Avalanche

Avalanche (1978)

David Shelby (Rock Hudson) ist der wohlhabende Besitzer eines neuen Skigebiets unter einem schneebedeckten Berg. Er lädt seine Ex-Frau Caroline Brace (Mia Farrow) ein, zur Eröffnung ins Resort zu kommen, wo auch ein Skiturnier und ein Eiskunstlauf-Wettbewerb ausgetragen werden. Unter den vielen Gästen sind Davids lebhafte Mutter Florence (Jeanette Nolan), Bruce Scott (Rick Moses), ein weltberühmter Ski-Champion, und zwei rivalisierende Eiskunstläufer.

Erscheinungsdatum
1978-09-29
TMDB
3.6 / 10 (78)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 34 Min.
Genres
Action, Abenteuer, Drama
Regie
Corey Allen

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Budget: 6,5 Mio. $

Avalanche is a 1978 American disaster film directed by Corey Allen, featuring Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, and Jeanette Nolan.

Production

Roger Corman decided to make the film after enjoying success with another disaster movie, Tidal Wave where he added new footage to a Japanese film. Avalanche was originally budgeted at $2 million and Gavin Lambert, who wrote I Never Promised You a Rose Garden for Corman, was hired to do the script.

The project spent several years in development. It was eventually directed by Corey Allen, who had previously made the film Thunder and Lightning for Corman. Allen's appointment was announced in January 1978. Allen himself rewrote Gavin Lambert's script extensively and received a script credit. (Lambert later claimed Allen "dewrote" the script.)

Rock Hudson signed to star, saying "I've never done a disaster movie." " "I don’t mind calling it a disaster movie," said Corman, "since disaster movies have never failed to make money."

The budget increased to $4 million and was announced at $6.5 million, but Roger Corman cut that amount before production began. Allen was unhappy with the budget cuts and stated that "I don't feel the aims of the film were fulfilled . . . there were heavy pressures on Paul [Rapp, the line producer,] to bring the film in ahead of schedule, and these I feel were detrimental to the film."

The film was shot at the Purgatory Resort north of Durango, Colorado over an eight-week period. The ski scenes were at Purgatory Ski Resort. The avalanche scenes, in which the people are indoors, were filmed at The Lodge at Tamarron, south of Purgatory. At least one scene was filmed in Durango with the Gaslight Movie Theater in the background, at which one of the premier showings of the film was held.

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