Out Cold (2001)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Directors:

Brendan Malloy
Emmett Malloy

Writer (WGA):

Jon Zack (written by)

Release Date:

21 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

They Haven't Quite Figured It All Out, But They're Getting A Little Warmer.

Plot:

A snowboarder's plans for his own snowboard park go awry when an ex-girlfriend returns to town.

Plot Keywords:

Snowboard | Prankster | Skiing | Mooning | Female Nudity

Cast

Jason London	...	Rick Rambis
Lee Majors	...	John Majors
Willie Garson	...	Ted Muntz
Zach Galifianakis	...	Luke
David Koechner	...	Stumpy
Flex Alexander	...	Anthony
A.J. Cook	...	Jenny
David Denman	...	Lance
Caroline Dhavernas	...	Anna
Derek Hamilton	...	Pig Pen
Thomas Lennon	...	Eric Montclare
Victoria Silvstedt	...	Inga
Todd Richards	...	Barry
Lewis Arquette	...	Herbert 'Papa' Muntz
Rob 'Sluggo' Boyce	...	Snownook Guy

Also Known As:

10 to 1 (USA) (working title)
Ten to One (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, crude and sexual humor, and substance abuse.

Runtime:

89 min | Spain:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:12 | Brazil:18 | Iceland:L | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

Company:

Spyglass Entertainment

Trivia:

The character of Barry is played by Todd Richards, a professional snowboarder and member of the 1998 US Olympic snowboarding team and is probably the most capable member of the cast on a snowboard. However, in the film he never leaves his wheelchair.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Pigpen is snowboarding towards the cliff to save the Solid Gold Dancers his bindings are set with his toes out. However, when he is in the air his bindings shift so that both feet point with toes forward. Once he lands on the gondola his bindings magically shift back.

Quotes:

Stumpy: It's called the '80s. Ford was president, Nixon was in the White House, and FDR was running this country into the ground.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Funk #49

The Six Million Dollar Man Vs. Victoria Silvstedt

OK, I'm a sucker for this type of film. I know it's something we have all seen a million times, but, darn it - we NEED this type of movie.

Yeah, yeah, yeah…the story line's predictable: idyllic local winter ski haven (Bull Mountain) is under threat by a big-business tycoon's (Lee Majors) plans for turning it into a high rollers' resort town. And, yeah, yeah, yeah…the subplot is equally original: boy loses girl, boy wants girl back, girl has fiancé, boy must go through trials and tribulations to win girl back, etcetera, etcetera, ad nauseum. Add a few crass scenarios, a big-breasted beauty (Victoria Silvstedt), beer and you've got yourself another boring teen-sex comedy. Right? Not so fast, partner.

Out Cold joins the ranks of other great teen comedies (Animal House, Better Off Dead, Caddyshack, and the hundreds of others) in its magical ability to stop time – if just for a moment. Like its predecessors, Out Cold captures that youthful time when friends surround us, we are having the time of our lives and the party never seems like it is going to end. Those are our `rites of passage' years - generally, between the ages of 16-25 - nine very short years.

Out Cold takes place in the fictional tiny-town of Bull Mountain, Colorado - elevation 10,000 feet – a winter wonderland of snow, skiing and snowboarding. A place where there's always fluffy powder to plow through and a hilarious friend is at every corner you turn. There's always the local pub to chill in after a hard day of playing – the characters in these movies all have jobs but no one seems to work. Loneliness is not an option. That's what makes this movie (these movies) great.

Out Cold isn't just about gross-out gags with guys running around trying to get laid, it's about the escapism that these films offer. Even if you've never experienced the perfect winter or summer vacation – even if you've never gone to that ivy-league school where no student has homework – even if you've only dreamt about spending time at exotic locales with fun in the sun/snow – this is the reason why we NEED this type of movie. If only for ninety minutes, these movies offer a fantasy or nice remembrances of times gone by (or, to come.)

For all of you naysayers out there who pooh-pooh this film on the account of its wonderfully juvenile content, I say, `Go see Harry Potter, you bombastic moralist and leave me alone!'