Steep PG

Steep
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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: March 18, 2008
  • Originally Released: 2007
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 569
Rating: 2/5 -- Remarkably, given the extraordinary descents captured on film and despite the less than subtle stirring score, the film is ultimately lacking in any real excitement. Full Review
Times (UK)
Sep 26, 2008
Rating: 2/5 -- Catch this on an IMAX screen if you're interested, but for a great movie about mountain-based triumphs of the human spirit check out the inspirational Blindsight instead. Full Review
Sky Cinema
Sep 26, 2008
Rating: 3/5 -- If you're a fan of 'extreme skiing' (ie. hurling yourself down terrifyingly steep terrain with sticks on your feet), this film is your Holy Grail. Full Review
Empire Magazine
Sep 26, 2008
STEEP is one of those rare endeavors able to touch on the human condition without neglecting the film's true star: big-mountain skiing.
Los Angeles Times
Dec 21, 2007
Rating: 1/4 -- There's awe-inspiringly beautiful footage in Steep and awe-inspiringly stupid talk.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Mar 7, 2008
Rating: 2/5 -- It gets a little wearing, hanging out with these lions, but there's no denying the beauty of the landscape, with its fluttering avalanches, plumes of powder and vertiginous, zigzagging descents. Full Review
Guardian
Sep 26, 2008
What STEEP does really well...is capture the attraction of the sport and its lifestyle...
Box Office
Jan 1, 2008

Product Description:

Narrated by SIX FEET UNDER's Peter Krause, STEEP is an exciting examination of the dangerous sport of extreme skiing. The film was written and directed by Mark Obenhaus, a journalism veteran who has spent more than 30 years working on incisive television documentaries (including at ABC News with Peter Jennings, to whom the film is dedicated), STEEP follows the exploits of a dozen current and former adventure skiers who have risked their lives to ski down remote mountains where no one has skied before. They take helicopters and climb mountains to reach the points at which they head downhill, with no signs or nicely carved paths to lead them on their way. They never know when they're going to come across a tree, a rock, or even a cliff as they slice down breathtaking vistas. Obenhaus, who also serves as one of the executive producers of the film, captures amazing runs in British Columbia, France, Iceland, Wyoming, and Alaska, featuring such athletes as Doug Coombs, Chris Davenport, Ingrid Backstrom, Shane McConkey, Andrew McLean, and Seth Morrison. Older legends such as Anselme Baud, Bill Briggs, and Stefano De Benedetti discuss the origins of the sport and are seen in archival footage alongside the newer generation, who is constantly trying to top itself by attempting the seemingly impossible. Influenced by the films of Warren Miller and THE BLIZZARD OF AAHHH'S, STEEP follows these thrillseekers who live for danger, including one of them who actually dies doing the thing he loved best. Anton Sanko's score propels the remarkable action, along with songs by Quien es, BOOM!, and Low.

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  • UPC: 043396238787
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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