Out Cold (2001)

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

Directors:

Brendan Malloy (as The Malloys), Emmett Malloy (as The Malloys)

Writer:

Jon Zack

Stars:

Flex Alexander, David Denman, A.J. Cook

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Flex Alexander	...	Anthony
A.J. Cook	...	Jenny
David Denman	...	Lance
Caroline Dhavernas	...	Anna
Derek Hamilton	...	Pig Pen
Zach Galifianakis	...	Luke
Willie Garson	...	Ted Muntz
David Koechner	...	Stumpy
Thomas Lennon	...	Eric
Jason London	...	Rick Rambis
Lee Majors	...	John Majors
Victoria Silvstedt	...	Inga
Lewis Arquette	...	Papa Muntz
Todd Richards	...	Barry
Rio Tahara	...	Tetsuo

Storyline

Bull Mountain, Alaska, is a no frills ski resort, and the staff is a bunch of partying snowboard bums. The late founder, Papa Muntz, was famed for skiing with his butt exposed, and in fact is so memorialized by a statue. But his son, Ted, plans to sell the resort to hotshot ski mogul John Majors, who starts turning it into a slick resort, which of course has no room for most of the staff. The exception is Rick, the most serious of the bunch. But there's a complication: Rick met Majors' stepdaughter Anna on vacation in Mexico, and he's never gotten over a crush he had on her, even though she's about to marry a great guy, and Rick is also fiercely loyal to his friends.

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Plot Keywords:

denali national park | reference to franklin d. roosevelt | mountain | snowboard | alaska | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

10 to 1

Filming Locations:

Sasquatch Mountain, Hemlock Valley, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,531,665, 25 November 2001, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$13,903,262, 17 February 2002

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Donners' Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anna (Caroline Dhavernas) wears an O.S.I. wind-cheater. O.S.I. (the Office of Scientific Intelligence) was the employer of Lee Majors' character, Steve Austin, in The Six Million Dollar Man (1974).

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Goofs

When Anthony falls during the king of the mountain race, he swears quite audibly. However, when he turns over, he spits out a lump of snow which would have prevented him speaking so clearly.

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Quotes

Luke: You know I hate what they're doing to the mountain, but this is the best vanilla latte I have ever had. You can actually taste the vanilla beans... I don't like the coffee.

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Alternate Versions

A number of scenes were deleted from the final print some of which include:

• Stumpy telling Pig Pen a story about how he invented the snowboard by nailing his feet to a two-by-four to get down a steep mountain.
• A long scene showing another story of the death of Papa Muntz where after he talked with Rick about building a ski lift to Hangman's Peak, Papa went into the woods to "take a dump" when he had a heart attack, died and skied down the mountain, his backside bare, and everyone witnessed it which made Papa Muntz a legend.
• Anthony putting a bicycle lock on a drunken Luke's neck when he's passed out, and Luke arriving for work at the lodge asking for the key.
• Luke talking with Anne about Rick during the time Inga is on the motorized bull.
• Stumpy pigging out on the cookout during the investors meeting, and saying: "how rude!"
• An extended closing speach given by Stumpy to the camera about the end of the story when another person at the bar ask Lance who is Stumpy talking to.

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Connections

Spoofs Casablanca (1942)

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Soundtracks

Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)
Written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss (as George D. Weiss)
Performed by The Stylistics
Courtesy of Amherst Records, Inc./Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Animal House for a less discerning audience

OK, this film is not going to win any awards for best acting, or best cinematography, or best picture for that matter. However, this film will make you laugh. It will spend about a buck ninety of your time in a very guilty pleasure sort of way. It revolves around a town in Alaska, a ski town, that is about to encounter a shift from a peaceful, secluded atmosphere to a bustling, main stream atmosphere. Our heroes are the snowboard instructors who have to save the day from a irritating, stereotypical land developer. Putting aside the obvious overtones of similar movies of this genre, and dispelling some predictability you really can have a good time. The jokes are funny, the characters have some witty dialog and the story moves briskly. The only drawback for me was the inept love story, but that was balanced out with some good jokes derived from it. It's no Schindler's List, but is a worthy addition to a home library or just a rental on a Friday night.