Ski Patrol (1990)

A developer attempts to sabotage the safety record of a ski resort.

Director:

Rich Correll (as Richard Correll)

Writers:

Steven Long Mitchell (story), Craig W. Van Sickle (story)

Stars:

Roger Rose, T.K. Carter, Yvette Nipar

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Roger Rose	...	Jerry Cramer
Yvette Nipar	...	Ellen
T.K. Carter	...	Iceman
Leslie Jordan	...	Murray
Paul Feig	...	Stanley
Sean Sullivan	...	Suicide (as Sean Gregory Sullivan)
Tess Foltyn	...	Tiana (as Tess)
George Lopez	...	Eddie Martinez
Corbin Timbrook	...	Lance (as Corby Timbrook)
Steve Hytner	...	Myron (as Stephen Hytner)
Ray Walston	...	Pops
Martin Mull	...	Maris
Rascal	...	Dumpster
Deborah Rose	...	Inspector Crabitz
Beirne Chisolm	...	Lance's Thug

Storyline

The Snowy Peaks ski patrol is one diverse crew. They consist of Jerry, the senior member who loves skiing and is in love with Ellen, a ski school instructor at Snowy Peaks; Iceman, singer and master of impressions; Eddie, the demolition and explosives expert; Stanley, who has failed to make the patrol seven years in a row; and Tiana, a foreign exchange patroller who likes Stanley. While having fun and keeping the mountain safe, they try to save the lodge from greedy land developer, Sam Maris.

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Plot Keywords:

cigar smoking | ski patrol | sabotage | lodge | ski resort | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 January 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Louca Academia do Ski

Filming Locations:

Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$8,533,973

Company Credits

Production Co:

Epic Productions, Sarlui / Diamant

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the time of filming, executive producer Paul Maslansky anticipated also making Ski Patrol II, III and a possible spin-off television series, none of which actually came to fruition.

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Goofs

In the last few minutes of the film the characters Stanley and Tiana are riding together within a convoy of snow machines when Stanley hears calls for help. To get Tiana to stop and pull over he mistakenly calls Tiana by her real name, "Tess", he says. In his next line Stanley clearly calls her Tiana as he should.

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Quotes

Iceman: [imitating Rodney Dangerfield] What do you know? They followed me from my apartment in New York. I get no respect!
[Jerry and Stanley laughing]
Eddie Martinez: [attempts to imitate Rodney Dangerfield] Say, anybody got a cat?
[the music stops and both Jerry and Stanley give Eddie weird looks]
Iceman: Yeah, you need to work on that.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Tremors/Ski Patrol/Internal Affairs/The Plot Against Harry (1990)

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Soundtracks

Rainbow Room
Music by Ib Glindemann (as Ib Blindemann)
Courtesy of Ole George / Capitol Production Music

User Reviews

Does anybody have a sanitary napkin?

This movie is stupid. I usually like stupid movies (Dumb and Dumber, Police Academy, Plan 9 from Outer Space), but this, takes the stupid cake. This movie is so bad, only Dan Quale on NyQuil could remotely figure out. I wanted to like it, but it's just Police Academy on skis. And it gets dumber every time I see it. Some fun, but it comes as slow as a turtle walking while eating a quailude. C- (C- because it's so bad, its sometimes good).