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Release Date:
19 September 1975 (Canada) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
A Japanese skier ultimately dreamed of literally skiing Mt. Everest. He planned to ski some 8,000 feet down an icy glacier at a 40 to 45 degree angle... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. more
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Well, *I* Liked It more (11 total)

Cast

 
Yuichiro Miura ... Skier
Douglas Rain ... Narrator
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Directed by
Bruce Nyznik 
Lawrence Schiller (additional director)
 
Produced by
F.R. Crawley .... producer
James Hager .... producer
Dale Hartleben .... producer
 
Original Music by
Larry Crosley 
Nexus 
 
Cinematography by
Mitsuji Kanau 
 
Film Editing by
Bob Cooper 
Millie Moore 
 
Sound Department
Gary C. Bourgeois .... sound re-recording mixer
Robert Leclair .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Music Department
Nexus .... music performers
 

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Runtime:
Canada:85 min | USA:86 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:G
Filming Locations:
Mt. Everest, Nepal
Company:
Creative Films more

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Quotes:
[After stopping dangerously close to a bottomless crevasse.]
Narrator: I am alive. They say I skied 6600 feet in 2 minutes and 20 seconds. I fell 1320 feet. I stopped 250 feet from the crevasse. Numbers have meaning in the world below. But in this almost airless world, what do they mean? Was it a success or a failure? That I am alive must be the will of some higher power.
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Well, *I* Liked It, 7 August 2004
Author: Mike Ciaraldi (ciaraldi) from Worcester, MA

I saw this movie many years ago on TV, and thoroughly enjoyed it. As a previous reviewer said, the title is somewhat misleading; I usually refer to it as "The Man Who Fell Down Everest"!

What struck me about this film is that the expedition is so *Japanese*. For example, all the equipment is stencilled "JESE" for "Japanese Everest Ski Expedition". They carry collapsible bridges for crossing crevasses. And they lugged old-style videotape equipment up the mountain so the skier could record and critique his practice runs; there is a funny scene of the Sherpas watching _Bonanza_ tapes dubbed into Japanese.

All in all, I found it fascinating. And it won the Oscar for best documentary that year.

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