From dropping backcountry cliffs and cornices to launching over 200 feet on a sled it takes a new level of progression to pull off. Super deep powder, backcountry big air, and new freestyle sick tricks such as the Corpse Air. Shot with 16mm film. Features Kyle Armbrust, Tyler Nelson, Heath Frisbee and more.
From dropping backcountry cliffs and cornices to launching over 200 feet on a sled it takes a new level of progression to pull off. Super deep powder, backcountry big air, and new freestyle sick tricks such as the Corpse Air. Shot with 16mm film. Features Kyle Armbrust, Tyler Nelson, Heath Frisbee and more.
2003-10-14
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Join award-winning film director, Thomas Opre, as he continues his quest to ride with and film the most dynamic snowmachiners in the world. The Sled Heads 4 snowmobile video will take you to: the Yukon with world record, sled distance jump holder, Ross Mercer; Revelstoke to capture intense POW with Cody Borchers; British Columbia to hang with X Games silver medalist Brett Turcotte; Norway with freestyle rider Aleksaander Noordgaard; to chopper footage of extreme back-country hill climber Randy Swenson; to Boondocker's Jared Sessions technical riding in Idaho; Colorado to catch Miss Extreme Kristy Martin in the powder; to Fernie, BC, to ride with our Be Extreme Contest winner Shawn Dinner. An intense mixture of incredible backcountry riding and sled documentary, Sled Heads 4 is one of those snowmobile videos that offers something for everyone!
2 Stroke Cold Smoke X The tenth film in the 2 Stroke snowmobile videos series. This is a must have. The best Film to date by Frontier Films. For Ten years Frontier Films has been working with some of the best riders in the world. 10 is no exception. Featuring Ross Mercers World Distance Record Jump! The deepest powder of the winter from Canada to Alaska. Rob Alford dropping Cliffs and powder descents that will give you the chills. Nothing but solid snowmobile riding by the craziest most talented riders in the world. Starring; Dan Phillips, Cody Borchers, Geoff Kyle, Ross Mercer, Christoph von Alvensleben, Randy Sherman, Kyle Armbrust and many more. Sections from the X-games where Chris Burandt takes gold, Sweden, Alaska, British Columbia and more secret spots! Shot on 16mm film, HD and DV. Running time approximately 45 minutes with lots of bonus features Fun for the whole family.
Our riders dedication to the ideals of snowmobiling is admirable and has become a way of life. They know it’s not a matter of if they get hurt, it’s a matter of when. Whether or not we are there with our cameras to capture the moment does not change the way these riders adhere to their unspoken duty of pushing the limits in the sport of snowmobiling. We filmed amazing things happening all over the world during the winder of 2005/2006. Canadians bombing huge drops and breaking their faces. Swedes hitting massive jumps in June on a Norwegian Glacier. Alaskans going for the world record distance jump. Turbo powered Apex’s dominating the highest peaks at the Big Dawg and Big Iron Shootouts, neck deep powder descents, and bone crushing crashes are just a few highlights. The film is dedicatedd to the riders, the fans, the haters, the soldiers, and those we have lost to the sport such as Jeremy Crapo.
Hits, whips and clips are what this snowmobile video dvd is about. For the 9th year in a row Frontier Films releases another incredible sledding film. Innovation is the force behind this snowmobile video dvd. From long distance jumps to a new variation of the backflip this film packs it all in. It also showcases the backcountry Redbull Fuel and Fury contest in Alaska where the best sledders in the world showed up to give it their all. Deep powder and big mountain cliff drops really round this film out. The athletes in this film search out the hits, ride their favorite whips and go big to get the clips! Starring; Ross Mercer, Christoph von Alvensleben, Kyle Armbrust, Randy Sherman, Cody Borchers, Geoff Kyle and many more of todays most talented sledders. This film is approximately 45 minutes long with an extra behind the scenes bonus film giving the viewer over 75 minutes of footage. Shot on 16mm film, digital video and even some High Definition Video for the highest quality film.
Diving below the surface of mainstream snowmobile riding with some of the most daring athletes in the sport, this exciting collection of clips offers a look at what's really going down on the ice. Footage shot with a combination of 16mm film and digital technology mounted in a first-person point of view captures action-packed freestyle contests, stunning natural cliff drops and never-before-seen stunt footage.
After a harrowing snowmobile accident, a young couple is stranded in the woods and must survive while waiting for help to arrive. Events take a turn for the worse after the disappearance of Emma's boyfriend, leaving her on her own not only to battle the elements, but also to elude a mysterious hunter who is tracking her through the forest.
It was on the bloody battlefield of Hastings in 1066 that William, Duke of Normandy, defeated and killed the gallant but battle-weary Harold II of England. From that day on, England would never be the same: uprisings in the north were mercilessly crushed and a new ruling class of Norman barons was gradually established. This programme paints a unique portrait of a man who was at once a great warrior and a ruthless poliotician and statesman. Architect of the Domesday book and builder of countless beautiful churches and castles, William the Conqueror's reign truly shaped the future of the nation.
Celebrate The Golden Girls with a special screening of some of the most memorable episodes from the series. Featured episodes include: The Competition, It’s a Miserable Life, The Sisters, Scared Straight, Sisters of the Bride, The Case of the Libertine Bell.
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. This first half of her two-part film opens with a renowned introduction that compares modern Olympians to classical Greek heroes, then goes on to provide thrilling in-the-moment coverage of some of the games' most celebrated moments, including African-American athlete Jesse Owens winning a then-unprecedented four gold medals.
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Where the two-part epic's first half, Festival of the Nations, focused on the international aspects of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, part two, The Festival of Beauty, concentrates on individual athletes such as equestrians, gymnasts, and swimmers, climaxing with American Glenn Morris' performance in the decathalon and the games' majestic closing ceremonies.
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
The massive exploitation and extraction of sand throughout the world is leading to an alarming conclusion: all beaches will have disappeared by the end of the 21st century.
The Who's seminal double album 'Tommy', released in 1969, is a milestone in rock history. It revitalized the band's career and established Pete Townshend as a composer and Roger Daltrey as one of rock's foremost frontmen. The first album to be overtly billed as a 'rock opera', 'Tommy' has gone on to sell over 20 million copies around the world and has been reimagined as both a film by Ken Russell in the mid-seventies and a touring stage production in the early nineties. This new film explores the background, creation and impact of 'Tommy' through new interviews with Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, archive interviews with the late John Entwistle, and contributions from engineer Bob Pridden, artwork creator Mike McInnerney plus others involved in the creation of the album and journalists who assess the album s historic and cultural impact.
In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in Brazil created the Museum of Images from the Unconscious in 1952. It gathered paintings and drawings made by mental patients from all over Brazil. Many of the works in the museum are paired with the case-histories of the patients who created them in this fascinating film.
A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him. What emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilised and yet tormented man.
The 30-year legacy of the murder of black teenager Yusuf Hawkins by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, as his family and friends reflect on the tragedy and the subsequent fight for justice that inspired and divided New York City.
Valentin is an eccentric projectionist. For 44 years, he’s been working in one of the oldest cinemas in Kyiv. Every day at work seems like another adventure. It all comes to an abrupt end when a fire breaks out, and he is forced to retire. The man is aware that he does not have much time left and struggles to find a new meaning of his life in a rapidly changing country. The director sees his heroes in this film as dinosaurs living in today’s world.
The PlayStation Revolution is an independent documentary feature film that uncovers the incredible story behind the creation of the Sony PlayStation. It is an essential watch for anyone interested in video games and the history of the biggest entertainment industry on earth. The film investigates why Sony decided to enter the video games business, when it was already dominated by both Nintendo and Sega, who not only produced their own hardware but made and published fantastic games. To compete, Sony would not only have to design and build a new piece of hardware, but they would have to find a way to persuade the game development industry to take a chance and develop games for it long before it even came out!