ellenrose
Jul 29, 2011, 07:21 PM
I saw this movie once when I was young. I'd say it was made in the late 80's or early 90's. I don't remember any of the characters names, or where it took place. I'm pretty sure it was in the United States (they spoke English), and that it took place in modern time (80's or 90's). It's about two young girls who I will call Jane and Alice. They were somewhere between 12 and 14. They somehow meet (I don't remember how) and become friends. Jane is a runaway (I don't remember why), and Alice's parents don't like the friendship because Jane is an unknown and they are afraid she will get Alice in trouble. The town they live in is next to a large lake or sea of some sort, because Jane has made her home on an island riddled with caves and tunnels. Legend has it that there is a great treasure hidden on the island somewhere within those caves and tunnels by a woman who later went missing. Ergo there are also some menacing guys the girls eventually run into (I'll call them Chuck and Larry). Those are all the vague details I remember, and they could be somewhat inexact. I do remember one part clearly though: Alice and Jane are on the island (they get there by rowboat by the way) when a boulder pins Alice's leg down. The tide is coming in so Jane has to go for help. Something must have happened to the rowboat because Jane has to swim back to shore. She then goes through some trees to get to the road. As luck would have it a police cruiser is just going by. (It's a secluded road outside of town. The area looks like western Oregon or Washington with lots of coniferous trees and kind of rainy). Any ways, Jane sees the car but hides t first because she's a runaway. She get's over that though and goes out onto the road even though the car has passed and stands there. The policeman (or sheriff) sees her in his rear view mirror and she collapses. Sometime before or after that scene, the girls are in the tunnels looking for the treasure (with Chuck and Larry in there as well). When Jane first brought Alice to the island pointed out an opening high in the cliffs, where when the sun hit just right you could see it shining off the treasure. If I recall correctly the girls find that chamber and discover that the sun is hitting off some rock formation, not the treasure. Eventually Chuck or Larry gets the girls cornered but they are saved by an old shovel wielding woman. The same woman who was said to have hidden the treasure somewhere on the island. That's pretty much all I know. What I don't remember is if they found the treasure, there really was a treasure, if that treasure was gold or something of great sentimental value to the woman, if the woman was insane, or if she had been living in the tunnels for the past 30 years. I know it had a happy ending of some sort. Jane and Alice got to remain friends, maybe Jane went to live with Alice, I don't know. What I do know is that YEARS ago I was trying to describe this movie to my mom for some reason, and we never did find out what it was. We've tried the keyword search engines on sites like Imdb, but still haven't found it. If you know what movie I'm talking about, or have any suggestions on how to find it please let me know. Thanks! (And sorry for my long windedness)