Bushwalking movies ideas

[walkerchris77]

Not sure if this topic has been discussed but does anyone know of any bushwalking, camping, survival or great outdoor type movies worth having a look out. Real life ones would be better.

Thanks

[Lizzy]

127 hours, touching the void, castaway. Dont forget your ice skates to do a bit of dentistry if you get ship wrecked!

[troy8880]

Into the wild is good.

[Ellobuddha]

Its not really a bushwalking movie but its got great scenery - "The Hunter" with Willem DAFOE and Sam NEILL.

[ErichFromm]

Do a quick google search. I know that both AU and UK bushcraft forums had long threads on this topic.

One really good one is "snow walker".

[LandSailor]

Alone across Australia

[Wollemi]

Deliverance.
True quality and so very, very real. It's what got me into paddlin'. And pluckin', cussin', fightin', shootin' and squealin'.

The River Wild.
Baroness Thatcher and her Dingo reminded me it's not what you do, it's all about having a bad-ass co-star as a wet-assed co-paddler.

Shoot To Kill
The title won an Academy Award for 'Movie Title Most-Sounding Like a James Bond Film'. In The Heat of The Night and across Lilies of the Field, all the good guys and all the bad guys go rock-climbing while out on a fast-paced trek, only to end up in downtown Canada. Who is who?... doesn't matter - Kirstie Alley is in it. I recommend this To Sir, With Love.

[GPPJ]

The Road.

[raider]

The Way.

[Nuts]

Shoot To Kill
The title won an Academy Award for 'Movie Title Most-Sounding Like a James Bond Film'. In The Heat of The Night and across Lilies of the Field, all the good guys and all the bad guys go rock-climbing while out on a fast-paced trek, only to end up in downtown Canada. Who is who?... doesn't matter - Kirstie Alley is in it. I recommend this To Sir, With Love.

Sidney Poitier? Yes! 'Shoot to Kill'- Something happened to bring a scene from this movie to mind just recently.
(He was a fine actor)

[Moondog55]

Many decades ago I read a small book at school
Set in Tasmania during the early 60's that would make a fine movie. Plot involved a young girl getting separated for a group and getting lost, subplots involving inbreeding and severely retarded child with both physical and mental problems, the locals who searched, big search parities with all the associated politics between rival search party organisations [ 60's remember] and a ghost.
I really wish I could remember the author and /or the title as it made a big impression on me. The description of trying to light a fire in Tassies torrential winter rain and the feeling of joy when she finds a scrap of waxed paper and matches wrapped in foil in the pocket of the borrowed oilskin has meant I ALWAYS keep 2 or 3 ways of lighting afire with me in winter ever since I was 15

[Picaro]

"Alone in the Wilderness" the story of Dick Proenneke ....about 50 years ago the guy goes up to Twin Lakes in Alaska, builds an awesome cabin and lives there for 35 years. An impressive man.

"Tracks" is a recent one about the young lady who crossed WA with camels.

In a few months, the story of Cheryl Strayed walking the PCT will be released

[Mark F]

I would like to see a good movie based on 7 Year in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer. Its a great read.

[puredingo]

Many decades ago I read a small book at school
Set in Tasmania during the early 60's that would make a fine movie. Plot involved a young girl getting separated for a group and getting lost, subplots involving inbreeding and severely retarded child with both physical and mental problems, the locals who searched, big search parities with all the associated politics between rival search party organisations [ 60's remember] and a ghost.
I really wish I could remember the author and /or the title as it made a big impression on me. The description of trying to light a fire in Tassies torrential winter rain and the feeling of joy when she finds a scrap of waxed paper and matches wrapped in foil in the pocket of the borrowed oilskin has meant I ALWAYS keep 2 or 3 ways of lighting afire with me in winter ever since I was 15

MD55, When i was in 5th grade our teacher read us "walk about". For half an hour a day that woman had my undivided attention and the experience has stayed with me since.

it's amazing the impact seemingly trivial things to others have on certain individuals.

[jackhinde]

Monkey Puzzle. Not that memorable but it is reasonably realstic and was shot in the Blue Mountains region.

[Picaro]

Just stumbled onto this while looking for something else...http://www.hikingthetrail.com/category/movies-videos/

[phan_TOM]

Not sure if this topic has been discussed but does anyone know of any bushwalking, camping, survival or great outdoor type movies worth having a look out. Real life ones would be better.

I'm a big fan of this genre too & now there's more that I need to add to my reading list. A couple that get my vote include:

Into thin air by Jon Krakauer - One of my all time favourites. An epic story of survival and death on Mt Everest and a true story.

Call of the wild by jack London - The Alaskan wilderness, primitive living, sled dogs. Whats not to love

Hatchet by gary paulsen - more of a kids / young adults book but still a good read. About a teenage boy surviving in the wilderness after the bush plane he is travelling in crashes and the pilot dies

edit: oops, I just saw that you were after movies not books but as luck would have it the stories I mentioned have all been made into movies!

[McGinnis]

The Edge, fantastic movie with Anthony Hopkins. Survival-themed.

[Moondog55]

If my book precis rings a bell with anyone I would like to re-read to see how it fares after 50 years, also as gifts for the tadpoles

[horsecat]

If you're interested in the big high hills then the TV series, Everest, Beyond the Limit, Series 1, is worth a look. Available on DVD. Summit of Dreams which is about an Aussie tragedy on Everest is also ok. Sadly it is hard to locate a lot of the overseas doco/movies here in Australia

[puredingo]

2nd McGinnis suggestion. The Edge is in my top five in all types of movie. The Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkin play off is outstanding. Watch it or live an unfulfilled life~!

[walkon]

I watched this one on dvd a little while back and just watched it again . The movie is 180 degrees South, a bloke emulates a trip done by Yvon Chouinard (founder Patagonia) & Doug Tompkins ( founder Nth Face when it was about the gear & co owner Esprit) and is about what happens along the way. It has interviews with Yvon & Doug, who are two blokes that have lived some cracking experiences and have had achievements including creating the Patagonian National Parks and increasing the size of them to this day.

Good movie, good footage and thought provoking discussions.

[perfectlydark]

I just watched that (180 deg south) on netflix last weekend. I second that, good to see the good work being done in Patagonia

[perfectlydark]

I just watched a feature length amateur documentary on the weekend on youtube documenting 2 guys hiking the PCT. Cant remember the name sorry. It was very well made and much better than the movie 'Wild' as it was entirely about the walk and none of the boring stuff that led to the walk.
in fact youtube seems to have dozens of similar movies. Definatly a good source

[DanShell]

I just watched a feature length amateur documentary on the weekend on youtube documenting 2 guys hiking the PCT. Cant remember the name sorry. It was very well made and much better than the movie 'Wild' as it was entirely about the walk and none of the boring stuff that led to the walk.
in fact youtube seems to have dozens of similar movies. Definatly a good source

As it happens:pacific crest trail

[perfectlydark]

Thats the one

[Suz]

i love that as it happens PCT doco too and Into the wild - not very hikey but very outdoorsy, found it gave me an interest in learning what plants i could eat along the trail lol I didn't mind "wild' but struggled to empathise with the character.

[DanShell]

i love that as it happens PCT doco too and Into the wild - not very hikey but very outdoorsy, found it gave me an interest in learning what plants i could eat along the trail lol I didn't mind "wild' but struggled to empathise with the character.

The movie Wild was disappointing for me, but the book was very good I thought. Another good book/s are the ones written by the barefoot sisters.

[whitefang]

A few of my favourites are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGhrwrXwElg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJsZ08582To, and https://vimeo.com/23740576

[Hallu]

So far the best I've seen is "touching the void". Now when you say "bushwalking movie" well there isn't one per se, I mean who's gonna watch a bunch of blokes walking and enjoying the scenery for 2 hrs ? So it's mostly about survival, or alpinism, or like "Into The Wild" : an inner journey. I wished someone made a biopic on Stephen Mather or John Muir.