FREE: VHS DISNEY, "IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS" WOW! WHAT A THRILLING FILM!!! HALEY MILLS

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This movie made a powerful impression on me and my sister as children. For years we kept asking our mother, "What was the name of that movie where they were sliding down a mountain through ice caves?" The whole ambiance of snow-covered mountains of pine forests (think Matterhorn Bobsleds and Christmas trees), sleeping in the branches of a huge tree (think Swiss Family Tree-house), alligators lurking underneath (think Jungle Cruise and every kid's fear of alligators underneath the bed), being chased by angry natives, reuniting with a long-lost father (think "The Little Princess"), and escaping from a jail with a rope of human hair that took years to make is classic material consisting of powerful imagery that sticks in kids' minds. Although the story is thin and the coincidence of still meeting their father after going to the wrong country is outrageously implausible, the visual and emotional impact of the film is enormous, and helped coalesce some of my earliest tastes in nature and sense of atmosphere. Years later I read that there is indeed a large tree called an ombu' that grows in South America, but what the film didn't mention is that at night that species emits a horrible stench as a defense mechanism against insects. Imagine spending the night in such a tree! Anyway, this is a video that you'll want to watch repeatedly. EXCELLENT cond--1960's color film. LOVE IT!!