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Need help remembering the name of a movie.

posted 11 years ago by PopCulturedwithMovieMike
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I'm posing this question here because if you're like me, you grew up in the 80's watching films like Iron Eagle, Red Dawn, Navy Seals, Toy Soldiers (not an 80's film but close enough and you get the picture.)

Anyway, I seem to remember a film growing up that dealt with a bunch of teens that had to go in to a foreign country and save their family from some army/terrorists.

I don't remember anything else about the film. I remember it had an Iron Eagle/Red Dawn vibe to it. Can't think of the name of it for the life of me.

Thanks.

[–] Hendry_William_French 11 years ago

The Rescue (1988) starring a young Kevin Dillon post Platoon and pre The Doors:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095981/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI6zdRbN604

Funny you should post on here. I always thought this movie was like, Iron Eagle on the ground. It was a poorer version, but not without its charm.

The Right!!! I meant stay to the Right!!!

[–] PopCulturedwithMovieMike 11 years ago

You, sir, are a life-saver that has put my mind at ease. I can't tell you how long I've been trying to remember the name of that movie and how many places I've posted to see if I could enlist help.

There is a place in movie heaven for you.

Also, love the Spaceballs avatar.

[–] PopCulturedwithMovieMike 11 years ago

You wouldn't happen to know if The Rescue is on DVD? Netflix doesn't have it and Amazon only has the VHS version. I guess it's way more rare than I thought.

[–] Hendry_William_French 11 years ago

You, sir, are a life-saver that has put my mind at ease. I can't tell you how long I've been trying to remember the name of that movie and how many places I've posted to see if I could enlist help.

No problem dude. You're welcome!

There is a place in movie heaven for you.

Also, love the Spaceballs avatar.

Haha, Thanks!

ps I tried looking for the DVD on Ebay but couldn't find it either. It must be out of print.

However, if you have a multi regional DVD player, you can buy it from the UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Rescue-Dillon-USA1988-english/dp/B003DAAXP 6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379063642&sr=8-1&keywords=the+re scue+1988

That's about the best I could find.

You're really a Spaceball!

[–] PopCulturedwithMovieMike 11 years ago

Thanks again.

I work at a video production facility and I might be able to convert the UK dvd to a standard dvd. The time base corrector usually does the trick.

Either that or I can see if my PS3 will play UK dvds. I heard it's region free.

[–] Hendry_William_French 11 years ago

Yeah, either way sounds good. Recalibrating your dvd player to access all regions is a pretty simple tweak. Failing that you got your PS so that's cool. I live in Europe and having a multi region player is handy since there is so many classic movies out of print on either side of the Atlantic, so if you're a big cult movie fan or just a collector then you can get your hands on a lot movies you wouldn't normally have a chance to get via the net.

You're really a Spaceball!

[–] PopCulturedwithMovieMike 11 years ago

Yeah, I love all kinds of movies and there are some I'd like to have that are out of print. I was trying to find The Fighting Sullivans for years for my dad, they finally produced a DVD a few years back.

I'm kicking myself now because my parents used to own a movie store in the 80's and early 90's and when they went out of business (thanks a lot Blockbuster) they sold off almost all their VHS stock. I was just a kid, but I really would have liked to have a lot of the movies now. Especially The Rescue. We did keep some stuff like The Longest Day original boxed set and stuff like that.

[–] Hendry_William_French 11 years ago

my parents used to own a movie store in the 80's and early 90's and when they went out of business (thanks a lot Blockbuster)

I hear you, man - that's too bad. Blockbuster sucked and I'm glad they hit chapter 11. Indepentantly run video stores are why I love movies - there was a tone to them that I found indescribable. They were genuine stores for genuine movie fans and were my first introduction to films. Home video was special in the 80s and early 90s. Our family visited an awesome one when I was a kid, then we moved to a new town and all they had was Blockbusters and the change was massive.

I remember our video store just used to end up giving us videos that we had rented like a hundred times (stuff like Spaceballs and Star Wars). I too would've loved to have gotten my hands on some classic VHS stock. I actually sometimes go on Ebay to have find old VHS's I remembered most fondly, stuff like rental copies of The Ewok movies and and original E.T. which came out in 1988 (the cassette is partially green). I even managed to get a rental copy of Solarbabies, a movie from 86 that was one of those 'so bad it's good' features.

I was thinking of creating a tribute to VHS in my movie room, maybe for my kids to see so they can get an idea of what Videos were like in that era, sort of like Mr Rental from Spaceballs:

http://youtu.be/a93KgBXVmb4?t=24s

The artwork, the boxes. It still all seems so cool and unique. Just don't get that feeling with Netflix, Blu Rays etc

Anyway, sorry for blabbering on (I love this subject) but yeah I hope you find The Rescue and any other oldies you're after.

They're only noodles, Michael

[–] PopCulturedwithMovieMike 11 years ago

You're certainly not blabbering. The only thing I love more than watching movies is talking about them. It's something I'm passionate about. It's great to find somebody who is equally passionate and have a civil, intelligent conversation with them.

This can be especially hard to find on internet forums, as you may know.

Video stores were great and the family owned ones were much better than the big chains. The people that worked there loved movies and I remember people coming in the store and staying for hours talking about movies.

I personally remember watching countless movies (along with playing video games) in the back of the store after school when I should have been doing homework.

Funny you should mention the green cassette E.T, I think I remember that. I will have to check out Solarbabies. I love finding movies like that.

Also, I just picked up a sealed hard cased Casablanca on VHS. You're right, there's something more substantial about VHS as opposed to other media formats.

[–] Hendry_William_French 11 years ago

It's great to find somebody who is equally passionate and have a civil, intelligent conversation with them.

This can be especially hard to find on internet forums, as you may know

Haha, yeah. I know what you mean.

Video stores were great and the family owned ones were much better than the big chains

They really were. Having it be family run was the difference. It removed that kind of impersonal wall that I found was present in the corporate stores. The feeling was much different and that made the whole experience of going out and choosing a cassette more memorable. As you said, people would talk extensively about movies, or just enthuse about them when you enquired about upcoming releases. That kind of environment is conductive to good times for movie fans.

Funny you should mention the green cassette E.T, I think I remember that. I will have to check out Solarbabies. I love finding movies like that.

Me too. Because my best memories of video stores come from the 80s and early 90s, I've always been interested in films from that era - no matter how good or bad. All those films carried a certain look and feeling that was unique to that era hence whenever I see one I'm always curious. I always tell people in the 80s even some of the bad stuff was good. If you have a good eye you can uncover a few gems.

Also, I just picked up a sealed hard cased Casablanca on VHS.

That's great. I'm always on the lookout for classic Vhs copies. I was thinking of filling a book shelf of them (like Mr Rental above) but haven't quite got around to it. I guess VHS's will be like the movie fan's equivalent of vinyl (if they're not already). They're a symbol of a brief but quite special time for home movie viewing.

They're only noodles, Michael

[–] wapsgn 9 years ago

Ah I was trying to remember the name of that one too. there were a few others that were similar - Russkies and Lets get Harry, or something to that effect.
The 80s rocked for the good old popcorn flick!