- Crisscrossing the globe, hitting the steeps of Alaska, terrain parks in Colorado, deep powder in British Columbia and cliffs in Switzerland, Warren Miller s Higher Ground brings to life the ultimate skiing and snowboarding footage from around the globe! Warren Miller s Higher Groundchronicles skiers and snowboarders in their never-ending search for new and thrilling ways to ride the snow. Part
John Denver stars in this dramatic thriller set against the awesome backdrop of the Alaskan wilderness. A disillusioned FBI agent decides to retire and join his buddy running an air freight business. When his friend is murdered and unjustly branded a bootlegger, the former agent sets out to clear his friend's name.Singer-songwriter John Denver sought to reboot his career and carve out a new role for himself as an action hero with
Higher Ground. This TV movie, clearly intended as a pilot for a pos! sible series, stars Denver as former FBI agent Jim Clayton, who goes to Alaska when the incompetence of his superiors at the bureau becomes unbearable. In the vast wilderness, he teams up with an old friend named Rick, who has an air freight business. But Rick soon turns up dead and it's up to Jim to clear his friend's name of bootlegging charges and bring peace to Rick's wife and son. Along the way, of course, there's an occasion for Denver to pull out his guitar and exercise his soaring tenor. The plot and overall quality is standard television fare of the 1980s: The bad guys are obviously bad, a young boy needs to regain his faith in humanity, and solving the case doesn't involve detective work so much as looking earnest and getting into awkwardly choreographed fist fights. Still, Denver's sincere and likable personality comes through and fans will enjoy his performance. Also starring John Rhys-Davies (
Raiders of the Lost Ark, the
Lord of the Rings trilogy)! and Richard Masur (
Risky Business).
--Bret FetzerA rive ting memoir of one woman's immersion into fundamentalist faith, and her decision twenty years later to leave it all behind. Beautifully written and powerfully told, this memoir is a fascinating look at the nature of faith, and the inspiring story of one woman's struggle to find her place in the world. Originally published as This Dark World, this book has been adapted into the screenplay Higher Ground, now a film directed by and starring Vera Farmiga.
Carolyn Briggs grew up with modest means in the Iowa Heartland. Pregnant at seventeen and married to her musician boyfriend, by the age of eighteen she found herself with little hope for the future. Until an unexpected encounter with the Divine.
Soon she had immersed herself into a close-knit and patriarchal New Testament church. But as Carolyn began to realize that her religion left little room for what she wanted out of life-as a mother, as a wife, as an intellectually curious woman-cracks ! began to appear in her all-encompassing sense of faith, and slowly she began to question the religion that had given her hope.Crisscrossing the globe, hitting the steeps of Alaska, terrain parks in Colorado, deep powder in British Columbia and cliffs in Switzerland, Warren Miller’s Higher Ground brings to life the ultimate skiing and snowboarding footage from around the globe! Warren Miller’s Higher Groundchronicles skiers and snowboarders in their never-ending search for new and thrilling ways to ride the snow.
Part action/adventure, part documentary, Warren Miller’s Higher Ground also features legendary athletes such as World Cup mogul champion Jeremy Bloom, big mountain skiers Jeremy Nobis and Seth Morrison, ski-base jumping innovator Shane McConkey, and the sport’s hot-dogging icon, Glen Plake, as well as up and coming stars like five-year-old phenom Bridger Gile.
Special Features Include:
• " Glen Plake - Through The Ages" Featurette
• ! 5.1 Surround Sound
• And more!
