The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)

Director:

Larry Peerce

Writers:

David Seltzer (writer)
E.G. Valens (book)

Release Date:

16 July 1976 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

NOT SINCE LOVE STORY...

Plot:

A female skiing champion is paralyzed in a tragic skiing accident. Her girlfriend is taken out of competition when she contracts polio.

Plot Keywords:

Skiing | Accident | Polio | Paraplegic | Handicap

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Marilyn Hassett	...	Jill Kinmont
Beau Bridges	...	Dick 'Mad Dog' Buek
Belinda Montgomery	...	Audra Jo Nicholson (as Belinda J. Montgomery)
Nan Martin	...	June Kinmont
Bill Vint	...	Buddy Werner
Dabney Coleman	...	Dave McCoy
William Bryant	...	Bill Kinmont
Hampton Fancher	...	Lee Zadroga
William Roerick	...	Dr. Pittman
Dori Brenner	...	Cookie
Walter Brooke	...	Dean
Jocelyn Jones	...	Linda Meyers
Greg Mabrey	...	Bob Kinmont
Tony Becker	...	Jerry Kinmont as a boy
Griffin Dunne	...	Herbie Johnson

Also Known As:

A Window to the Sky (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | West Germany:16 | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Bishop Paiute Reservation, Bishop, California, USA

Company:

Filmways Pictures

Trivia:

The real Jill Kinmont was a technical adviser on the film. Her work included three days on Mammoth Mountain, where many of the ski racing shots were filmed. She was transported on a mechanical "snowcat", with her wheelchair strapped to the back.

Quotes:

Jill Kinmont: [Jill laboriously picks up a potato chip from a bowl on her lap] Didn't even break. That's the hardest thing of all.
Buddy Werner: Jill, aren't you gonna walk?
Jill Kinmont: Walk?
Buddy Werner: Yeah, I, I thought you were...
Jill Kinmont: No. I'm never gonna walk.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Soultaker (#11.1)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Richard's Window

We watched it and lived it, sort of.

My girlfriend and I watched the movie, a few years later I even swiped one of Dick's lines from the movie, I told my girlfriend "I don't care if you walk, crawl or slither on your belly like a snake up the isle." It was a few years later that she went up the isle in a wheelchair, she had MS when I met her and took her from me twenty five years later. I would like to thank Jill and Marilyn for their story and performance to help us along. I am a cross between her cowboy and Mad Dog and we had a good time together while it lasted. We knew each other for twenty five years and were together for nineteen, I took care of her as a caregiver for seventeen of those nineteen until 1997 when I lost her to the MS. Again, thank you Jill and Marilyn you helped us a lot. Steve