Miracles Still Happen

I saw this movie back in the 80s I think, and I'm compelled to finally write a review because just a couple of days ago Franz Lidz wrote an extensive NYT piece on Juliane Koepcke titled "She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away". Absolutely compelling and quite unbelievable, yet truly extraordinary courage from Juliane.

If anyone knows where to obtain an English copy of this movie, please contact me at my3sonsjkk@yahoo.com. I have been searching for this great movie for years. I used to watch this every year with my grandfather. They aired it every year around the holiday's. This movie has stuck with me. I wish I could buy it somewhere, as I never got tired of watching it, year after year. The struggles this girl faced in her survival through the amazon...your heart just goes out to her. Definitely one of the best movies I ever watched. I would recommend for anyone and everyone to see this movie if you can get a hold of a copy. You will not be disappointed.

**This story has some grossness, some religiocentric child making assumptions and some nostalgia.**

When I was a kid in the 1970s/early 80s my local tv station (channel 55 on the dial) ran a 55 hour Christmas movie marathon.

ANYWAY...I watched all 55 hours of it one year because I had the flu. And there was some movie on at like 3am on Christmas morning (!!!) about this teenage girl who survived a plane crash in the jungle and had to hobble her wounded self through the jungle to get back to civilization. I guess they thought the miracle of her survival was Christmassy. Anyway through all the horrors of her struggling through the jungle the one I remember to this day is the scene where she's popping botfly larvae out of her festering wounds. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

And that's why I always associate botfly larvae with Christmas. True story.

I first saw this movie back in the 1980's and now in 2006 this movie still is one of the best movies I have ever seen! I would recommend anyone to look at this movie. You will not be sorry. It is well acted out, so real and never a dull moment. The acting is superb and the location makes the movie seem like you are there. From the beginning right up to the end, this movie is the type that makes you lose your attention. The actress does an excellent job of portraying the girl who survived this horrific plane crash in the Amazon and it shows how she managed to survive in the Amazon all alone. It is unbelievable that anyone could survive under such conditions. This is why this movie is so appealing. The fact that this is a true story makes the movie even more interesting and to think that a young girl could survive from this ordeal is overwhelming. I find this movie one that I can watch over and over again and one that I never get tired of. This is indeed quite a compliment as I have hundreds of movies! I would say this is probably my favorite movie and the best I have ever seen!

Its crazy to me because the only seen I saw before my parents changed the channel, was when she was pulling' the wiggler's out of her leg. Like many others it was seared in my brain for so long. I couldn't have been more than 6 when I saw that. It stuck good enough for me to start looking for it. Finally, at 31, not only have I found a title for this film but I find out I'm not the only one with this story of relentless curiosity. Very creepy. Now I have to find a copy of this movie so I can bury this once and for all. During my search I found a few online videos from the film and documentaries about Julaine Koepcke. Not quite enough to ease my curiosity. It seems I'm going to have to do a little more digging if I want to get my hands on this movie.