High Ice (film)

High Ice, also known as Challenge of the High Ice,[4] is a 1980 American adventure television film directed by Eugene S. Jones and starring David Janssen, Tony Musante, Madge Sinclair, and Gretchen Corbett. Its plot follows a park ranger and army lieutenant attempting to save three rock climbers stranded on a mountain ledge. The film was released in the United States as an NBC Movie of the Week in early 1980, but was given a theatrical release internationally. The extended theatrical cut of the film shown in foreign countries includes nude sequences that were excised from the television version.

High Ice
Genre
Written by
Directed byGordon Hessler
Starring
Music byRobert O. Ragland
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
  • Eugene S. Jones
  • Natalie Jones
CinematographyRobert E. Collins
EditorGeorge Hively
Running time97 minutes[1]
Budget$2 million[2]
Release
Original networkNBC
Original release
  • January 7, 1980 (1980-01-07)[3]

Premise

A park ranger (David Janssen) clashes with an army lieutenant (Tony Musante) regarding the rescue efforts of three rock climbers stranded on a mountain ledge in Washington.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in Darrington, Washington in the summer of 1979.[2] The production budget was approximately $2 million.[2]

Release

Upon its airing on NBC in January 1980, High Ice was met by approximately 25 million viewers in the United States.[2] The film was subsequently given a theatrical release internationally, with nudity which had been cut from the television version reinstated.[2] The film aired on television again in the late 1980s on MTV.[5]

Critical response

James Brown of the Los Angeles Times deemed the film a "visually breathtaking, but dramatically stuttering diversion...  Director Eugene Jones further hampers his own cause with some choppy transitions, confusing flashbacks and muddled dramatic focus."[4]

References
  1. "High Ice (1980)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  2. Fiege, Gale (August 24, 2009). "'High Ice': It may be cheesy, but 1980 TV movie belongs to Darrington". The Herald. Everett, Washington. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020.
  3. Harrison, Bernie (January 7, 1980). "Monday's Highlights". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Brown, James (January 7, 1980). "'High Ice' Has Its Ups, Downs". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Scheuer, Steven H. (1987). Movies on TV '88-'89. Bantam Books. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-553-26851-5.
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