Sole Survivor (1970 TV Movie) User Reviews

Involving mystery with a Twilight Zone slant

[MartianOctocretr5 · 8/10 · 15 September 2006]

This made for TV movie seems to have fallen into obscurity, which is a shame; the creativity and entertainment value of it is top notch.

It's the story of a lost airplane after a crash landing out in the desert in World War II. When I first saw this, it looked like a vintage war movie, filmed in traditional black-and-white, almost with a Twilight Zone type aura to it. The crew is discussing their situation, but as the story unfolds you realize this is much more than just a WW2 war story, or a survival drama. The fate of these men is only the first of several twists this phenomenal story surprises you with.

The wreckage of the airplane is discovered years later, and a team of investigators journey to the scene, to uncover the mystery of what caused it to crash land, and to learn the fate of the crew. Richard Basehart is an air force general, who had been on the plane on its fateful flight, and had been the only survivor. He too goes to the crash site in order to assist in the investigation.

Drama, intrigue, mystery, para-normal communication; this movie delivers all these elements in exemplary fashion as it sorts out the truth for you bit by bit in an interesting story filled with unexpected twists.

I hope this movie is released on DVD or video, if it hasn't been already. This is fine story-telling, an amazing and involving movie which holds your interest to its emotional outcome.

A very, very unusual way to present this mystery!

[planktonrules · 8/10 · 5 September 2016]

After a B-24 heavy bomber was discovered in the Libyan desert years ago, it inspired this interesting little film. It's about a B-25 (a much smaller bomber) that is discovered in the same desert and it presents an odd sort of mystery...as the surviving crew member was picked up near Sicily...yet the plane crashed into the desert on the other side of the Mediterranean. This makes the story that the survivor (now a General) a complete lie. How could the man have jumped out of a burning plane...yet it continued on its way for hundreds and hundreds of miles?

The way this mystery is presented it VERY novel. For much of the early portion of the film, you see it from the viewpoint of the crew...all alive and huddled around their crashed plane. Soon you realize what's happened...these men are really dead and the men are but ghosts! So, when the plane is discovered and Air Force folks come to investigate, the ghosts are cheering them on--pushing them to uncover the truth. One officer (William Shatner) is in favor of just sweeping everything under the rug, so to speak. The other is anxious to get to the truth (Vince Edwards)...regardless of the consequences. Weird...but very unusual and worth seeing, as I really appreciate innovative film work...and this is very unusual to say the least! Plus, it's very well made and the acting is superb.

Soul survivor

[AAdaSC · 8/10 · 9 March 2017]

Five airmen remain with their bomber plane in the middle of the Libyan desert hoping to be rescued. They have crash-landed but something is odd about this scenario. Any time that they start to trek in a certain direction, they always end up at the crash site. It also seems that they have been at the location for 17 years with nothing else to do but play baseball. The day comes when their plane is spotted and Major Vince Edwards (Devlin) and Colonel William Shatner (Josef) are sent to identify the wreckage and produce a report. They take with them General Richard Basehart (Hamner), who was the sixth crew member who parachuted out and survived 17 years ago. When they arrive, they don't see any of the airmen and they start to put their report together. The airmen are definitely there, though! Edwards persists in unravelling the truth.

The inspiration for the setting of the story is the real-life incident involving the bomber plane 'Lady Be Good' which disappeared in 1943 and was spotted in the Libyan desert in 1958. Many details are retained for the film, eg, the intact wreckage and an urn of tea found at the crash site still being drinkable. As for the film, the story is excellently told as we follow two sides – the airmen who seem to be wandering in limbo and the investigators who are trying to piece together what happened. Can the truth be discovered and will the airmen's lives finally be redirected to wherever they need to go?

The acting is good – William Shatner has a few Captain Kirk moments but that is what you want to see - and the ending is memorably done. It's a film that stays with you and keeps you watching for the duration. It also gets you thinking as to what might happen after death. And just who is the sole survivor?

7 years on from my first review ...

[Homer_Slated · 10/10 · 7 January 2006]

Not a new review as such, but just a retrospective comment.

This movie's impact simply does not diminish with time. I just watched it again a few days ago, and I still find it as haunting and gripping as ever.

It is with great disappointment therefore, that I note that many years have passed and Warner continues to ignore the significant demand for an official DVD release. As complete, and watch-able, as the "DIY" release is (thank you Nick) it is nonetheless only an off-air copy, and suffers the inevitable loss of quality as a result.

A movie of this stature demands a complete reworking for DVD release, including digital remastering and interviews, etc. I see many lesser and more obscure titles being shovelled out of the archives and onto the shelves every month, so what exactly is the problem with providing a proper release of this great movie?

Like the characters in the film, Sole Survivor seems to be stuck in a void; forgotten by those who left it there to die.

Will somebody *please* excavate its bones and set its soul free?

Amazing how this little-noticed TV film continues to resonate 30 years later

[beechf33a · 11 January 2001]

I agree completely with the others here who can't forget this film. Made for TV in 1969, never released on video, probably last seen by some 30 years ago, and almost never mentioned in any movie guide -- you'd think it would long ago have been consigned to the rubbish heap of TV history. But it won't be, because it was simply such a powerful story, excellently portrayed and well acted. Indeed, with the current boom in everything pertaining to WWII, the timing is perfect for whoever owns the film to release it on video, or to a cable network who will give it some air time. I remember very clearly seeing it when it came on in 1969...and I'm pretty sure I saw it again a year or so later. This sounds strange, I know, but I'll bet a month doesn't go by that I don't think about the movie for at least a moment -- it was that good. And if you ever read about the B-24 "Lady Be Good" or see the LBG exhibit at the US Air Force Museum, you'll definitely think about this film a long time.

To the studio who owns this film: BRING THIS ONE OUT OF THE VAULT!!

One of the best Movies of the Week.

[akamrpitt · 10/10 · 30 May 2005]

I have been searching for well over 30 years for a copy of this Made for Television Movie. I loved the script when I first read it, and although I had a very small part (the British Co-Pilot who discovers the grounded remains of the plane), it was a memorable shoot. Like most of you who are fans of the film and have sought high and low for a copy, I still keep looking. I do remember it was made for CBS Films, a subsidiary of the Big Eye. I am sure it is in some vault somewhere. If I ever run into William Shatner I will ask him if he has a copy. Or Patrick Wayne. There are just a few of the actors still kicking around and in those days getting a copy of our work was hard. Taping machines were rare.

Ghost Story of a Missing Aircrew

[mpf95 · 7/10 · 10 April 2022]

Sole Survivor is an interesting made-for-TV movie about the ghosts of a missing U. S. Air Force aircrew who reunite with the crewmember who abandoned them during their fatal bombing mission in World War II. Trapped for years at the crash site of their bomber in the remote wilderness of the Libyan desert, the ghosts appear on the verge of closure after an oil exploration flight discovers the remains of their bomber, resulting in the Air Force dispatching a team to investigate the fate of the missing crew. However, the surviving crew member, now a general officer, intends to obstruct the investigation to conceal his abandonment of the crew-leaving the ghosts to languish in the desert for eternity.

The ghost theme is eerie and clever. The lost crew add tension observing the investigators' efforts to solve the mystery of their disappearance while the Air Force general avoids providing information crucial to the investigation. The ghosts know the answers but are unable to communicate with the investigators as the general appears to have the upper hand; however, he remains unnerved by the sight of the old airplane, sensing an unearthly presence.

Apparently inspired by the U. S. Air Force's actual investigation of a missing B-24 bomber found in Libya years after World War II, Sole Survivor is a good and unique ghost story. While the production is modest, it is well done.

The ghosts of a bomber crew deliberate their fate.

[Homer-72 · 10/10 · 12 August 1999]

Made for TV, and based on the true story of the wreck of an American bomber found in the Libyan desert in 1960, where the crew's bodies were never found, Sole Survivor is a wartime ghost tale. The ghosts of a bomber crew hang around their crashed plane, awaiting the day that their bones will be recovered and given a decent burial. The sole survivor, navigator Russell Hamner (Richard Basehart), has in the intervening 25 years become a general. He joins an investigation team that has come across the wreckage, while the ghosts, headed by Major Devlin (Vince Edwards), plot to expose Hamner as a coward who deserted his post and left his crew-mates to die.

A gripping movie in the "Twilight Zone" vein.

Above average

[Tomlonso · 6/10 · 19 April 2000]

Even though it's been 30 years since I've seen this, I still can remember many of the details. A well-told story, not nearly as maudlin as it could have been. Even Shatner gives a pretty straight performance. A neat twist on the title at the end. It prompted me to look up the story of the real "Lady Be Good", which shares only the premise with this TV movie.

The only made-for-TV movie that matters?

[coyote13 · 10/10 · 15 January 2000]

Or nearly so, at least. This is the only TV movie that has stayed firmly in my mind since I saw it as a child back on its original broadcast date in 1969. Between then and now I've probably seen it another four or five times; most recently well over 20 years ago. I've raved about it to anyone who'd listen over the years, and encountered only a handful of people who've actually seen it; to a person they've all regarded it as something special. If you've read the other comments here you have a feel for the plot already; all I can add is that I consider it to be one of the best of the made-for-TV breed; better, in fact, than many theatrical releases (I once knew someone who insisted he'd seen it in a movie theatre in Europe in the early 1970s, and was astonished to learn it had been made for the small screen). If you get a chance, see it. This is one of those lost treasures begging for some sort of video re-release.

striking ghost movie

[myriamlenys · 7/10 · 12 February 2020]

Deep, deep in the desert, there lies the wreck of an airplane from World War II. A group of men stay close to the wreck, filling their days with sports, games, talk. But in fact they're not men, they're the ghosts of the crew who died as a result of the crash. They've got but one ambition, to wit that somebody discovers their bones and brings them home, for a respectful burial in a land where it rains a lot...

Quite an interesting movie, which deals with themes like the corrosive effects of guilt and the inability to escape one's past. The movie has at least two unusual characteristics. Firstly, it tells a ghost story, but it tells it mainly from the perspective of the ghosts themselves, which is quite an intriguing concept. Secondly, it places the story not in a traditional setting such as a crumbling castle or a remote country mansion, but in a seemingly endless desert.

I'm convinced that the movie, with a bit more effort, could have been rendered even more effective, but it's certainly a haunting tale. The ending, in particular, struck me as heart-breakingly sad...

"Sole survivor" gives the viewer the opportunity to witness some pretty good acting by a variety of actors. This includes a good performance by William Shatner, in a very non-Captain Kirk type of role : here he plays a military man slash bureaucrat who has learned the hard way that it is wise to say "yes sir, you're completely right, sir !" to generals.

Brave choice for a TV movie, and a beautifully realised one.

[Joseph_Gillis · 8/10 · 19 July 2017]

The movie's title was only a partial clue; the opening scene of airmen lounging by a plane wreck in the Libyan desert, and talking of their life in that inhospitable wilderness for the preceding 17 years, immediately alert you that we're venturing into 'Twilight Zone' territory. Except that this film is more about the twilight zone of the conscience of a guilt-wracked man: a man who'd suppressed his guilt for 17 years, but is now being forced to confront it, publicly, and by men who had come to respect him.

There's so much that's admirable about this film it's hard to know exactly where to start: I suppose everything has to start with the script, which is superb, as is its editing, structure, and direction. Using the ghosts of dead men as both commentators and judge and jury of the navigator who'd abandoned them is an inspired choice, as is leavening the drama and tragedy with the comic relief they provide, a relief derived partly from their tacit recognition of their powerlessness.

At times it plays like a detective story, too, as the most likely scenarios are assessed, and as pressure is brought to bear upon the Major leading the enquiry, reminding him of the necessity to think of his career, and of the distinguished officer whose career and reputation he may be about to damage, irreversibly, should he make the wrong conclusions. Until we learn of the mistake the major had himself made.

Inevitably a decision had to be made, but even then the director and screenwriter found a way to ingest a little poetry: those beautiful, elegiac final scenes, where the ghosts feel their immortality slipping away, were a fitting end to a wholly admirable piece of work.

It was interesting that I would have first become aware of two of the three leads playing commanding officers in science-fiction ships of different eras - respectively Richard Basehart, as the general (Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea), and William Shatner (Star Trek). Unsurprisingly, Basehart, being the more feted actor, shone brightest here, but Shatner acquitted himself well as the pragmatic enquiry leader, focused on his career, and his imminent pension. Vince Edwards did well, also, as the major, with his own debt to pay.

Not a ghost-story, really

[Catharina_Sweden · 7/10 · 15 November 2013]

I found this movie in a list of ghost movies, but it is not really a ghost-story. I mean: the usual story in which the protagonist is afraid of the ghosts, who are making their presence felt more and more, and suddenly appear looking very scary, making you jump. In "Sole Survivor", when the protagonist IS confronted by the ghosts, we who are watching are already used to them - and they never look scary to us.

So, this is more a story of morals, corruption, guilt etc. among officers and pilots in the aftermath of World War II. The ghosts could quite as well have been only figments of the protagonist's guilty conscience, but this is not so - it is obvious that they are supposed to be true spirits of dead people.

There are also some interesting ideas about what happen to us after death, and when we are among the ghosts the atmosphere is surreal and dream-like - very similar to that in "The Others".

This mixture of cynic realism and vivid imagination, is very unusual in movies I believe. I almost could not decide if I liked this movie or not, because it kept me hooked - but at the same time the whole set-up felt quite weird.

Fresh approach

[Leofwine_draca · 5/10 · 26 March 2022]

An intriguing little TV movie, obviously made on a low budget, but with imagination and creativity to spare. It's a visual story about the crew of a crashed bomber, now "living" as ghosts beside the wreckage of their flight in the desert, until salvation comes in the form of some investigating officers. The understated approach gives this a kind of taut realism, which when combined with the solid acting and very different, fresh approach to the ghost story, makes this one for the ages.

Odd, haunting TV movie

[broosr · 14 March 2002]

Sole Survivor is one of the weirder entries in the WWII genre and difficult to classify. Written by Guerdon Trueblood as a TV movie, it tells the tale of a B-24 stranded in the Libyan desert. Comparisons are sometimes made between this and Flight of the Phoenix and shouldn't be, as Sole Survivor really has no thematic equal. Richard Basehart and Vince Edwards are fine in their roles, although Shatner had by this time been typecast as Captain Kirk and can't seem to shake that in his role as Gronke. Fans of Pat Wayne will enjoy a somewhat better performance than his usual, and Lou Antonio was in the middle of a career that spanned multiple decades. For some reason this one is difficult to find, which is a shame as it is absolutely unique and an experience that tends to stay with you long after the closing credits roll.

Odd Ole TV Movie That Still Haunts

[krocheav · 8/10 · 13 April 2017]

After bugging my brother in law forever, he finally found a copy of this curious movie from 46yrs ago. It remains interesting today because no expense was spared with the cast - the fine performances keep this eerie tale alive. It's about a B-25 Mitchell Bomber being found in the Libyan Desert 17 years after the war. Even though the story looks like it may run out of steam - it keeps drawing you in, right up to the haunting resolution.

It's always impressive when major real-life items are found years after their mysterious disappearance. In this case it's the finding of a WW11 plane (The Lady Be Good) that's finally found where it came down in the Libyan Desert so long ago. This actual discovery (in 1958) must have made a considerable impression on writer Guerdon Trueblood (grandson of General Billy Mitchell) as he seems to have based his 'Sole Survior' story on the locating of that ill-fated aircraft - lost, after its first (and only) combat mission - resulting in the tragic loss of all lives on board.

The aircraft featured in 'Sole Survivor', while a different model, is also found about the same time after it went missing. Trueblood then tells the story of a military investigation into what could possibly have gone so terribly wrong, so long ago. The newly re-mastered DVD release is good looking indeed. Who knows, we just might find another of those unforgettably haunting classics of the small screen "A Cold Nights Death" from around the same time - remastered for us all to enjoy once more....now, might that also be possible?

a great made-for-television movie

[jkholman · 8/10 · 3 August 2004]

I saw this premier back in the early 70's and like the rest of the critics, it stayed with me. And like the rest, it took me years to secure the title to this film. I missed winning an auction bid by a handful of seconds, but was able to buy it on e-bay a year later. Attached to the VHS copy is the Twilight Zone episode mentioned earlier. Most made-for-television movies are garbage, but back in the days before cable television most were not bad. Some were actually quite good. Sole Survivor was one of the really good ones. Another was The Jericho Mile. Of all my sub-four star (out of five) movies, this is my favorite. Unlike the rest of you fellow Sole Survivor fraternity brothers [and sisters, I hope], I sincerely hope they do not remake this movie, it would be a disaster. Like Elvis' corpse, leave it alone.

"Sole Survivor" Has Touched The Hearts And Souls Of So Many People. It's Amazing How Our thoughts Have Wings! Glad to know The Universal Consciousness Still Works!

[mjptsm · 10/10 · 20 April 2013]

I also recall watching this hauntingly beautiful Made-for-TV movie with excellent directing and a top notch cast which aired in 1970. In Fact, several years ago I requested TCM to find this movie and broadcast it - however to no avail. I remember watching this movie with my mother and older brother and I do recall what made this movie so memorable was the unexpected twist to the story toward the very end. When one of the "surviving" crew members spots a rescue helicopter he waves his arms then cheers as the helicopter approaches and says something like "So that's what they look like. Incredible! I heard rumors about these things coming out soon!" What made this so eerie was the fact that the rescue helicopter is a modern one and all the crew members that we have been watching for most of the entire movie that survived are wearing WWII uniforms. That's when all of us watching this incredible movie realized what had happened. (Hint: It's something that film director M. Night Shyamalan borrowed from and used in "The Sixth Sense"). Guys who are into war movies will enjoy watching this movie as well as the ladies. It sent chills up and down my spine - my mom, my brother as well as myself were overwhelmed with emotion and cried and cried until the very end... until they finally find... the sole survivor.

A gem worth tracking down to see

[scurvytoon · 10/10 · 20 January 2015]

Dear reader, if you are like me, you saw this a long time ago once, maybe twice and were hooked for life thereafter. But if you're not, if you have only ever sat on the edges of the discussion about this film or frankly have never heard of it till now ... you must watch this film. It does what so few stories have achieved before and since, it keeps you watching even if you've seen it before.

Sole Survivor is not about the sole survivor of a plane crash come to identify the wreck as IMDb and so many others say, it's about the desire for closure, for a return home as expressed by the 5 crewmen stranded in the dessert for the last 17 years. They are the centre around all else revolves and they are the reason you will never forget this film once you've watched it.

Fairly quickly if you're smart, and maybe not so fast if you're not paying attention, you figure out they're dead and have been waiting around for somebody, anybody to find their corpses and take them home, but when the man who ditched into sea leaving them to their fates shows up with investigators, they want to make sure the truth comes out.

Several scenes that have stuck with me over the years centre around how the world had changed in 17 short years, and if your family are among those that still think the Dodgers are traitors for going west, you'll be hard pressed not to smile at one point. These men display the same curiosity and awe they held in life and that is why I suspect so many feel so strongly about Sole Survivor. The cast and the writer have contributed to making these guys come to life in what could have easily been a one set, three act play doomed to put people to sleep by "What do you miss most about home".

Featured strongly outside of the dead airmen are the performances of the General and that of those of the investigators come to draw a line under the whole thing. Fans of Star Trek will look forward to the familiar acting style of William Shatner who only lapses into Shat speak maybe once or twice.

I can't and won't ruin the ending for you as the ending is entirely up to your interpretation of what happens next, I on the balance of evidence think the last soul, the sole survivor if you like, goes home too. But even if he doesn't, if you have a heart, if you have ever come that close to something but had to wait just a bit longer and wondered if you could stand it.... you too will not soon forget this film.

No debate from me - this film is a memorable masterpiece

[evereader · 10/10 · 27 November 2010]

Lately I've been listening to an audio book called "Great Military Blunders of the 20th Century" and during the huge section on WWII a brief chapter came up describing the fate of "Lady be Good." As I got to talking with my wife about the incident, I realized there had to be a connection with the haunting TV movie I'd seen decades ago. I still remember watching it on the B&W TV in my family's basement - with no one else around & believe me it stuck with me. I didn't see any comments on one of the conversations of the ghost crew when one of the members is amazed & fairly disappointed/upset that the Brooklyn Dodgers are no longer in Brooklyn but out in LA. That little bit stuck with me over the years, maybe because I'm from the NYC area. Today all that pathos, pain, relief & a whole bunch of emotions that the young guys felt as they suddenly started their journey to their final resting place, came flooding back as if I'd just watched the movie. Though Learmedia has the film for a whopping 27 dollars and change, I AM absolutely going to buy this film. Now that I think about it, the ideas about death in this film, clearly influenced my own writing in a book - a novel - I am about to release called "The Rest is Silence" ," where the person telling the story, the main character's first wife, has died & is trying to work out/figure out the confusion and anger she feels toward her husband. As others have pointed out, they just don't make them like this anymore. In fact, but for the exception of this film, TV movie or not, and a few like it, maybe they never did. For years I'd mixed this one up with Flight of the Phoenix. Now I realize, except for the desert, they have very little in common. Thanks!

A fantastic movie that's never been forgotten

[teechum · 31 December 2006]

Like everyone else, I first saw this movie only one time on TV as a kid and have been haunted by it ever since (at least 25 years). The ending, of course, is the big magnet that pulls so strongly even decades later, but the guys' dialog as they played baseball must've also struck a chord during the post-Vietnam age when political sentiments were still intense. Like so many others here I've tried searching all kinds of keywords on web searches, with no luck, before finally hitting the right combination today and landing the title in a discussion somewhere - which I immediately double-checked on IMDb. Having confirmed that this is the right film, now I've even found a place in Canada, Lear Media, that has the movie on DVD. I just hope it's not one of the "edited to death" versions that's under so much discussion. (I also hope the rumors about Richard Donnor bringing this back via an Iraq War remake hold true, because that would put the story in very good hands.) My DVD order's in. Ten days from now I'll be watching this excellent movie for the second time in my life!

My story is the same

[jonmurdock · 10/10 · 17 February 2004]

...as countless others who have searched and searched for the title of this amazing movie and found it today! As with many others, I saw the film one time as a child and it's images have branded themselves to my mind. I want to thank Deejay over at alt.movies for giving me the title! I have been periodically doing Internet searches for years and came up with nothing! I didn't know when it was made or who starred in it. Thank you all who have submitted comments here, I have read them all and found them very interesting! This revelation today is actually the most bizarre experience I have had in quite some time as I (like another person here) had begun to think I had just thought the movie up and that it really did not exist. Obviously, SOLE SURVIVOR must be one of the greatest movies of all time as it has had such an impact on so many people for so many years after only one viewing!

Based on the B-24 Liberator "Lady Be Good"

[doc659 · 8/10 · 17 November 2005]

I saw this movie when it came out in 1970. It reminded me of the B-24 that went down in 1943. The one thing that I would like to know, is where (if any) I can get a copy of this movie. e-mail me at [e-mail] The movie had a surrealistic twist in it. If I remember correctly, the B-24 was found by a British oil company in the Libian desert. When the plane was found, the USAF sent people from the states and Europe to find out why,when, who was on the plane. About 12-18 months later, the bodies were found. Out of the 11 man crew, one was never found. But the movie was done well.

The current government in Libia has the plane in one of the major cities there and will not give it back, or allow anyone to see it.

A made for TV Masterpiece

[tandkmoran · 10/10 · 27 March 2006]

Saw it as a child on it's premiere after seeing the hook commercial. Had no clue what I was getting into. Deep waters. I suspect one reason this flick impacted so many was back then Made4TV producers built the multiple crescendos in timed for commercial breaks to keep you hooked, or in this case, in need of tranquilizers. They don't make movies this way anymore in any genre. I've caught a dozen reruns and have a totally decayed copy on VHS, awful. This is the only Richard Basehart performance I like. Sole Survivor is beyond deep, more than a working ghost story. So many themes. Progress, guilt, the confusion of war, navigation, aeronautics, the desert. And how trinkets and artifacts link the dead to the living. Our ghost crew is haunted by the memory of their coward captain, but he is even more haunted by his own guilt - find another double ghost movie. Amazing effects-less psycho scene in the tent. Priceless. But all the fans have missed the best part. This is THE SCARIEST version of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" ever recorded. Who did it? Yeah, that's right, one game, every day - until they find us, we all agreed. U seen my dog tags?

It's been over twenty years since I've seen this movie!

[scott99dak · 8/10 · 18 July 2001]

Just thinking about it sends chills up my spine. I was very young when I first heard the story of the "Lady Be Good" and when this movie came out, I think it was the late 60's early 70's, I had to see it!! I've been interested in Aircraft Archaeology for a quite a while. When I was in the USAF I spent a few gruesome trips on crash recovery. It was intriguing, yet frightening! I vaguely remember a part of the movie when, shortly after the crash, one of the crew members was sitting under the tail section of the aircraft and then the scene cuts to his ghost arriving and seeing clothing and bones trapped underneath the collapsed tail section. He didn't even know he was dead!! That sent chills when I first saw it!! Can anyone tell me where or how to see or get this movie??