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Copper Mountain(film)

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Copper Mountain
DVD cover
Directed byDavid Mitchell
Written byDamian Lee
David Mitchell
Produced byDamian Lee
David Mitchell
StarringJim Carrey
Alan Thicke
CinematographyAlar Kivilo
Edited byJames Lahti
Mairin Wilkinson
Music byBrian Bell
Distributed byRose & Ruby Productions
Release date
  • July 7, 1983(1983-07-07)(United States)
Running time
60 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Copper Mountain (a Club Med Experience)(also known as justCopper Mountain) is a 1983Canadiancomedytelevision film,written and directed byDamian Leeand David Mitchell,[1]produced forCTV Television Network,that premiered on First ChoiceTV network.[2]StarringJim CarreyandAlan Thicke,it is a "thinly-veiled"[3]quasi-commercialfor the now-defunctClub Med[4]ski resort[5]inCopper Mountain,Colorado.The majority of the runtime consists ofrom-complot interspersed with performances bycountryandrock and rollmusicians,Ronnie Hawkins,Rita CoolidgeandChicagofrontmanBill Champlin,with whomTV theme songwriter Thicke co-wrote the song"Sara".[6]

Plot

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Two friends, Bobby Todd (Carrey) and Jackson Reach (Thicke), travel from their hometown ofGrimsbyto theClub Med village[7]inCopper Mountain.[8]Jackson intends to hit the ski slopes and compete in a ProAm, while Bobby comically struggles to connect to women, with impressions and routines. Eventually, Jackson wins a ProAm challenge race, and Bobby finds companionship by being himself.[1]

Cast

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Musicians

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The film has on-screen song performances, by Ronnie Hawkins, of songs written byJohn Fogerty,forCreedence Clearwater Revival,includingLodi.

Bill Champlinsings theAlan Thicke—Bill Champlinsong,"Sara".[10]

The musicians, appear alone, and together inde factogroups, singing on a hillside stage and in the facility’s nightclub:

Reception

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"a ski resort infomercial dressed up as a buddy comedy" —Night Flight[11]
"30 minutes of musical performances" —McElroy[12]
"regrettable" —The Denver Post[13]

References

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  1. ^abKrulik, Nancy (October 27, 2001).Jim Carrey: Fun and Funnier.Simon and Schuster. p. 78.ISBN0743422198.
  2. ^Bawden, Jim (26 July 1986)."Prime Time".Toronto Star.p. B3 – via newspapers(subscription required).
  3. ^Pooley, Jack (2021-04-20)."Ranking Every Jim Carrey Movie Worst To Best".WhatCulture.Retrieved2024-04-19.
  4. ^"SKIING THE CLUB MED WAY IN COLORADO".The New York Times.1981-03-01.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2024-05-15.
  5. ^"About".Copper Mountain.Retrieved2024-04-19.
  6. ^"Copper Mountain - video Dailymotion".
  7. ^"Club Med Copper Mountain - It was 1981".Club Med Copper Mountain - It was 1981.Retrieved2024-04-19.
  8. ^1982 Copper Mountain Promotional Footage.Retrieved2024-04-19– via youtube.
  9. ^Fayhee, John (September 15, 2012).The Colorado Mountain Companion: A Potpourri of Useful Miscellany from the Highest Parts of the Highest State.Graphic Arts Books.ISBN9780871089670.
  10. ^"Copper Mountain - video Dailymotion".
  11. ^"Copper Mountain (aka Club Med)".Night Flight Plus.Retrieved2024-04-19.
  12. ^https:// themcelroy.family/platform/2018/11/2/18118872/carrey-on-copper-mountain
  13. ^"The best and worst Colorado ski films of all time".The Denver Post.2023-10-25.Retrieved2024-04-19.
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