He believes that the spirits of choke canyon and halleys comet can help him id. Choke canyon 1986 an environmental scientist who can transform sound. Learn more about the 26,000acre choke canyon reservoir. To prove his theory, he sets up a laboratory in choke canyon, the closest site on earth where halleys comet will soon pass. The flying sequences are worth the price of the movie and the time spent to enjoy it. Buy on dangerous ground aka choke canyon1986 microsoft store. Pilgrim corporation has leased choke canyon to research physicist david lowell for 99 years. Choke canyon is a special area near the grand canyon for cowboy physicist david lowell stephen collins as the sound waves are unique in the.
Center for archaeological research, the university of texas at san antonio. However, pilgrim corportation vastly underestimates lowell, who is a tenacious, principled, and ingenious mano on dangerous ground 1986 choke canyon. Choke canyon 1986 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The state acquired the park in 1981 in a 50year agreement between the bureau of reclamation, the city of corpus christi and the nueces river authority. Unfortunately, it is also the place that the pilgrim corporation has chosen to dump a lead of illegal nuclear waste, and the company has hired a team of mercenaries to stop l. On dangerous ground 1986 choke canyon nonusa format. Released 1986, choke canyon stars stephen collins, janet julian, bo svenson, lance henriksen the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 34 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it. Choke canyon is a film directed by charles bail with stephen collins, janet julian, bo svenson, lance henriksen, year.
Sep 10, 20 choke canyon 1986 an environmental scientist who can transform sound waves into energy runs afoul with the nuclear power company hes renting land from. Choke canyon titled on dangerous ground outside the united states is a 1986 movie starring stephen collins as a cowboy scientist trying to develop an alternative energy source. But a global conglomerate wants to dump the toxic waste from a nuclear accident in the canyon, and the physicist realizes only he can rally the local people to defend themselves and their homes located on dangerous ground. I think we can all agree that stephen collins is totally insane in this movie and this. Choke canyon may be ludicrous and absurd, but youll be having too much fun to even care. However, pilgrim corportation vastly underestimates lowell, who is a tenacious, principled, and ingenious man. David lowells collins research is carried out in the canyon country of southern utah.
Choke canyon state park is on the shore of the choke canyon reservoir, which supplies water for corpus christi. When pilgrim suddenly needs choke canyon for toxic waste storage, they. Scientist david lowell has leased land known as choke canyon, utah, from the pilgrim energy company to conduct research that will lead to the creation of clean energy. Cobra, starring sylvester stallone, brigitte nielsen, reni santoni, andrew robinson, brian thompson. Director and former stunt coordinator chuck bail takes the help for this fastpaced action thriller about a harvardgraduate physicist whose efforts to create a safe source of energy are thwarted. To dismiss it as such, though, would be missing the point entirely. Choke canyon 1986 stream and watch online moviefone.
David lowell stephen collins, 7th heaven, choke canyon was the only location where he could conduct a vital experiment involving halleys comet and the production of safe,inexhaustible power. Apr 03, 2017 its tempting to use words like ridiculous and farfetched to describe choke canyon aka on dangerous ground, a 1986 scifi action flick directed by charles bail. Find on dangerous ground 1986 choke canyon nonusa format, pal, reg. A scientist cowboy tries to harness the power of halleys comet in an attempt to prove that sound waves can be converted into energy, but is constantly thwarted by an evil conglomerate that wants to use his backyard as a dumping ground for nuclear waste. But a global conglomerate wants to dump the toxic waste from a. Choke canyon stephen collins original 1986 ff one sheet. Lowell has built an impressive research laboratory there. An agreeable piece of hokum in which a young physicist tries to convert sound waves into a usable form of energy. From the director of the gumball rally and cleopatra jones and the casino of gold comes 1986s choke canyon or, as the onscreen title calls it, on dangerous ground, a goofy mix of scifi.
Black 1986 the prehistoric sites at choke canyon reservoir, southern texas. The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film. Stephen collins stars as a young physicist who believes he has discovered a limitless supply of clean energy. Choke canyon is a 1986 movie starring stephen collins as a cowboy scientist trying to develop an alternative energy source. The songs original title was simply silent running. Tag popularity top rated top rated popular want to watch release date recently wanted date added.
Stay overnight at a campsite with water and electricity, walkin tent site, or cabins. Good intentions do not necessarily make for a good movie. Choke canyon 1986 a corporate hit man bo svenson in a biplane buzzes a cowboy physicist stephen collins waiting for halleys comet. Unfortunately, it is also the place that the pilgrim corporation has chosen to dump a lead of illegal nuclear waste, and the company has hired a team of mercenaries to stop lowell. It was filmed mostly in the vicinity of moab, utah. Choke canyon stephen collins original 1986 ff one sheet movie. The calliham unit contains 1,100 acres in mcmullen county. David lowell can conduct an experiment and begin to produce save, inexhautible power. Charles bail pilgrim corporation has leased choke canyon to research physicist david lowell for 99 years. Choke canyon, movie, 1986 internet movie cars database. Movies like choke canyon if you like choke canyon you are looking for tense, captivating and suspense movies about with canyon, toxic, scientist, sabotage, environmental issue, environmentalist and hostage themes of action and scifi genre shot in usa.
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