Ski Patrol (1990)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Richard Correll

Writers (WGA):

Steven Long Mitchell (story) &
Craig W. Van Sickle (story) ...

Release Date:

12 January 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

A developer attempts to sabotage the safety record of a ski resort.

Plot Keywords:

Skiing | Beautiful Woman | Lipstick On A Man's Cheek | Independent Film

Cast

Roger Rose	...	Jerry Cramer
Yvette Nipar	...	Ellen
T.K. Carter	...	Iceman
Leslie Jordan	...	Murray
Paul Feig	...	Stanley
Sean Gregory Sullivan	...	Suicide
Tess	...	Tiana
George Lopez	...	Eddie Martinez
Corbin Timbrook	...	Lance
Steve Hytner	...	Myron (as Stephen Hytner)
Ray Walston	...	Pops
Martin Mull	...	Maris
Deborah Rose	...	Inspector Grabitz
Beirne Chisolm	...	Lance's Thug
Jim Beatty	...	Lance's Thug (as Jim Allman)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Spain:T | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Norway:11 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Park City, Utah, USA

Company:

Epic Productions

Trivia:

A "Siskel and Ebert Fruit Cart" appears in the movie in reference to Roger Ebert's glossary of movie terms where, under the title "Fruit Cart!", it's explained that during any chase scene involving a foreign or ethnic locale, a fruit cart will be overturned during the chase, and an angry peddler will run into the middle of the street to shake his fist at the hero's departing vehicle.

Quotes:

Iceman: Shootin' The Hole is just like makin' love.
Stanley: But I've never made love.
Iceman, Jerry Cramer: [concerned looks] Good luck.

Soundtrack:

SEA CRUISE

a rip on films like HOT DOG

SKI PATROL was a funny at times, rip on films like HOT DOG. The film was a spoof on movies of the 1980's were the acting was horrible and they had the " preppy 1980's jock ski mentality" in the films, usually the plots being about horny undersexed teens and men in their 1920's who battled the slopes, their preppy wardrobes and hair, and their own egos to get into the sack with the ski lodges hottest, yet shallow women. SKI PATROL uses the POLICE ACADEMY style format in this tale of ski rescue guards who must battle a snobby rich guy and his goons and preserve saftey on then slopes (between wild parties). This film never took itself seriously (which was to it's credit) and features a few inspired sight gags. It even followed in the tradition of HOT DOG and was NOT shot for effect.