Exile (1990) (TV)

Director:

David Greenwalt

Writers:

Jonathan Lemkin (written by) and
Patrick Hasburgh (writer)

Release Date:

14 January 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Adventure | Drama

Plot:

Fifteen teens on a study program abroad have to learn survival techniques when they crash on an uncharted Malaysian island. |

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Survival | Island | Plane Crash | Kids And Family

Cast

Christopher Daniel Barnes	...	Dave
Kate Benton	...	Mrs. Anderson
Scott Bloom	...	Stod
Sarah Buxton	...	Karen
Charlotte Carpenter	...	Newswoman
Alice Carter	...	Marian
Kristin Dattilo
Gino De Mauro	...	Larry
Corey Feldman	...	Schenke
Chris Furrh	...	Tommy
Stacy Galina	...	Jill
Ann Marie Gillis	...	Mrs. McCombs
Christian Jacobs	...	Derf
Alan Koss	...	Mr. Anderson
Sherrie Krenn	...	Betsy
Christopher Lawford
Philip Linton	...	Scott
Scott McGinnis
Michael Preston	...	Rupe Murphy (as Mike Preston)
Markus Redmond	...	Jackson
Michael Stoyanov
Ann Walker	...	Mrs. D'Arienzo
Kiersten Warren	...	Diana
Kenneth Zavayna	...	Mr. McCombs (as Ken Zavayna)

Runtime:

Brazil:92 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:G

Company:

Patrick Hasburgh Productions

Trivia:

Chris Furrh was in another movie this same year about a group of kids stranded alone on an island: Lord of the Flies (1990).

Movie Connections:

References "Gilligan's Island" (1964)

Soundtrack:

Situation

A surprisingly cool network TV movie about teens stranded on an island.

Originally aired on NBC in 1990 and rerun the next season, "Exile" seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth whereas most other made-for-TV movies, mostly of the women-in-jeopardy genre, live forever on cable.

Teenagers from various Los Angeles high schools participate in a travel study group called "E.X.I.L.E.". Before reaching their western Pacific destination, the chartered plane crashes near an uncharted island. They do what they can to organize themselves and survive while waiting for help, and encounter many dangers.

At the time, this movie was touted as a Corey Feldman vehicle, and he plays the outcast role. Australian actor Michael Preston from "The Road Warrior" is the mysterious charter plane pilot. The cast also includes Kristin Dattilo-Hayward, best known for playing "Janie" in Aerosmith's "Janie's Got a Gun" video, as well as monkey-feeding Chris Furrh who appeared in the 1990 remake of the stranded-on-an-isle classic "Lord of the Flies" at about the same time "Exile" was released.

One unique refreshing thing about "Exile" is that it's ending is not like most movies of this genre.