| Out Cold | |
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| Directed by | The Malloys |
| Written by | Jon Zack |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Richard Crudo |
| Edited by | Jeffrey Wolf |
| Music by | Michael Andrews |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $24 million[1] |
| Box office | $14.8 million[1] |
Out Cold is a 2001 Americancomedy film directed by the music video sibling directing teamThe Malloys (in theirtheatrical film directorial debut). StarringJason London,Willie Garson andLee Majors, the film is about a group ofsnowboarders inAlaska. It presents itself as a parody of 1990s "ski school" films and makes a number of references to the filmCasablanca.
Rick Rambis, best friend Luke, and other friends Anthony, "Pig Pen", Jenny, Lance and Stumpy, all live and work at a ski resort on Bull Mountain inAlaska. The mountain and resort were founded by Herbert "Papa" Muntz who stole the land from theEskimos and loved to drink and ski at the same time until he died doing so. His son, Ted, took over the mountain and plans to sell it to wealthyColorado ski resort tycoon John Majors. In addition to being friends, Rick has romantic designs on Jenny, but is held back as he is still getting over his ex, Anna, who mysteriously disappeared after 3 weeks of summer love inMexico.
After arriving at the mountain, John Majors plans to change the mountain name and turn the ski village into afirst class resort but seeks Rick's help in getting his rowdy friends in line so as not to scare off his investors. John brings with him to the mountain his daughters, Inga, a Swiss ski bunny, and Anna, Rick's summer fling. After Anna's arrival, Rick then gets drunk and misses his date with Jenny. Later, Anna explains she left Rick in Mexico because she was already engaged to a doctor named Barry, who suffered an injury during theX Games, now a wheelchair user, and that Rick was the other man. Majors begins to make major changes to the town and mountain, such as changing thedive bar to an upscale club called Powder Room, removing the statue of Papa Muntz from the center of the town, and evicting some folks from their homes. Majors offers Rick a contract to be his new manager and Rick agrees on the condition that his friends all get to stay. After a massive party and drinking binge that resulted in Majors Hummer being vandalized, Majors has Ted fire them at the threat of backing out of the deal. Rick finds out about the firing of his friends and quits his job.
The rest of the crew consider leaving forAnchorage and Lance, who originally owned the bar,comes out as gay. As they were prepared to fly off on Barry's plane, Rick arrives and gives an inspirational speech about how the mountain is their home and not letting Majors ruin the memory of Papa Muntz, they all grab their snowboards and head for the mountain while Pig Pen reveals his feelings to Inga. The group of friends then cause bedlam at the festivities while Pig Pen and Inga are making out in one of the newgondolas and Major is outraged at Rick's betrayal. Rick frees Anna from her father and takes her to a highway where Barry lands his plane. Rick tells Anna what they had in Mexico was special but that he realized she belongs with Barry and Rick watches Anna fly away. The friends defeat Majors and Ted decides he is no longer selling the mountain as he rips up the contract. Stumpy, the local patron, attempts to tow the statue of Papa Muntz back up the hill, but the chain breaks and the statue rolls back toward town, knocking Majors in the snow. Majors is then roped by Lance who dragged him in the snow viasnowmobile and sent him into aport-a-potty, which crashed into the trees. Rick asks Jenny out again after revealing he no longer thinks of Anna while snowboarding together.
TheOut Coldsoundtrack is a 12-track compilation of songs from the film. It is available on theRCA record label. TheWeezer song "Island in the Sun" plays an important part in the film but is left off the soundtrack.
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Anytime" | Eve 6 | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Makes No Difference" | Sum 41 | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Win or Lose" | Foo Fighters | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Ev Rebahadee" | Planet Asia andwill.i.am | |
| 5. | "Posters" | Jack Johnson | 3:08 |
| 6. | "Funk #49" | James Gang | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Lipstick and Bruises" | Lit | 3:01 |
| 8. | "She Is Beautiful" | Andrew W.K. | 3:36 |
| 9. | "Hear You Me" | Jimmy Eat World | 4:42 |
| 10. | "Green Light Girl" (Rock Remix) | Doyle Bramhall II and Smokestack | 3:06 |
| 11. | "For Anyone" | The Color Red | 4:05 |
| 12. | "Makin' Money" | Handsome Devil | 3:31 |
Out Cold has an 8% approval rating onRotten Tomatoes, areview aggregator, based on 49 reviews; the average rating is 2.9/10. The site's consensus reads: "A party movie that substitutes surfs for snow,Out Cold will leave viewers just that with its gross-out humor and sophomoric plot."[2]Metacritic, which uses aweighted average, assigned the film a score of 22 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[3]
The movie is considered a comedy cult classic among snowboarding enthusiasts and from its multiple broadcasts on Comedy Central.