This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Copper Mountain" film – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
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 (United States)
Running time
60 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Copper Mountain (a Club Med Experience) (also known as just Copper Mountain) is a 1983 Canadian comedy television film, written and directed by Damian Lee and David Mitchell,[1] produced for CTV Television Network, that premiered on First Choice TV network.[2] Starring Jim Carrey and Alan Thicke, it is a "thinly-veiled"[3] quasi-commercial for the now-defunct Club Med[4] ski resort[5] in Copper Mountain, Colorado. The majority of the runtime consists of rom-com plot interspersed with performances by country and rock and roll musicians, Ronnie Hawkins, Rita Coolidge and Chicago frontman Bill Champlin, with whom TV theme song writer Thicke co-wrote the song "Sara".[6]

Plot

Two friends, Bobby Todd (Carrey) and Jackson Reach (Thicke), travel from their hometown of Grimsby to the Club Med village[7] in Copper 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

Musicians

The film has on-screen song performances, by Ronnie Hawkins, of songs written by John Fogerty, for Creedence Clearwater Revival, including Lodi.

Bill Champlin sings the Alan Thicke—Bill Champlin song, "Sara".[10]

The musicians, appear alone, and together in de facto groups, singing on a hillside stage and in the facility’s nightclub:

Reception

"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

  1. ^ a b Krulik, Nancy (October 27, 2001). Jim Carrey: Fun and Funnier. Simon and Schuster. p. 78. ISBN 0743422198.
  2. ^ Bawden, Jim (26 July 1986). "Prime Time". Toronto Star. p. B3  – via newspapers.com (subscription required).
  3. ^ https://whatculture.com/film/ranking-every-jim-carrey-movie-worst-to-best?page=3
  4. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/01/travel/skiing-the-club-med-way-in-colorado.html
  5. ^ https://www.visitcoppermountain.com/about-copper
  6. ^ "Copper Mountain - video Dailymotion".
  7. ^ https://www.clubmedplanet.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7136
  8. ^ 1982 Copper Mountain Promotional Footage - 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. ISBN 9780871089670.
  10. ^ "Copper Mountain - video Dailymotion".
  11. ^ https://www.nightflightplus.com/videos/copper-mountain-aka-club-med/608265ae7fb9ec0001489912
  12. ^ https://www.themcelroy.family/platform/2018/11/2/18118872/carrey-on-copper-mountain
  13. ^ https://www.denverpost.com/2023/10/25/best-worst-colorado-ski-snowsports-snowboarding-movies/

External links


Categories