Avalanche (1999)

A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an avalanche hits the group, the husband is killed and ... See full summary »

Director:

Steve Kroschel

Writer:

Steve Kroschel

Stars:

Thomas Ian Griffith, Caroleen Feeney, R. Lee Ermey

Cast

Credited cast:
Thomas Ian Griffith	...	Neal Meekin
Caroleen Feeney	...	Dr. Lia Freeman
R. Lee Ermey	...	Gary
C. Thomas Howell	...	Jack
John Ashton	...	Kemp
Geoffrey Lower	...	Jay Weston
Hilary Shepard	...	Annie (as Hilary Shepard-Turner)
Gary Kasper	...	Tiny
Bill Bacon	...	Larry
John Jabaley	...	Donahue
Brett Baker	...	Peter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeff Babcock	...	Pump Station Engineer
Eva Barrington	...	Secretary
Douglas Fesler	...	Rescue Captain
Jerry Harper	...	Tom

Storyline

A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an avalanche hits the group, the husband is killed and only by the pilot's perseverance is the wife saved. Two years later, the wife takes on a corporation which wants to extend an oil pipeline across the tundra above Juneau. She is convinced that this will cause an avalanche on the town. Of course, she is rejected by the corporation executives. She recruits the pilot to try to aid her, but with no success.

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Plot Keywords:

corporation | avalanche | oil | tundra | environmental | 

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Taglines:

Hell hath no fury like Mother Nature scorned.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for disaster-related action and peril

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 1999 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

Escape from Alaska

Filming Locations:

Palmer, Alaska, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ian Page Productions, Krsochel Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Near the end of the movie when the airplane with Neal and Lia is crashing, the first shot of it sliding down the mountain clearly shows the tail broken off, and we also see someone outside/above the cockpit waving their arms, but in the following shots the plane is shown with the fuselage still intact (minus wings only) sliding down the mountain and the cockpit is also still intact with both people inside and in their seats. This is also the way the plane ends up in the crevice.

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Connections

Edited into Ice Queen (2005)

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Soundtracks

"NOW NOW"
Written by MichèleVice-Maslin / Michael Garvin / Kim Tribble
Produced and Arranged by Maslin / Michael Garvin / Kim Tribble
Published by Even Sweetersongs (SESAC)/Michael Garvin Music (BMI)/Brian's Dream (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Sweetersongs

User Reviews

Watchable, not as bad as presumed by many

The movie isn't as bad as many of the voters up till now are saying. The movie is nice to watch, although it isn't a high budget Hollywood movie as STAR WARS 3. So, you may expect that the special effects and avalanches shown are not as real as you could get them , but still they are acceptable. The story makes up for it. Don't watch this movie for it's special effects, but just to see a nice watchable movie which is in general of medium+ quality, taking all things together.

The is certain a tension building up while watching the movie, which is also a little predictable, but, again, still acceptable.

Generally speaking, the votes on IMDb are low, for many many movies. Why ? I don't know. It's isn't me, I think, having watched 1000+ DVD's. Indeed there are bad made movies, but this one isn't all that bad at all.

If you wanted to see a movie , just for fun, with no complicated but reasonable enjoyable plot, this is surely one for rent.

I'll give it 7 point, just making a statement it's not a super movie but worth watching.