The Leading Edge

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Leading Edge, The - 1987



Southern Light Pictures Ltd. - 79 minutes

Cast: Mathurin Molgat, Bruce Grant, Christine Grant, Evan Bloomfield, Mark Whetu, Melanie Forbes, Billy T. James.
Screenplay: Michael Firth, Grant Morris; Music: Mike Farrell, Tom Whitlock; Editor: Patrick Monaghan; Photography: Stuart Dryburgh, Michael Firth; Producer: Michael Firth; Director: Michael Firth
A bored Colorado ski patrolman comes to New Zealand for the winter season. In between skking on various North and South Island fields and preparing for the "Ironman' endurance contest, he has a good time with the people he meets. Billy T. James features briefly as an entertainer cum 'fright-a-minute- aviator. This is a hybrid genre, a semi-dramatized documentary with champion skiers playing themselves.

Censor Rating: GA - Review rating: C+


AVAILABILITY OF VHS OR DVD COPIES

VHS copies are available in the PAL format. There are no known ntsc or DVD versions. As of August 2008, no known source for new copies in any format. Used copies are very rare and therefore expect them to cost at least $20nz.


SOUNDTRACK ON AUDIO CD

There are no known soundtrack CDs available.

Link to soundtrack sample download

The first known NZ feature film to also have its own soundtrack release was the 1977 33rpm LP of Sleeping Dogs. Other titles that are on 33rpm LP and/or audio cassette, but have not yet (as of 2007) found their way to CD are: Solo (1978), Goodbye Pork Pie (1980), Battletruck (1981), Smash Palace (1981), Strata (1984) and The Silent One (1984).

Details on these rare LPs can be found at the Soundtrack LP page.


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