A staunch professional executive and his wife coerce their rebellious teens and their older sister to take a plane trip for a weekend in the mountains. The older sister does not make it to the plane in time and the family leaves without her. Their small private plane then develops trouble and crashes away from any people. This forces the group to band together to survive the wilderness conditions, including an avalanche.
Acting
Patty Duke elevating every single line she's given.
Practical Effects
Avalanche scenes that aged like milk, charmingly.
Director
Michael Switzer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on CBS in 2001 during their Sunday Movie slot, a graveyard of well-meaning family dramas with vaguely religious undertones and second-tier stars.
William Devane spent the early 2000s playing various gruff authority figures in TV movies; this role is essentially his audition to be every disappointing father in prestige TV a decade later.
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