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]
Original release
NetworkNBC
Release
  • January 7, 1980 (1980-01-07)[3]

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.

Premise

A park ranger (David Janssen) clashes with an army lieutenant colonel (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. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 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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