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Off the Edge
Directed byMichael Firth
Produced byMichael Firth
Narrated byRon Hajek
CinematographyGeoff Cocks
Edited byMichael Economou
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
73 minutes[1]
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Off the Edge is a 1976 New Zealand documentary film directed by Michael Firth. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[2] The film features backcountry skiing, extreme skiing and hang gliding in the Southern Alps. Despite being classed as a documentary, it does have some semblance of a fictionalised storyline.

References

  1. ^ "Off the Edge". New Zealand Film Database. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. ^ "NY Times: Off the Edge". NY Times. Retrieved 14 February 2015.