Product Details

• Actors: Otto Lang; Dick Barrymore; John Jay
• Format: Color, DVD, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 8
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Topics Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 21, 2005
• Run Time: 378 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CEV6XO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #62,231 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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John Jay Considered the grand-daddy of the modern ski-film road show, John Jay was a Rhodes Scholar whose prolific output and inveterate showmanship were the inspirations to an entire generation of newly minted skiers. His books and magazine articles aside, Jay’s annual ski filmsâ€"featuring his trademarked brand of wittily inspired commentaryâ€"have played to tens of thousands of alpine enthusiasts. John Jay died in 2000, four days before his 85th birthday.

Otto Lang Entrepreneur, ski instructor to the stars, Academy Award®-nominated documentarian: Otto Lang ranks among the greats of ski-film production. Opening America’s first ski school in the mid-1930s, Lang was invited to head the Sun Valley (Idaho) Ski School, offering instruction to the likes of Gary Cooper, Groucho Marx, and Twentieth Century-Fox studio head, Darryl Zanuck. At Zanuck’s invitation, Lang embarked on an illustrious Hollywood career as producer/director. Otto Lang resides in Seattle.

Dick Barrymore He took a short vacation from the Los Angeles Fire Department to make a documentary film about skiing. Thirty years and thousands of feet of film later, Dick Barrymore enjoys a global reputation as an itinerant artist whose motion pictures highlight every aspect of the sheer joy of skiing, from innovations in early equipment to the thrill of adventure and competition. Hanging up his camera in 1990, he decisively retired from ski-filmmaking while at the top of his game. Dick Barrymore resides in a thatched-roof bungalow at the sourthern tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula

Product Description
9 classic ski films. 3 legendary filmmakers. 1 distinctive collection.

From the TOPICS ENTERTAINMENT video vault, comes CLASSIC SKI FILMS, the 1st title in the new series aptly named, "Films of Distinction - Treasures of the American Cinema". Classic Ski Films relives the Golden Age of Alpine Skiingâ€"from 1940s Hollywood coming to Sun Valley, Idaho for lessons, to the birth of hotdogging in 1970s Aspenâ€"with Classic Ski Films on DVD. Whether it was the first WWII training film for U.S. mountain troops, or the pageantry and power of the 1960 Winter Olympics, three extraordinary pioneering filmmakers captured it through the lens of history.

* The Films of Distinction line is an exclusive archival video series bringing the work of pioneering producers and filmmakers to the attention of today’s discerning audiences. Look for other DVD boxed sets in the Films of Distinction library, available from TOPICS Entertainment®.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a ski movie should be --The pure fun of sking , March 23, 2007

By	R. L. Boutelle "The Ski Traveler" (Queensbury, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a wonderful collection of ski movie classics. It brings back great memories. As a kid, I remember going to see a John Jay movie in Albany, NY in the early 60's. His drole humor and home movie feel makes it fun to watch all over again. The 1960 Winter Olympic footage at Squaw Valley, Dick Barrymore's "The last of the Ski Bums" and Otto Lang's classic B&W movies are worth adding to your collection. These movies are a reminder of skiings rich history. It puts the emphasis on the joy, the exhilaration and the pure fun of skiing. You won't be disappointed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Memory Lane, January 9, 2007

By	J. Nixon (Crested Butte, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A great trip down memory lane for an old skier. Took me back to people, places and events with special signifigance. For someone who isn't an old skier it's a look at history which shows what it used to look like and how we used to do it.