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The Leading Edge

The Leading Edge

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 15, 1987

Runtime

1h 14m

Genres

Drama, Documentary

User Score

65%

Original Title

The Leading Edge

Production Companies

Southern Light Pictures

Director

Michael Firth

Description

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.