Big Hair, Flares and Bad Guys
March 18, 2009 11:44 AM Subscribe
Movie Filter - 70's / early 80's, Disney-esque? intrepid kids getting caught up in some mischief.
I think it was a British film, and one of the only things I really remember was some of the action (kids being chased) taking part on a large boat near the end. I do remember them utilising things to battle the bad guys, like marbles making them trip over and trip wires.. impressive stuff to a young lad.
Put me out of my misery, please.
I think it was a British film, and one of the only things I really remember was some of the action (kids being chased) taking part on a large boat near the end. I do remember them utilising things to battle the bad guys, like marbles making them trip over and trip wires.. impressive stuff to a young lad.
Put me out of my misery, please.
Might have been been In Search of the Castaways... that was Disney, involved kids, boats, bad guys, and Haley Mills was in it.
posted by lizbunny at 11:51 AM on March 18, 2009
posted by lizbunny at 11:51 AM on March 18, 2009
Response by poster: No it wasn't The Goonies. I know the Goonies. It wasn't In Search of the Castaways either. It was more modern than that and primarily set on land. The boat was just used as somewhere for the kids to run onto at the end of the film providing opportunites for them to do battle with the bad guys.
posted by Frasermoo at 12:18 PM on March 18, 2009
posted by Frasermoo at 12:18 PM on March 18, 2009
What kind of boat? Goonies was on a pirate ship. What kind of big hair? And how was it British? Were there British accents? I don't remember any from The Goonies.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:22 PM on March 18, 2009
posted by filthy light thief at 12:22 PM on March 18, 2009
It's probably the Goonies. I recommend re-watching it to appreciate just how awesome it is. If you can't take the whole movie, the music video of Cyndi Lauper singing the theme song is pretty good.
posted by betterton at 12:23 PM on March 18, 2009
posted by betterton at 12:23 PM on March 18, 2009
Sorry, should have previewed. The Cyndi Lauper video is still good, though.
posted by betterton at 12:24 PM on March 18, 2009
posted by betterton at 12:24 PM on March 18, 2009
No way in the world it was Hook, right? About a decade later than you thought, but it involves The Lost Boys, who are very mischievous and trap-setting, as well as marbles. ("I've lost my marbles!")
And a big ship at the end.
posted by relucent at 12:26 PM on March 18, 2009
And a big ship at the end.
posted by relucent at 12:26 PM on March 18, 2009
Response by poster: LOL NO PIRATES ! The boat was a white painted steel cargo ship. nothing pretty. the kids were non-descript 70's adolescents as far as I can remember. The group typically made up of a couple of guys and a couple of girls, I think.
It might have started out with them finding something in a mansion in the woods, but that could be another movie. gawd knows.
posted by Frasermoo at 12:46 PM on March 18, 2009
It might have started out with them finding something in a mansion in the woods, but that could be another movie. gawd knows.
posted by Frasermoo at 12:46 PM on March 18, 2009
Don't get frustrated with me for suggesting a movie with no boat but maybe you're thinking of Candleshoe? It's Disney, 70s, tough boys and girls (including jodie foster!), a mansion, bad guys, hijinks, Americans and Brits, a plot that revolves around a dead sea captain (of boats!) and the kids chasing the bad guys onto a train. Maybe?
posted by moxiedoll at 2:53 PM on March 18, 2009
posted by moxiedoll at 2:53 PM on March 18, 2009
Best answer: Guessing, but perhaps a Children's Film Fondation effort? 4D Special Agents or Night Ferry?
posted by 4eyes at 2:58 PM on March 18, 2009
posted by 4eyes at 2:58 PM on March 18, 2009
Also possible (although from 1964, it's Disney, and has teens, bad guys, and fighting on boats): The Moon-Spinners.
posted by moxiedoll at 3:02 PM on March 18, 2009
posted by moxiedoll at 3:02 PM on March 18, 2009
Fondation? Sorry! Children's Film Foundation. Their pages for 4D Special Agents and Night Ferry.
posted by 4eyes at 3:03 PM on March 18, 2009
posted by 4eyes at 3:03 PM on March 18, 2009
For some reason, this description brought Pippi Longstocking to mind for me. I don't remember if it has all of those features you described, though!
posted by so_gracefully at 11:39 PM on March 18, 2009
posted by so_gracefully at 11:39 PM on March 18, 2009
Response by poster: Thanks all. It sounds like 4eyes might have nailed it one of those, but I'll need to do some sleuthing.
As an aside, I found this interesting website where you can post your snippets of memory and they will try and solve it for you - worth a read just for some of the hilarious descriptions of what people remember.
FIND THAT FILM
posted by Frasermoo at 5:13 AM on March 19, 2009
As an aside, I found this interesting website where you can post your snippets of memory and they will try and solve it for you - worth a read just for some of the hilarious descriptions of what people remember.
FIND THAT FILM
posted by Frasermoo at 5:13 AM on March 19, 2009
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