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The Art of Flight

  • 20112011
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
7.8K
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The Art of Flight (2011)
Snowboarder Travis Rice and his friends redefine what is possible in the mountains. Experience the highs, as new tricks are landed and new zones opened, alongside the lows, where avalanches, accidents, and wrong-turns strike.
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Two years in the making, this film gives snowboarder Travis Rice and friends the opportunity to redefine what is possible in the mountains.Two years in the making, this film gives snowboarder Travis Rice and friends the opportunity to redefine what is possible in the mountains.Two years in the making, this film gives snowboarder Travis Rice and friends the opportunity to redefine what is possible in the mountains.
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
7.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Curt Morgan
  • Stars
    • Travis Rice
    • Mark Landvik
    • John Jackson
Top credits
  • Director
    • Curt Morgan
  • Stars
    • Travis Rice
    • Mark Landvik
    • John Jackson
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    • 20User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Trailer 2:26
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    Travis Rice and Mark Landvik in The Art of Flight (2011)
    Travis Rice in The Art of Flight (2011)
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    Travis Rice
    Travis Rice
    • Selfas Self
    Mark Landvik
    • Selfas Self
    John Jackson
    • Selfas Self
    Nicolas Müller
    • Selfas Self
    Scotty Lago
    • Selfas Self
    Bjorn Leines
    • Selfas Self
    David Carrier Porcheron
    David Carrier Porcheron
    • Selfas Self
    Jeremy Jones
    Jeremy Jones
    • Selfas Self
    Pat Moore
    • Selfas Self
    Eero Niemela
    • Selfas Self
    Kyle Clancy
    • Selfas Self
    Eric Willet
    • Selfas Self
    Bode Merrill
    • Selfas Self
    Jack Mitrani
    • Selfas Self
    Luke Mitrani
    • Selfas Self
    Danny Davis
    • Selfas Self
    Mark McMorris
    • Selfas Self
    Jake Blauvelt
    Jake Blauvelt
    • Selfas Self
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Curt Morgan
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    • Trivia
      It was estimated the Brain Farm provided about $1 million in production costs and $1 million in marketing for the film. After the full investment of Redbull and Redbull Media House, that estimate rose to around $4 million dollars towards production and $10 million towards marketing and advertising. Making this one of the largest film investments for Redbull thus far.
    • Connections
      Featured in Conan: Happy One Year Anniversary to Us, and to Lisa and Greg Drucker of Wayne, New Jersey (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      element L
      Performed by defrag

    User reviews20

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    The best snowboarding film so far?
    Video & Audio Quality

    A bit geeky but here goes. Blu-Ray video was averaging around 20 Mbps (peaking 35 Mbps) and audio was averaging around 5.5 Mbps (peaking 7.5 Mbps). To give some comparison a typical Hollywood DVD has video and audio totalling around 4.5 Mbps – yes you read that right, just the audio alone on this Blu-Ray has a higher bit rate than the video and audio of a DVD combined. I invested pretty heavily in good home setup and this Blu-Ray took advantage, the 1080p AVC video and Dolby TrueHD audio are stunning. The iTunes version is 2.7 GB (highly compressed) the Blu-Ray works out at 16 GB approx. As a result you are getting 6X more detail here. 10/10

    Film Content

    With the money pumped into this production it was clear it wouldn't be an amateur hour affair. Things kick off in Alaska for some pretty mental runs before moving south to the Andes in Chile with some pretty intimidating rocky terrain, moving further south to Patagonia before moving up north again for a second winter in BC.

    There is a lot of filler between the action videos. This filler is typically narration mixed with some arty, almost pretentious, video work. Those that don't appreciate this might want less narrative and more action, I found the balance good. On the subject of video, if there are two signature video shots from this film it would be wide-angle slow-motion pointing into the sun – great action, and time lapse of the moving night sky – great filler. 8/10

    Music

    The main trailer has an amazing tune which is collaboration between M83 and Brain Farm Cinema, sadly it's not used in the film! There is some other electronic, including some tracks off M83's forthcoming album. Some post-rock from Sigur Ros and even a little light rock. Perhaps my expectations were too high after the trailer but it didn't fit as well as I'd hoped. Certainly not bad though. 7/10

    Rating

    I am clearly no film critic, but in terms of production values this is the best snowboarding film I have seen. The action is great too, it's 1hr 20 of great snowboarding and impressive cinematography. It's not everything I had hoped for, but so close. My favourite snowboarding film to date. 8/10.
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    • Oct 14, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 8, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Art of Flight 3D
    • Filming locations
      • Alaska, USA
    • Production companies
      • Brain Farm Digital Cinema
      • Chugach Powder Guides
      • Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $158,532
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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