First Descent (2005)
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Terje Haakonsen, Nick Peralta, Hannah Teter, Shaun White
DVD Info
Release:
Feb 21, 2006
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
- Subtitles - English (SDH)
- Subtitles - French
- Subtitles - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurette - 1. AK AND BEYOND
- 2. TOP OF THE WORLD: WESCAM FEATURETTE
- 3. A THOUSAND WORDS
- 4. BIG-MOUNTAIN RIDING
- 5. EXTENDED SNOWBOARDING ACTION
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Reviews
If you've ever wanted to get a taste of the slopes from the comfort of a movie theatre, this film will do.
If you're a diehard snowboarding freak, then welcome to your new favorite movie.
If this had been an IMAX film, it could have been even more spectacular. It could also have been forty-five minutes shorter.
Woah. Gnarly. How many times do you hear anyone say that any more? Here's a movie for those who can't get enough of snowboarding, documentaries about sports, or people whose vocabularies include "gnarly." Because "First Descent" contains all three.
The history of snowboarding as a sport might be interesting if anybody really knew anything about it, but if this movie is any indication, no one does
If you're not a fan of the sport, this docu-mercial will be mostly uphill.
The end result isn't hard to rethink as Surfer Dudes on Ice.
It's a good reminder why going to the local bijou is sometimes better than renting a video or DVD.
First Descent comes off as an overlong, overstuffed promo for an 'industry' that hasn't needed promoting since the movie's target audience was in diapers.
I don't need Dave Grohl's screaming to convince me Håkonsen's 60 degree plunge down a 7,000 foot peak is super awesome.


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