# ID this 70's TV movie from my very vague description! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-70s-tv-movie-from-my-very-vague-description/192146 "2003-07-31T15:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-70s-tv-movie-from-my-very-vague-description/192146/1 "2003-07-31T15:22:58Z")
I’m always amazed at the random and obscure knowledge found on these pages; so here’s another test! I believe this is a TV movie- an “ABC Friday Night Movie” thing, from the 70’s. I think it was based on some sort of old legend of some sort, taking place in and around the ocean (pacific/south pacific). The heroine is a teenage girl, and I think there might have been a boy also (no, it’s not “The Blue Lagoon”!). And here’s the final, a possibly most important clue: there’s a giant sea turtle in the story. I can’t remember _how_ giant, maybe bigger than a schoolbus? And I think the movie ends with the turtle swimming off into the ocean, never to be seen again… Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-70s-tv-movie-from-my-very-vague-description/192146/2 "2003-07-31T15:31:45Z")
Duplicate thread. Mods, please delete this one… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-70s-tv-movie-from-my-very-vague-description/192146/3 "2003-07-31T15:33:24Z")
No claim to this being it, but there was one called “Turtle Diary” that had (I believe) Tom Conti and some other English actress. Now I’ll go IMDBing for at least the page where you can read about it. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-70s-tv-movie-from-my-very-vague-description/192146/4 "2003-07-31T15:34:55Z")
“The Bermuda Depths” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-70s-tv-movie-from-my-very-vague-description/192146/5 "2003-07-31T15:46:46Z")
It wasn’t “Turtle Diary” since that was 1985. And it wasn’t Tom Conti, but Ben Kingsley. And it was Glenda Jackson. All round proof that I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-70s-tv-movie-from-my-very-vague-description/192146/6 "2003-07-31T15:52:02Z")
Oops, since this is the thread that’s getting responses, I hope the Mods don’t delete this one! **Zeldar** - thanks for trying! I’m going to try and follow **Earl** ’s clue… ---
**Author:** ![oceans\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@oceans\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oceans_11)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-70s-tv-movie-from-my-very-vague-description/192146/7 "2003-07-31T16:21:58Z")
It looks like **Earl** wins! And once again, I’m amazed! I looked [it](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077223) up on the IMDB, if anyone’s interested: [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077223](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0077223) And the reviews seemed to be pretty positive, overall- now I have to try and _find_ a copy!