First Descent (2005)

Directors:

Kemp Curly
Kevin Harrison

Release Date:

2 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Tagline:

The story of the snowboarding revolution.

Plot:

Five of the world's best snowboarders are taken to the mountains of Alaska for some outrageous "Big Mountain" rides. |

Plot Keywords:

Alaska | Snowboarding

Cast

Shawn Farmer	...	Himself
Terje Haakonsen	...	Himself
Nick Perata	...	Himself
Travis Rice	...	Himself
Hannah Teter	...	Herself
Shaun White	...	Himself

Directed by
Kemp Curly
Kevin Harrison

Produced by
Kemp Curly	....	producer
Kevin Harrison	....	producer
Marc Joubert	....	co-producer
John Kaplan	....	co-producer
Jack Kelly	....	coordinating producer
Paula Martone	....	line producer
Bruno Musso	....	coordinating producer
Larry Tanz	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Scott Duncan		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jon Philpot

Production Management
Samara Levenstein	....	post-production supervisor
Paula Martone	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve Lawrence	....	second unit director

Sound Department
Coll Anderson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Coll Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
Brian Bowles	....	dialogue editor
Brian Connolly	....	boom operator
Brian Connolly	....	sound mixer
John D'Aquino	....	production sound mixer
Mark Filip	....	sound effects editor
Sean Garnhart	....	sound designer
Matt Israel	....	additional sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Brian Scott Benson	....	digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
T.G. Firestone	....	assistant camera
Mark Hryma	....	aerial director of photography
Abraham Martinez	....	assistant camera
Rob Sackett	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Jason Barnes	....	assistant editor
Brian Guillaudeu	....	on-line assistant editor
Grant Wheeler	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Christopher Covert	....	music supervisor
Ralph Sall	....	soundtrack album producer

Other crew
Erich Archer	....	production coordinator
Jim Granato	....	production assistant: Tahoe
Evan Wise	....	logger

Production Companies

• MD Films
• Transition Productions

Distributors

• Blue Sky Media (2005) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Universal Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky Film Distribution (2006) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2006) (Hungary) (all media)
• California Filmes (2006) (Brazil) (all media)
• Hutchinson Global Communications (HGC) (2006) (China) (all media)
• LNK Filmes (2006) (Portugal) (all media)
• Metropolitan (MTA) (2006) (France) (all media)
• Myndform (2006) (Iceland) (all media)
• Rialto Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2006) (Denmark) (all media)
• Tiberius Film (2006) (Germany) (all media)
• Tohokushinsha Film (2006) (Japan) (all media)
• Transition Productions
• Viva Films (2006) (Philippines) (all media)

Other Companies

• Bulletproof Recording Company  soundtrack (as Bulletproof Records)
• Cinetic Media  sales
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and a momentary drug reference.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-3 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42250) | Iceland:12 | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG

Company:

MD Films

Awesome sights!

This movie was like going on vacation. Gorgeous mountains in Alaska, great rocking music, and a hell of a story about the birth and development of snowboarding. I found it very entertaining, and could look at the landscapes all night long. Plenty of things I didn't know about the development of the sport as it came along after my snow skiing days were over. Great athletes with wild attitudes - lots of old footage of competitions as well as X Games clips - the art of capturing this footage as if your were on the board yourself is a great rush for a middle-aged lady like me. I'll be taking some friends to see this one.