Snowboard Academy
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| Produced by | Rudy Rupak |
| Written by | Rudy Rupak James Salisko |
| Starring |
Corey Haim |
| Music by | Ross Vannelli |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar |
| Release date(s) | October 28, 1997 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Language | English |
Snowboard Academy is a 1997 independent slapstick comedy film, starring Corey Haim, Jim Varney and Brigitte Nielsen.
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[edit] Plot summary
A competition is held between two brothers on their father's ski slopes one is a skier the other a snowboarder. The competition would determine if snowboarders could be allowed to be a part the ski patrol.
[edit] Production
The film was co-written and produced by the then 26 year old Rudy Rupak to be both a videogame and movie. The script, written by Rupak and James Salisko, was considered too edgy and made reference to things like X games and extreme sports. Columbia Pictures however toned down what would have been a PG-13 movie into a PG one given the pressures of an election year when Bob Dole was bent on chastising Hollywood for its alleged immorality. Scenes like peeing onto skiers from a chair lift, and skating on a blunt shape board were scrapped. Rupak's efforts to sell a videogame based on Snowboarding never materialized. Two years later, Coolboarders became one of the hottest selling video games of the year. Rupak went on to create two more forgettable movies before moving onto software and then eventually becoming the founder of Planet Hospital Inc, the world's smallest medical tourism company. Planet hospital failed in a partnership with Global Health Voyager recently and there are rumors that Rupak has lost all his shareholder's money. [1]
[edit] References
- Snowboard Academy combined details IMDB.com. Retrieved December 22, 2005.
- Snowboard Academy Filming location notes IMDB.com. Retrieved December 22, 2005.
- Snowboard Academy Filming notes IMDB.com. Retrieved December 28, 2005.
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