The Leading Edge
“It'll Take Your Breath Away”
1987•G•1h 14m•6.8•Released
DramaDocumentary
A bored Colorado ski patrolman comes to New Zealand for the winter season. In between skiing 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.
Director
Michael Firth
Writer
Grant Morris
Languages
English
Studio
Southern Light Pictures
Cast
Mathurin Molgat
Matt
Bruce Grant
Bruce
Evan Bloomfield
Evan
Mark Whetu
Mark
Billy T. James
himself
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