Survival on the Mountain (TV 1997)

Couple go to Nepal and gets caught in a snowstorm.

Director:

John Patterson

Writer:

Dennis Turner

Stars:

Markie Post, Dennis Boutsikaris, Ian Tracey

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Markie Post	...	Amy Hoffman
Dennis Boutsikaris	...	Joe Hoffman
Ian Tracey	...	Eric
Antony Holland	...	Jonathan
Hiromoto Ida	...	Norbu
Kameron Louangxay	...	Hari Ram
Jan D'Arcy	...	Kay
George Touliatos	...	Bill
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Ang
Chris Lovick	...	Ben
Katie Stuart	...	Molly
Shauna Nep	...	Leah
Scott Heindl	...	Carl
Manoj Sood	...	Boutros
Darren Adam	...	Amy's Father

Storyline

Couple go to Nepal and gets caught in a snowstorm.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Les survivants

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Zoetrope, Face Productions, Hallmark Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 88 min (PixL Movie Channel)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Flawed mountain melodrama.

This film irritates from the first scene, as many films of this genre do, because of the inability of the makers to convey a mountain experience to their public through film. The aerial shots are great, but the rest of the film is totally unconvincing, in every single aspect. The avalanches seem like flour poured out of a bowl, the lost climbers walk uphill to reach the valley, etcetera. Evidently Americans are running the show in Nepal. Even the helicopter pilots are American and the Sherpas need their American clients to save the day. The story is a cliché: almost a copy of another (terrible) mountain film: "Vertical Limits". Guess what willpower and the thought of the family at home can achieve in an emergency! Mountaineering deserves better films than this one.