Sole Survivor (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Mikael Salomon

Writers (WGA):

Dean R. Koontz (novel)
Richard Christian Matheson (teleplay)

Release Date:

13 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Dean Koontz's best-selling novel is brought to TV in this 4 hour mini-series. After the death of his wife and daughter in a plane crash...

Plot Keywords:

Plane Crash | Reporter | Young Girl | Experiment | Young Boy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Billy Zane	...	Joe Carpenter
Gloria Reuben	...	Rose Tucker
Isabella Hofmann	...	Barbara Christman
Rachel Victoria	...	21-21
Mitchell Kosterman	...	Becker
Wally Dalton	...	Jeff Ealing
Christine Willes	...	Mercy Ealing
Glenn Morshower	...	Robert Donner
John C. McGinley	...	Victor Yates
Dan Joffre	...	Dewey
Susan Bain	...	Clarise Vadance
Rob Morton	...	Bob
Allan Gray	...	Dan Stevens
Christopher Britton	...	Charles Delmann
Glynis Davies	...	Dr. Georgina Delmann

Also Known As:

Dean Koontz's Sole Survivor (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

Brazil:174 min | 240 min (including commercials) | Australia:164 min (video version)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:16 (video rating) | Germany:16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Columbia TriStar Television

A Movie Well Worth Seeing

Dean Koontz writes a superb story and part of his strength is that he develops his characters so well. Movies based on his books have not been as successful because film-makers often aim for horror and action at the expense of characterisation. I'm happy to say that "Sole Survivor" does not fall into this short-coming. The movie retains not only the drama, suspense and mystery of the book, but also the characterisations, especially in the first half of the movie. The acting is superb, particularly from Billy Zane and Rachel Victoria Roberts, who make their characters totally believable. The movies does lose some impact in the 2nd half as the character of Yates descends into a caricature of evil. The movie would have retained more credibility if he was portrayed as fanatic rather than lunatic. Nevertheless, the movie maintains its suspense to the end and, in my view, represents the best translation to screen of any Dean Koontz book I have seen to date. This is a movie well worth seeing.