have crashed in the ocean 17 years ago is found in the libyan desert, a colonel and major accompany the only surviving member of the crew, who is now a general to figure out what happened. After her plane crashes in the wilderness, the sole survivorwho. Tv commercial producer, denise anita skinner, emerges unscathed as the sole survivor of an airliner crash and feels as if she is about to be caught by.
It was first released as a double album on 12 may 1972 by rolling stones records and was the bands tenth studio album released in the united kingdom. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. All in all, sole survivor is one of those films that deserves a wider audience. Theres something haunting about this movie to those of us who saw it when it came out in 1970, just as there is something haunting about the reallife facts that inspired the movie. The planes navigator, russell hamner richard basehart, panics and bails out, causing the plane to crash in the libyan desert, killing. Sole survivor tv movie 1970 sole survivor tv movie. The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission searches for the only survivor of the previous expedition. I was 1011 years old, lying on the floor of my grandmothers house having a sleepover with my cousin norm who was visiting from ohio. After immigrating from jamaica to toronto, tyrone taylor peter williams has a hard time finding work. Following a horrible car accident, a beautiful college freshman finds herself trapped in a twilight world somewhere between life and death in this haunting supernatural thriller.
Jun 11, 2010 soul survivor is the story of how the leiningers pieced together what their son was communicating and eventually discovered that he was reliving the past life of world war ii fighter pilot james huston. Sole survivor comes complete with an excellent blu ray transfer a photo gallery is all in the form of extras the package features a dvd of the movie along with your blu ray excellent value for. Movie ww2 plane crash and crew were ghosts information. Sole survivor is a madefortelevision film from 1970. Originally broadcast as a tv movie in 1970, sole survivor became one of those legendary, unavailable titles about which people would talk obsessively over the. The reincarnation of a world war ii fighter pilot leininger, bruce, leininger, andrea, gross, ken on. Sole survivor 1970 full movie download full hd youtube. Thom eberhardts script and direction are atmospheric and spooky, but the films ultimate fate lies in the hands of a virtually unknown cast, and some muddled plot holes. Sole survivor is one of the weirder entries in the wwii genre and difficult to classify. Sole survivor is a cbs friday night movie directed by paul stanley and starring richard basehart, william shatner, and vince edwards. It was first released as a double album on 12 may 1972 by rolling stones records and was the bands tenth studio album released in the united kingdom many tracks were recorded in 1969 and 1970 at olympic studios and jaggers stargroves country house in england during sessions for sticky fingers. The new york times panned the film saying yes, there is an explanation for everything, but it is a long time coming and not worth the wait. Sole survivor is a 1984 american horror film written and directed by thom eberhardt, in his feature film debut.
Shatner plays a fairly small role, even if he does get second billing. We watched in front of an old black and white tv housed in a big mahogany cabinet. The sole survivor, navigator russell hamner richard basehart, has in the intervening 25 years become a general. A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and t. The closing credits show the name of the movie changing from sole survivor william shatner who bailed out to soul survivor the last remaing ghost from the crew. Possibly the most soughtafter yet leastavailable tv movie from the heyday of movies made for television is sole survivor. Only a handful of people have come through major plane crashes alive and alone. A worthwhile made for tv movie, and as entertaining as the subject matter can be. The sole survivor is the player character and main protagonist in fallout 4. Sole survivor 1969 a plane is damaged during a world war ii bombing mission. Cnn films sole survivors examines four of those stories. I only ever saw it once but i guess it stuck in my mind.
Following a horrible car accident, a beautiful college freshman finds herself trapped in a twilight world somewhere between life and death in this haunting supernatural. Dvd when a bomber believed to have crashed in the ocean 17 years ago is found in the libyan desert, a colonel and major accompany the only surviving member of the crew, who is now a general to figure out what happened. While the film follows the fate of the sixman crew of a b25 mitchell bomber, sole survivor is loosely based on the. Sole survivor tv movie 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film moved me powerfully, and has stuck in my mind for years.
The reincarnation of a world war ii fighter pilot by bruce leininger, andrea leininger, et al. It oversees several christian summer festivals aimed at young people along with other events throughout the year. Sole survivor is a movie reminiscent in style and structure of the 1961 cult favorite, carnival of souls. Apr 28, 2008 in the intervening 25 years, the sole survivor the navigatorhas become a general.
Comparisons are sometimes made between this and flight of the phoenix and shouldnt be, as sole survivor really has no thematic equal. Anyone interested might like to visit the imdb forum, where await many other fans of this movie. A plane is damaged during a world war ii bombing mission. Sep 07, 2001 soul survivors was in the can for a long time before it ever saw the light of day, and when artisan did get around to releasing it, there certainly wasnt much effort. With billy zane, gloria reuben, isabella hofmann, rachel victoria. After the death of his wife and daughter in a plane crash, a newspaper reporter discovers that the crash may have been related to a nefarious scientific experiment involving children. Dec 20, 2010 terror stalks the sole survivor of a plane crash in this gripping, innovative horror story by thom night of the comet eberhardt. Written by guerdon trueblood as a tv movie, it tells the tale of a b24 stranded in the libyan desert. As bruce leininger struggled to understand what was happening to his son, he also uncovered details of james hustons life and death as a. Sole survivor 1970 film sole survivor is a cbs friday night movie directed by paul stanley and starring richard basehart, william shatner, and vince edwards. Retrouvez les 11 critiques et avis pour le film soul survivors, realise par steve carpenter avec wes bentley, eliza dushku, casey affleck. Tv commercial producer, denise anita skinner, emerges unscathed as the sole survivor of an airliner crash and feels as if shes about to be caught by something.