Quest part1 (Frost and Fire by Ray Bradbury)

Bradbury. An excellent lost classic. Available through Pyramid Video.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 16mm
• SciFi
• Sci-Fi
• Fantasy
• Story

[NintendoCapriSun]

Man, I bugged my parents for so long to find this movie. They must have rented one called "The Quest" like 5 times. All I remember was the way the "chess pieces" disintegrated. It's like I was in love with the whole movie just 'cause of that one little thing. It was I believe the 5th grade in Mrs. Couregges' class at Southside Estates in Jacksonville, Florida that we watched this. Of course I hadn't thought about it in years until now.

[RobinofSactown]

@NintendoCapriSun , Glad to help! I'm about to try and transfer the film with my HD cam. If that works I'll put it up in better quality.

[RobinofSactown]

Dude- the reason I have had this up so long is its merely a sample so folks can enjoy the story. I think one can still get a DVD from Pyramid- rather expensive. I am not here to rip them off, or anyone for that matter. Maybe u can do the honors and "rip" one...I happen to have an old library copy on 16 or I never woulda seen it meself. I find the message so important I was moved to share it, like the Matisse, Escher and la jetee films on my pages -and "Steppenwolf 2008". ..enlightenment!

[MelissaDaly]

does anyone know if there is a book version of this movie ? I would love to know how these people got into this situation.

[RobinofSactown]

probably this plot summary is from the written story- a little different-

"On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They must also live in caves to escape the bitter cold of night and the killing heat of day. One young boy is determined to find his way back to the ship that brought them there. But how will he accomplish this in the short time left to him?" -Mike Konczewski, from imdb

[jessek]

the story was called "Frost and Fire".

[RobinofSactown]

Thanks very much for the title- gotta go get it somewhere! No one knew that yet till u offered it.

[parnissia]

have been trying to find the name of this movie for at least 25 years. no fucking joke. i'm losing my mind right now.

[kamicak]

@parnissia

 me to

[glimglim1]

@RobinofSactown This seems like one of those stories Bradbury really didn't think through. I swear, I get so frustrated with him for the way he pays no care to logic or subtext and writes whatever he wants, then says anyone who writes differently is 'thinking too much'. He's extremely naive and excessively sentimental. So children grow old and die within eight days, except that the entire village is made up of old people. I probably missed something but it just seems poorly thought out.

[Improvizer]

Holy Shit I've been looking for this since the 80s too. Saw it in like 5th grade. Pretty trippy... It's like "The Dark Crystal" meets "The Seventh Seal" meets "Total Recall" . Ok, maybe not...

[impressivebill]

@lugojiano Much agreed.  Frost and Fire was one of the first Bradbury stories I ever read. I'd love to see a feature length version really do it justice, but this is okay. Heck I'm happy just to see it at all.

[simonorman]

@parnissia same same!

[lugojiano]

very different from frost and fire...i just read it today..great stuff...the movie is alright but not as spectaculaR as the written version