Bull Mountain, Alaska, is a no frills ski resort, and the staff is a bunch of partying snowboard bums. The late founder, Papa Muntz, was famed for skiing with his backside exposed, and in fact is so memorialized by a statue. But his son, Ted, plans to sell the resort to hotshot ski mogul John Majors, who starts turning it into a slick resort, which of course has no room for most of the staff. The exception is Rick, the most serious of the bunch. But there’s a complication: Rick met Majors’ stepdaughter Anna on vacation in Mexico, and he’s never gotten over a crush he had on her, even though she’s about to marry a great guy. And Rick is also fiercely loyal to his friends.
Out Cold is a 2001 American comedy film about a group of snowboarders in Alaska. It is the first feature film by the music video directing team The Malloys, after co-directing the surfing documentary Thicker than Water (2000) with musician Jack Johnson. The film presents itself as a parody of 1980s “ski school” movies and makes a number of references to the film Casablanca. A number of elements of the latter, including plot and famous lines, were incorporated into Out Cold.
Out Cold (2001)
Directed by: The Malloys
Starring: Jason London, A.J. Cook, Lee Majors, Zach Galifianakis, Derek Hamilton, Willie Garson, Caroline Dhavernas, David Koechner, Victoria Silvstedt, David Koechner, Odessa Munroe
Screenplay by: Jon Zack
Production Design by: Michael S. Bolton
Cinematography by: Richard Crudo
Film Editing by: Jeffrey Wolf
Costume Design by: Carla Hetland
Set Decoration by: Louise Roper
Art Direction by: James Steuart
Music by: Michael Andrews
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, crude and sexual humor, and substance abuse.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: November 21, 2001
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