Eiger film released in the States this wk

[fossana]

Just saw the 2008 German film, North Face, a historical film about a 1936 attempt on the Eiger, that's being released tomorrow in the States. Well done with great climbing footage. Review here.

[dskoon]

Yep, I've been anticipating its coming. Next week here in Portland.
Thanks for that review. Good stuff.
How did you see it so soon?

[Augie Medina]

Can't wait to see it. Good (realistic) climbing films are certainly rare.

[CClaude]

talking about Eiger films, can you rent the John Harlin Jr film yet... I think its called "The Alps" or something non-descriptive like that. If its anything like the book, it should be really good.

[phlipdascrip]

You can see the trailer here

That's a weird trailer. Freaky music, and apparently the movie wasn't translated yet.

[nattfodd]

talking about Eiger films, can you rent the John Harlin Jr film yet... I think its called "The Alps" or something non-descriptive like that. If its anything like the book, it should be really good.

I bought the DVD a few months ago, so I think you can probably rent it.

[Dragger]

RCerber wrote:

You can see the trailer here

That's a weird trailer. Freaky music, and apparently the movie wasn't translated yet.

Who the Hell wants a dubbed movie? Read the subtitles !!

[fossana]

Yep, I've been anticipating its coming. Next week here in Portland.
Thanks for that review. Good stuff.
How did you see it so soon?

It's been out on the indie circuit for 2 years.

[phlipdascrip]

That's a weird trailer. Freaky music, and apparently the movie wasn't translated yet.

Who the Hell wants a dubbed movie? Read the subtitles !!

There are no subtitles for the most part of the trailer. And the music is still weird. Also I've already seen the movie.

[kheegster]

talking about Eiger films, can you rent the John Harlin Jr film yet... I think its called "The Alps" or something non-descriptive like that. If its anything like the book, it should be really good.

Yes, it's available on DVD. It's even on Netflix. It's pretty but it's aimed at a general audience so there's less pure climbing than I would have liked. Still really pretty though...

[rmick25]

It's on Netflix but not available yet. Doesn't say when it will available either, according to their website.

[Zeke]

Not sure if anyone has seen this but this website offers some great climbing videos. This guy is a personal friend of mine and is a geneous at making climbing movies. Ok, Ok, I might be in a couple, but still worth watching!!

http://www.cascadeadventures.info/casca ... ures-dvds/

[gorida]

I didn't like it at all. I knew that historical facts had to be a little bit twisted for show's sake, but this went too far. I was all the time waiting for the end.
PS: Joe Simpson has my deepest respect, but I was even disappointed with his documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmjJBu0xiwc . Maybe it is just me.

[xDoogiex]

i have to wait til march 5th

[BrunoM]

RCerber wrote:

You can see the trailer here

That's a weird trailer. Freaky music, and apparently the movie wasn't translated yet.

Who the Hell wants a dubbed movie? Read the subtitles !!

In the film the Swiss, Germans & Austrians all have different accents, it would be pretty dumb to dub that...