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ksfrogman
Dec 1, 2002, 1:45 PM
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Okay, there are lots of movies with climbing in them: Eiger Sanction (1975 - Clint Eastwood), For your Eyes Only, MI-2, Vertical Limit, XXX.
Any of you have any favorites or suggestions of others to watch?
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cass
Dec 1, 2002, 5:24 PM
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marks
Dec 1, 2002, 5:29 PM
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hard grit.
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ksfrogman
Dec 1, 2002, 5:40 PM
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Cass, now I see how you became honemaster. Lol.
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cass
Dec 1, 2002, 5:54 PM
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whatever
watch Hard Grit as Marks said, or something like that if you want to watch a movie on climbing
duh
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ksfrogman
Dec 1, 2002, 6:29 PM
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Looks like a winner. I'll check some local places as I'm a bit too impatient to order the video online.
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ontario_guide
Dec 1, 2002, 7:05 PM
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Cliffhanger has to be the most realistic climbing movie ever! Seriously though, I can't remember the name of is but there was a pretty cool one with Sean Connery in it.
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stevematthys
Dec 1, 2002, 7:09 PM
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Masters of Stone V
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flying_dutchman
Dec 1, 2002, 8:03 PM
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want to learn what not to do when climbing; watch vertical limit. that movies hilarious
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lalamur
Dec 1, 2002, 8:22 PM
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there's a movie that was made in the early 90's called K2, it'll be worth your while to check it out.
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lemurboy
Dec 1, 2002, 8:29 PM
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Doseage Vol. 1
its so sick watching Sharmas trials and errors and success on realization!
such an amazing route!
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lemurboy
Dec 1, 2002, 8:30 PM
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Masters of Stone V is another great climbing movie!
Dean Kicks ass!
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ksfrogman
Dec 1, 2002, 8:33 PM
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I have Vertical Limit on DVD. In fact, it was the movie that compelled me to get into rock climbing. I know it's not at all realistic, but Ed Veister's (spelling?) in it as himself for a few brief seconds, and the movie is certainly entertaining. I've watched it several times.
I also have some bouldering videos such as Friction and one with Chris Sharma.
I'm just looking for some entertainment, nothing necessarily serious for any learning value.
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ksfrogman
Dec 1, 2002, 8:34 PM
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By the way, I thought Cliffhanger had Sylvester Stallone in it, not Sean Connery.
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rockpossum
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There is a seldom screened Werner Herzog directed film called Scream of Stone. It is a dramatization of the conquest of Cerro Torre in Patagonia. Stefan Glowacz is the only real climber with a speaking role.
Herzog is a brilliant director but... this movie was probably too ambitious. It's shot on location, apparently during filming Glowacz and Herzog were caught in a storm on the face and had to dig a snow cave to survive. The story is disjointed but the cinematography is terrific. Donald Sutherland is in it as well.
Worth watching.
(a review follows...)
The film final 40 minutes are
masterful as the two climbers - one
using more modern techniques, the
other doing it the frightening old
fashioned way - attempt to scale the
Cerro Torre. If the heights don’t
take your breath away, the
panoramic photography will; it’s
an eyeful.
Bill Brownstein
The Gazette
[ This Message was edited by: rockpossum on 2002-12-01 13:04 ]
[ This Message was edited by: rockpossum on 2002-12-01 13:10 ]
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climb4christ
Dec 1, 2002, 9:10 PM
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masters of stone 2: hard rock has some quite nice Needles, J-tree, Yosemite stuff
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ontario_guide
Dec 1, 2002, 9:10 PM
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Yea, sorry about my last post. I wrote it kind of confusingly. I was making fun of Cliffhanger and then on a completley different note asking about a climbing movie that Sean Connery was in. I was more an alpine movie that took place in Europe. The movie was set in the 20's or 30's and was released in the 70's or 80's. Not sure though.
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downshift
Dec 2, 2002, 2:01 AM
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Ontario Guide
The move you are refering to is Sean Connery's 1982 film Five Days One Summer set in 1932.
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jgill
Dec 2, 2002, 2:20 AM
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Third Man on the Mountain(color) is a Disney film, made in the 1950s, and is a highly fictionalized rendering of the conquest of the Matterhorn. Stars Michael Rennie (as Capt. Winter), James MacArthur, and Janet Munroe (I believe). It's hokey by today's standards - the complete antithesis of Masters of Stone - but conveys a real and fresh mountaineering spirit.
The Unconquered (B&W)was filmed in the 1940s and starred Gilbert Roland as a conflicted mountain climbing guide. Marvelous falling sequence at the end, with a rappel rope streaming downward. [ This may be a film that was lost forever in a fire or flood].
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jefesuave
Dec 2, 2002, 2:30 AM
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hmmmm...not necessarily a climbing movie, but it is about a climber. i would suggest Seven Years in Tibet. GREAT!!!!!!
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curt
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I would also like to cast a vote for "Hard Grit." Even watching it from my sofa, I had to chalk up periodically--my hands were so sweaty.
Curt
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salathiel
Dec 2, 2002, 3:16 AM
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Hard Grit,Hard Grit, Hard Grit.
I don't know how Seb Grieve climbs with 'nads that big.
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jhump
Dec 2, 2002, 3:28 AM
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K2
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rockpossum
Dec 2, 2002, 6:17 AM
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This one barely qualifies, Guns of Navarone from around 1961. Is a WWII film but the premise is that the afore mentioned Guns can only be reached by commandoes scaling a towering rock face.
If you like WWII epics this is a great movie with a great cast.
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climbingjunky
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There's this documentary called "Everest". Originally came out for the IMAX theater. It's go amazing cinematography, and is quite inspiring. It's exciting, and also sad at the same time.
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