First Descent
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First Descent is a 2005
documentary film
about snowboarding
and its beginning in the 1980s.
The snowboarders featured in this movie (Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen, Hannah Teter
and Shaun White
with guest appearances from Travis Rice
) represent three generations of snowboarders and the progress this young sport has made over the past two decades. Most of the movie was shot in Alaska
and its back country.
It is the first movie to be produced and financed by a soft-drink company.
CREDITS
Kemp Curly .... producer, editor
Kevin Harrison .... producer, director
Marc Joubert .... co-producer
John Kaplan .... co-producer
Jack Kelly .... coordinating producer
Paula Martone .... line producer
Larry Tanz
.... executive producer
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about snowboarding
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
and its beginning in the 1980s.
The snowboarders featured in this movie (Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen, Hannah Teter
Hannah Teter
Hannah Teter is an American snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont. She is an Olympic champion, having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has six World Cup victories...
and Shaun White
Shaun White
Shaun Roger White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board.-Early life:Shaun White is an Irish American...
with guest appearances from Travis Rice
Travis Rice
Travis Rice is an American professional snowboarder. He is #13 on Snowboarder magazine’s list of the Top Twenty Most Influential Riders, He has been considered "the Paul Revere" of the big mountain freestyle movement....
) represent three generations of snowboarders and the progress this young sport has made over the past two decades. Most of the movie was shot in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
and its back country.
It is the first movie to be produced and financed by a soft-drink company.
CREDITS
Kemp Curly .... producer, editor
Kevin Harrison .... producer, director
Marc Joubert .... co-producer
John Kaplan .... co-producer
Jack Kelly .... coordinating producer
Paula Martone .... line producer
Larry Tanz
Larry Tanz
Larry Tanz is an entertainment industry executive.Tanz served four years as CEO and President of LivePlanet, the entertainment company founded by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. He oversaw strategy and operations, as well as key projects for the company. He led the company through its only four years...
.... executive producer