# What movie/show was this? (trapped underwater with a surface like glass) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754 "2013-09-13T06:29:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/1 "2013-09-13T06:29:34Z")
When I was a kid–maybe 25-30 years ago–I saw some fragment of a show with this scene: A man is in a desolate, desert looking area, but has found a pool of water. He goes to drink or perhaps splash water on his face, kneeling at the edge, and somehow falls in. However, when he tries to get out, he finds that the surface of the water is like a one-way membrane: he could fall in, but now is trapped beneath. He pounds on the bottom surface but to no avail. I don’t remember anything else. It might be a movie or a TV show. It might be a conflation of more than one thing. It might have simply been a nightmare of mine (the thought still creeps me out). But I’m pretty sure I saw it on TV. Any ideas? Incidentally, what made me think of this again was [this](http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/once-lost-star-wars-related-short-to-screen-for-the-first-time-in-33-years/) story. It contains this comment: _The story centered on a knight who falls into a river while returning from the Holy Wars. He’s drowning, struggling with his helmet as it pulls him under. He eventually surfaces in this strange world, where his maiden is trapped by an evil knight (called The Black Angel)._ It sounds like it could _almost_ fit, and the timing is \*almost \*right–but not quite. I was like two years old 33 years ago. And I don’t recall it being a river, and I’m not sure about the setting, given the title screen. But it’s remotely possible that I’m remembering the scene from my parents taking me to see _The Empire Strikes Back_. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/2 "2013-09-13T06:44:58Z")
I’m fairly certain I’ve seen it too, but I couldn’t say where. Then again, I might be thinking of the portal in _Van Helsing_. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/3 "2013-09-13T07:51:23Z")
I think it’s [The Omen II](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HHRE2buX9rw#t=48). Ice Hockey game, man falls through ice, and slams on it but is unable to get out. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/4 "2013-09-13T08:04:52Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I think it’s [The Omen II](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HHRE2buX9rw#t=48). Ice Hockey game, man falls through ice, and slams on it but is unable to get out. Huh. That’s not too far off, and it’s possible that I’ve conflated that scene with some other. But I don’t recall anyone else being around, nor do I remember there being any ice. In my memory, the surroundings are something like the American Southwest. The feeling was that the pool was some kind of magical trap. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/5 "2013-09-13T08:10:47Z")
Now this is a lot closer: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZfyOaQj5gKM/hqdefault.jpg "THE LEGACY - 1978 - The Pool Scene") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfyOaQj5gKM) As I said, I remember it being in a desert or some such, and a man, but other than that it’s right on the money. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/6 "2013-09-13T10:09:19Z")
I can distinctly recall a similar scene, but alas cannot offer a title. The body of water was natural, a pond or lake because there were plants and debris. The protag was dressed strangely, definitely not a modern day setting. He entered assuming it was just water until he made the realization, he didn’t drown to death he was allowed out. I get the feeling it was some kind of magic which was then lifted. All I got sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/7 "2013-09-13T12:18:07Z")
Never Cry Wolf, from 1983 had a scene like this on a snowy plain which turned out to be an iced-over lake. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/8 "2013-09-13T12:18:35Z")
Not a desert, but there is a similar scene in “[Never Cry Wolf](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086005/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1).” ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/9 "2013-09-13T12:40:45Z")
Ok I got something! The movie Legend 1985 features a scene where a ring is thrown into a lake, the character played by Tom Cruise dives in to retrieve it and then finds the surface of the lake frozen when he tries to exit. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/10 "2013-09-13T13:07:49Z")
I remember a movie in the 80s called **Ghost Warrior**. However it was an ancient samurai that fell into the water, was frozen, then revived in modern times. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/11 "2013-09-13T17:59:49Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Ok I got something! > > The movie Legend 1985 features a scene where a ring is thrown into a lake, the character played by Tom Cruise dives in to retrieve it and then finds the surface of the lake frozen when he tries to exit. Good find! [Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OTa_eNimUE&list=PLDD52B342B159D1F1) the clip. The natural setting is a lot closer to what I remember, as is the character. And it pretty much has to be a mid-80’s fantasy movie that I’m thinking of. It’s still not quite right–too much stuff going on outside, and too lush–but I don’t give too much credit to my childhood memory. This could easily be it. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/12 "2013-09-13T18:13:04Z")
A 1970s movie called The Legacy had a scene where a character was trapped underwater in a swimming pool with a glass surface. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/13 "2013-09-13T18:37:05Z")
Think I have it for sure: the made-for-TV movie **[The Ewok Adventure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SghKMwhak-A#t=53m10s)**. Desert setting, trapped under glass, it all fits. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/14 "2013-09-13T20:16:44Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Think I have it for sure: the made-for-TV movie **[The Ewok Adventure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SghKMwhak-A#t=53m10s)**. Desert setting, trapped under glass, it all fits. That’s it! Incredible. You know–I had the faintest recollection that it was somehow Star Wars related. That’s part of why the article in the OP made me think of it. But I didn’t mention it because–how could it? I’ve seen all the movies; I haven’t read the books (so no conflation there); I’ve even seen the Star Wars Holiday Special. I never knew that there was another made-for-TV special, let alone that I had watched at least part. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/15 "2013-09-13T21:15:55Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > That’s it! Incredible. I never knew that there was another made-for-TV special, let alone that I had watched at least part. > > Thanks! There’s actually two of them - Caravan of Courage, and a sequel; Ewoks, the Battle for Endor. I watched them like crazy when I was young and had no taste. My young self thinks they are awesome, but I don’t remember a scene with a frozen lake. I do remember the witch and the goblin-creatures she had out in the desert mountain. Wow I’m a huge dork. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/16 "2013-09-13T21:25:17Z")
Egad! That’s dreadful. Suddenly the phantom menace doesn’t seem so bad. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/17 "2013-09-13T21:38:30Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > There’s actually two of them - Caravan of Courage, and a sequel; Ewoks, the Battle for Endor. I watched them like crazy when I was young and had no taste. My young self thinks they are awesome, but I don’t remember a scene with a frozen lake. I do remember the witch and the goblin-creatures she had out in the desert mountain. I don’t remember a witch or anything, but I’ll watch the whole movie this weekend and maybe something else will come back. I don’t know why the pond scene stuck with me so well–I guess it probably gave me nightmares at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/18 "2013-09-13T23:05:17Z")
Wow, I don’t recall watching that movie at all, but the little girl looks so familiar, I must have seen at least part of it. Thanks for the flashback! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/19 "2013-09-14T01:06:23Z")
I was coming in here specifically to say that it was one of the Ewok movies. I should’ve known someone would beat me to it, though. People always look at me funny when I mention “the eight Star Wars movies”. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754/20 "2013-09-14T02:12:57Z")
Time stamp please? Or are all of you actually watching the entire movie when clicking the link?! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-show-was-this-trapped-underwater-with-a-surface-like-glass/668754.md?page=2)