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Posted: **Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:09 am**

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.

Posted: **Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:28 pm**

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?

Posted: **Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:12 pm**

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

Posted: **Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:20 pm**

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.

Posted: **Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:36 pm**

RCerber wrote:You can see the trailer here

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

Posted: **Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:08 pm**

CClaude wrote: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.

Posted: **Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:32 pm**

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 !!

Posted: **Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:49 pm**

dskoon wrote: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.

Posted: **Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:19 pm**

Dragger wrote:
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.

Posted: **Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:54 pm**

CClaude wrote: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...

Posted: **Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:22 pm**

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

Posted: **Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:53 pm**

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/

Posted: **Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:37 pm**

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.

Posted: **Fri Feb 05, 2010 6:15 pm**

i have to wait til march 5th

Posted: **Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:56 pm**

Dragger wrote:
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...

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Eiger film released in the States this wk

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