Snowboard Academy

Snowboard Academy

Infobox_Film
name =Snowboard Academy


imdb_id =0117676
writer =Rudy Rupak
James Salisko
starring =Corey Haim
Jim Varney
Brigitte Nielsen
Ken Lerner
Marcia Strassman
Shelli Lether
director =John Shepphird
producer =Rudy Rupak
distributor =Columbia TriStar
released =1996
runtime =88 min.
music =Ross Vannelli
awards =
language =English
budget =

"Snowboard Academy" is a 1996 independent comedy film, starring Corey Haim, Jim Varney and Brigitte Nielsen.

Plot summary

A competition is held between two brothers on their father's ski slopes one is a skier the other a snowboarder. The competition would determine if snowboarders could be allowed to be a part the ski patrol. The film was co-written and produced by the then 26 year old Rudy Rupak to be both a videogame and movie. The script, written by Rupak and James Salisko, was considered too edgy and made reference to things like X games and extreme sports. Columbia Pictures however toned down what would have been a PG-13 movie into a PG one given the pressures of an election year when Bob Dole was bent on chastising Hollywood for its alleged immorality. Scenes like peeing onto skiers from a chair lift, and skating on a blunt shape board were scrapped. Rupak's efforts to sell a videogame based on Snowboarding never materialized. Two years later, COOLBOARDING becoming one of the hottest selling video games of the year. Rupak went on to create two more forgettable movies before moving onto software and then eventually becoming the founder of Planet Hospital Inc.

Trivia

* Corey Haim and Brigitte Nielsen were both in "The Double 0 Kid".
* Was filmed in February 1996 in Québec, Canada.
* Was referenced on "Arrested Development" when Maeby Funke makes a movie called "Snowboarding School", starring Jamie Kennedy.
* The movie is currently #9 on the IMDb's Worst 100 List.

References


* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117676/combined "Snowboard Academy" combined details] "IMDB.com". Retrieved December 22 2005.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117676/locations "Snowboard Academy" Filming location notes ] "IMDB.com". Retrieved December 22 2005.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117676/business "Snowboard Academy" Filming notes ] "IMDB.com". Retrieved December 28 2005.

External links

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* [http://videodetective.com/home.asp?PublishedID=3365 "Fast Getaway" trailer] at Videodetective.com
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/trailer.html?v_id=16851 "Fast Getaway" trailer] at NY Times


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