while the pecial effect and technical attribute of this movie may in fact be laughable to some and i have never be able to erase the image this movie etch on my young and impressionable mind when i first saw it at around 8 year of age . the story of this girl survival and of the trial she endure have stay with me all these year and and i have think back on more than one occasion about how the girl make it out of situation far beyond anything i have see . the fact that this be a true story and and the fact that i be only a child when i first saw this may be the reason behind my high rating of this movie . each time this movie air on television in the 70 and 80 i would be rivet to the television and drinking in each scene with an interest i can not explain . i suppose watch this for the first time a an adult ( and with a jaded view of the world ) it may not be a enjoyable to some . i actually go out of my way to obtain a copy so i could show this movie to my son . this and like many other movie and be not for everyone . if you be impress by remarkable human survival story and be partial to peru or macchu picchu and or or the amazon and then i believe you might enjoy this movie as much a i have be enjoy it for the past 30 year .