If you haven't seen this trailer yet, it's hilarious (unintentionally):
http://bit.ly/4AWw8E
Frozen- shot at Snowbasin last Feb. will premiere at this year's Sundance Film Fest. Midnight screening at the Egyptian Theater in Park City, Jan. 24.
Seems despite the fact that people could watch the filming live on Snowbasin's webcams last Feb and March, and that EVERYONE has talked about the movie being shot at The Basin, the resort didn't want their name or logo in the film. They are afraid of the negative impression the "unhappy" ending might stir up. I love their tag: What Jaws did for swimming, Frozen will do for skiing.
The flick stars Kevin Zegers (Transamerica, Dawn Of The Dead), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, The Ruins) and Emma Bell (The Bedford Diaries). The story revolves around three riders (two snowboarders and one skier) who find themselves stranded on a chairlift -supposedly at a New England ski resort, HA!- that is closed during the week. Apparently the writer/director used to bribe the lift operator with cash to get on the lift without a ticket and it worked so he used it in the film. Hmmm, Maybe I'll try that at Snowbasin.
He claimed that nights on the mountaintop hit well below zero and the cast sat "suspended 50 feet in the air and facing the elements for a good portion of the film. To say I'm fucking cold would be a vast understatement."
Here's the gist behind the story- You know that jump you get in your throat when the chair suddenly stops over a super high spot? What would happen if it never re-started?