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Avalanche

  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
731
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Avalanche (1999)
ActionThriller

A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an avalanche hits the group, the husband is killed and onl... Read allA helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an avalanche hits the group, the husband is killed and only by the pilot's perseverance is the wife saved. Two years later, the wife takes on a corp... Read allA helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an avalanche hits the group, the husband is killed and only by the pilot's perseverance is the wife saved. Two years later, the wife takes on a corporation which wants to extend an oil pipeline across the tundra above Juneau. She is convi... Read all

  • Director
    • Steve Kroschel
  • Writers
    • Thomas Ian Griffith
    • Lars Guignard
    • Steve Kroschel
  • Stars
    • Thomas Ian Griffith
    • Caroleen Feeney
    • R. Lee Ermey
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    731
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steve Kroschel
    • Writers
      • Thomas Ian Griffith
      • Lars Guignard
      • Steve Kroschel
    • Stars
      • Thomas Ian Griffith
      • Caroleen Feeney
      • R. Lee Ermey
    • 17User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Thomas Ian Griffith
    Thomas Ian Griffith
    • Neal Meekin
    Caroleen Feeney
    Caroleen Feeney
    • Dr. Lia Freeman
    R. Lee Ermey
    R. Lee Ermey
    • Gary
    C. Thomas Howell
    C. Thomas Howell
    • Jack
    John Ashton
    John Ashton
    • Kemp
    Geoffrey Lower
    Geoffrey Lower
    • Jay Weston
    Hilary Shepard
    Hilary Shepard
    • Annie
    • (as Hilary Shepard-Turner)
    Gary Kasper
    Gary Kasper
    • Tiny
    Bill Bacon
    • Larry
    John Jabaley
    • Donahue
    Brett Baker
    Brett Baker
    • Peter
    Jeff Babcock
    • Pump Station Engineer
    Eva Barrington
    • Secretary
    Douglas Fesler
    • Rescue Captain
    Jerry Harper
    • Tom
    Thomas G. Jacobs
    • Harry
    • (as Thomas Jacobs)
    Josh Johnson
    • Helicopter Pilot
    Richard Reichman
    • Minister
    • Director
      • Steve Kroschel
    • Writers
      • Thomas Ian Griffith
      • Lars Guignard
      • Steve Kroschel
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    User reviews17

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    7apfraats

    Watchable, not as bad as presumed by many

    The movie isn't as bad as many of the voters up till now are saying. The movie is nice to watch, although it isn't a high budget Hollywood movie as STAR WARS 3. So, you may expect that the special effects and avalanches shown are not as real as you could get them , but still they are acceptable. The story makes up for it. Don't watch this movie for it's special effects, but just to see a nice watchable movie which is in general of medium+ quality, taking all things together.

    The is certain a tension building up while watching the movie, which is also a little predictable, but, again, still acceptable.

    Generally speaking, the votes on IMDb are low, for many many movies. Why ? I don't know. It's isn't me, I think, having watched 1000+ DVD's. Indeed there are bad made movies, but this one isn't all that bad at all.

    If you wanted to see a movie , just for fun, with no complicated but reasonable enjoyable plot, this is surely one for rent.

    I'll give it 7 point, just making a statement it's not a super movie but worth watching.
    6kairingler

    decent action flick

    first off this is not a horrible movie as most of you in these discussion boards have pointed out,, do I care that polar bears don't go as far south as Juneau,, no I really don't care.. most people won't ever even know the difference till some people decide to nit-pick a movie to death. Thomas Ian Griffith did a great job with the movie,, to bad the female lead was awful,, liked R. Lee Ermey's character. John Ashton was good to. I loved all of the wonderful Alaskan scenery as depicted in the movie. and yes the polar bears south of Juneau too, the storyline was great.. about the Pipeline, being built by a company knowing that it sits right on an area where avalanches are prone to happen, great action in this one. plot pretty good,, I just wish people wouldn't be so harsh on a movie like this.
    1beegeebright

    Not worth seeing

    It really is about as bad a movie as I have ever seen. It is hard to find a single redeeming thing to say about it. The acting was awful; the romance totally unbelievable. I guess I'd never seen Juneau before in a movie. I would recommend that you watch it only if trapped in a mountain cabin room with a TV but no other furniture, books, people, radios or light and if you aren't tired already because this one will certainly put you to sleep. I like disaster movies and can watch the worst of them, and have, but this one has made me rethink ever watching one ever again. It gave a whole new meaning to the catchphrase disaster movie, it is a disaster to watch, not just about a disaster.
    5DrDimensio

    Good Movie, No Budget, Good Actors, Bad Script

    I would have to say based on Hollow Point, Black Point, TimeCop 3 and Ulterior Motives, OF COURSE Griffith would do a movie like this. It's practically perfect for him. I'm not saying he's a bad actor or that the movie was particularly good. I think maybe his performance made the movie worth watching.

    The story line is a bit too simple but it does have a plot and that is after all what it takes to keep most movie fans in the zone. The budget was clearly too small because there was way to much green screen. But the stunts were rather good, the lines were pretty realistic and most important of all, the acting was good. It's wasn't great but no where near bad.
    rasalouise

    HORRIBLE!! BUT A MUST-SEE!

    This movie is hilarious!! The effects, plot and acting are SO BAD that you'll be cracking up, or crying. It's a movie you should watch if you feel like ripping apart something. The best scene is the airplane crash, and how they just survive getting thrown around, but still jump right out. I couldn't understand how they were so scared of the ice crack, but then just slide right down it. As someone who has studied glaciers, a crevasse is dangerous and once you fall in, that's it. But as soon as they slide down it, the next scene is great because it shows them just walking out of the crevasse. Also, the models of the city and the powdered sugar used for snow are awful effects.

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    • Trivia
      Included as one of the bonus movies on the 2017 "7 Bonus Movies" DVD release of Slipstream (1989).
    • Goofs
      Near the end of the movie when the airplane with Neal and Lia is crashing, the first shot of it sliding down the mountain clearly shows the tail broken off, and we also see someone outside/above the cockpit waving their arms, but in the following shots the plane is shown with the fuselage still intact (minus wings only) sliding down the mountain and the cockpit is also still intact with both people inside and in their seats. This is also the way the plane ends up in the crevice.
    • Connections
      Edited into Ice Queen (2005)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Michèle Vice-Maslin, Michael Garvin and Kim Tribble

      Produced and Arranged by Michèle Vice-Maslin, Michael Garvin and Kim Tribble

      Published by Even Sweetersongs (SESAC)/Michael Garvin Music (BMI)/Brian's Dream (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Sweetersongs

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 1999 (Taiwan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Escape from Alaska
    • Filming locations
      • Anchorage, Alaska, USA
    • Production companies
      • Ian Page Productions
      • Krsochel Films
      • PM Entertainment Group
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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