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  • Feb 22, 2014, 02:03 AM
    evasimbiot
    Need help finding this old movie
    From early 80's: main characters 1 boy 1 girl 1 drunken sailor kids are looking for something maybe their parents, they hire this jack sparrow kind of sailor, paying whit info about a lost room whit lots of ancient bottles of rum (or some good liquor) they end up as prisoners of some cannibal tribe and one old prisoner help them scape whit a rope made of human hair (again little to close to pirates of the Caribbean) this film was probably made by showtime, cinemax, hbo, or some TV film
  • Feb 22, 2014, 09:28 AM
    Quinn F
    In Search of the Castaways (1962)
  • Feb 23, 2014, 06:23 AM
    evasimbiot
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Quinn F View Post

    I don't think that's the movie
  • Feb 23, 2014, 09:23 AM
    Quinn F
    Maybe have another look, the movie has most of the scenes you described: missing father, cannibals, rope made of human hair... There are some clips on YouTube.
  • Feb 23, 2014, 09:42 AM
    Cat1864
    It was re-released in 1978 which may be part of the confusion.

    In Search of the Castaways 1978 re-release TV trailer - YouTube
  • Feb 23, 2014, 07:44 PM
    MystMoonstruck
    Here's another suggestion though it's been such a long time since I've seen it:

    Crystalstone (1987)
    IMDb synopsis:
    Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their guide, they embark on a perilous, but ultimately rewarding adventure in search of a mystical gem that holds the key to happiness. They escape the fearsome metal hook of a pirate and are helped by a delightfully drunken Captain in their quest for the magic stone.

    Crystalstone (1987) - IMDb

    I have to admit that I don't recall cannibals in it, so it very well could be the other film suggested. I saw that in the theater when I was a little girl but don't recall enough about it to verify it. I remember a girl and her brother teaming up with an older man to find their "castaway" father. I remember an exhilarating slide through icy formations, a condor attacking them, hiding in a giant tree when pursued by natives in Africa and going through a flood while stuck in that tree. I'd love to see it again to see how many of my memories are intact.
  • Feb 27, 2014, 02:18 AM
    evasimbiot
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by MystMoonstruck View Post
    Here's another suggestion though it's been such a long time since I've seen it:

    Crystalstone (1987)
    IMDb synopsis:
    Deserted by their father and with their mother dead, nine-year-old Pablo and his little sister Maria refuse to be separated from each other by their caretaker aunt. With a cross as their guide, they embark on a perilous, but ultimately rewarding adventure in search of a mystical gem that holds the key to happiness. They escape the fearsome metal hook of a pirate and are helped by a delightfully drunken Captain in their quest for the magic stone.

    Crystalstone (1987) - IMDb

    I have to admit that I don't recall cannibals in it, so it very well could be the other film suggested. I saw that in the theater when I was a little girl but don't recall enough about it to verify it. I remember a girl and her brother teaming up with an older man to find their "castaway" father. I remember an exhilarating slide through icy formations, a condor attacking them, hiding in a giant tree when pursued by natives in Africa and going through a flood while stuck in that tree. I'd love to see it again to see how many of my memories are intact.

    Didn't find nothing to check that movie, but in search of the castaways looks pretty close maybe my movie is based on the Jules Verne book, but pretty sure the kids were helped by a hansolo kind of Dud, they pay him whit a stored of run barrels, and the movie was from the 80's. I see it in cable around and between enemy mine and Batman-1

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