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Odd Ball Movies - Made For TV That Were Thought Lost But Get Resurrected on YouTube
Posted on 12/7/25 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 12/7/25 at 11:43 pm
I remembered seeing a parts of a Made for TV movie on CBS about a hurricane hitting SE Louisiana set in 2017 and the country is falling apart due to a heatwave and drought.
I never was able to watch the first part when it aired in 1993. For some reason, I thought of it today and I found the title. The movie was called the The Fire Next Time. It stars Woody Harrelson who plays a shrimper from Morgan City whose family gets uprooted due to climate change. Once I had the title, I was able to find it on YouTube
(Warning Spoilers ahead)
It was a 2 part miniseries with the first part being about relocating their son back to Louisiana after moving to California for a few years. The first part is also when the Hurricane strikes. The accents are over the top. And you can see a lot of Morgan City in the scenes of the movie.
At the end of the first part, the family realizes they have nothing left, and they decide to pool whatever they have left and get disaster aid to relocate north. The family gets split up and eventually meets up in Canada at end of part two.
I had a chuckle on some the hurricane scenes as it looked more like a tornado than a hurricane. It was also a dry hurricane. Also, one failure of the movie being set in 2017 was the fact that there are no cellphones and people use open payphones to make collect calls. People were not using air conditioning and schools switched to evening classes because of the heat. They also had some ugly arse cars in there one.
I never was able to watch the first part when it aired in 1993. For some reason, I thought of it today and I found the title. The movie was called the The Fire Next Time. It stars Woody Harrelson who plays a shrimper from Morgan City whose family gets uprooted due to climate change. Once I had the title, I was able to find it on YouTube
(Warning Spoilers ahead)
It was a 2 part miniseries with the first part being about relocating their son back to Louisiana after moving to California for a few years. The first part is also when the Hurricane strikes. The accents are over the top. And you can see a lot of Morgan City in the scenes of the movie.
At the end of the first part, the family realizes they have nothing left, and they decide to pool whatever they have left and get disaster aid to relocate north. The family gets split up and eventually meets up in Canada at end of part two.
I had a chuckle on some the hurricane scenes as it looked more like a tornado than a hurricane. It was also a dry hurricane. Also, one failure of the movie being set in 2017 was the fact that there are no cellphones and people use open payphones to make collect calls. People were not using air conditioning and schools switched to evening classes because of the heat. They also had some ugly arse cars in there one.
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Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:47 am to Tarps99
Mazes and Monsters (1982) - Tom Hanks's first movie, in which he plays a teen obsessed with a D&D type game and psychotically begins to think he is the character he's playing.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:40 am to Tarps99
The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children (1993). Starring the guy from Hey Dude! and featuring a guy that was attending the same high school as me. He had the best line in the movie, 'Too much prayin' and not enough playin'. The premise is true, and it's wild that it happened again at the Camp Mystic site.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:42 pm to Tarps99
The Night Flier was a Stephen King made for tv movie about a vampire who flies a plane from town to town and kills everyone in the airport. The main character is an a-hole reporter played by Miguel Ferrer who ends trying to track down the vampire. Strange premise but the movie is actually great.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 12:45 pm to Tarps99
Alex P Keaton and Jo from Facts of Life.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:35 pm to Tarps99
The Jericho Mile--made for TV and one of Michael Mann's first films. Loved this movie growing up. Great use of the song "Sympathy for the Devil" too.
Summary: Inside Folsom Prison, a life-sentence inmate dedicates himself to breaking the Olympic mile record. As a talented runner, he endures rigorous training behind the walls, pushing his limits every day. His relentless effort earns him a rare chance to vie for a spot on the Olympic team, drawing the attention of officials willing to test his abilities.
Summary: Inside Folsom Prison, a life-sentence inmate dedicates himself to breaking the Olympic mile record. As a talented runner, he endures rigorous training behind the walls, pushing his limits every day. His relentless effort earns him a rare chance to vie for a spot on the Olympic team, drawing the attention of officials willing to test his abilities.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 1:39 pm to Tarps99
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Made For TV That Were Thought Lost But Get Resurrected on YouTube
Do they have the movie where Sinbad (the actor) plays a Genie?
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:29 pm to Tarps99
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:34 pm to Tarps99
Not on YouTube, but I recently found a DVD copy of NBC's 1983 "World War 3" with David Soul, Brian Keith and Rock Hudson. The Soviet Union attacks the Alaska Pipeline in order to end a US grain embargo that is starving the Soviet people.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 4:49 pm to Godfather1
What about V?
Posted on 12/8/25 at 6:11 pm to Brosef Stalin
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The Night Flier
Easily one of my top five obscure movie recommendations.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 6:34 pm to Tarps99
Plays like a padded Twilight Zone episode
But the ending is a masterpiece
But the ending is a masterpiece
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:35 pm to Tarps99
Not sure if it's on Youtube, but I remember watching a movie called Gargoyles that was pretty entertaining (I was a kid and it was the 70's). I think I saw it once or twice more recently...
This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:17 pm to Brosef Stalin
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The Night Flier was a Stephen King made for tv movie about a vampire who flies a plane from town to town and kills everyone in the airport.
Good one. Another Stephen King miniseries I remember was The Langoliers with Bronson Pinchot and Dean Stockwell. Interesting story, but the acting and special effects were laughably bad at points.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 12:00 am to bad93ex
quote:Uploaded in 2017
Do they have the movie where Sinbad (the actor) plays a Genie?
Posted on 12/9/25 at 8:42 am to Tarps99
Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
Dennis Weaver and Valerie Harper are parents dealing with tragedy in this creepy ghost story. Made me afraid of pizza cutters as a child.
Dennis Weaver and Valerie Harper are parents dealing with tragedy in this creepy ghost story. Made me afraid of pizza cutters as a child.
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