100 Days in the Jungle (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Sturla Gunnarsson

Writer (WGA):

Sean O'Byrne (written by)

Release Date:

15 December 2002 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

100 Days in the Jungle tells the amazing true story of Canadian oil workers who were kidnapped by Colombian rebels and marched through the Ecuadorian jungle for 100 days.

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Michael Riley	...	Rod Dunbar
Aidan Devine	...	Barry Meyer
Jonathan Scarfe	...	Grunt (Grant Rankin)
Adrien Dorval	...	Barney (Brant Scheelar)
Hugh Thompson	...	Colin Fraser
Nathaniel Arcand	...	Leonard Carter
Brendan Fletcher	...	Bean (Neil Barber)
Patrick Gilmore	...	Skunk (Steven Brent)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nicholas Campbell
William B. Davis
Brian Markinson	...	Stan Walton
Bismark Méndez	...	Kidnapper
Emily Nash	...	Krissy
Peter Outerbridge	...	Gord Black
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier	...	Sabine
Liisa Repo-Martell

Runtime:

Netherlands:93 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Costa Rica

Company:

ImaginNation Film & T.V. Productions

Trivia:

On one of the last nights of filming in Edmonton, the temperature was twenty below zero and the entire cast and crew were freezing, so heating bars were brought out and placed around the set. Between scenes, the cast would gather around them to warm up. However, no one noticed that the blue jumpsuits the leads were wearing might not be heat-resistant. It isn't visible in the final film, but at least one pair of blue jumpsuit pants had melted across the front during filming, exposing white lining.

Great Canadian Film

I watched this yesterday, to be truthful, I never heard of the original story until after watching the movie. With human endurance related films like "Alive" and so many other true stories, this one stands above them in the heart of Canadians like me. 8/10