"Height" ( eng. Altitude ) - Canadian thriller of 2010 , released immediately on video [1] . The director was Canadian comic book author Kaari Andrews [2] [3] [4] . Anchor Bay Entertainment has been producing pictures in North America , the United Kingdom , Australia and New Zealand . The premiere of the trailer for the film took place at the festival " Comic-Con 2010 " in San Diego [5] [6] .
| Height | |
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| Altitude | |
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| Genre | thriller Mystic |
| Producer | Kaari andrews |
| Producer | Ian birkett |
| Author script | Paul A. Birkett |
| In the main cast | Jessica sounds Julianna gill Ryan Donahue Landon Liboiron Jake weary |
| Operator | Norm Lee |
| Composer | Jeff Tymoschuk |
| Film company | Anchor bay entertainment |
| Duration | 90 min. |
| A country |  Canada |
| Tongue | English |
| Year | 2010 |
| IMDb | ID 1407049 |
The slogan of the picture: "Do not look down" ( English Don't Look Down ) [7] .
Content
Story
Sarah (Jessica Lowndes), along with her friends Cory (Ryan Donohu), Bruce (Landon Liboiron), Mel (Julian Guill) and Sal (Jake Weiry) go to a concert on a small plane. Having recently received a pilot's license, the heroine wants to fly around cloudy when the aircraft becomes uncontrolled.
People in trouble are ready to do anything to ensure that the remaining fuel is enough to land the plane. At the risk of life, Corey gets out of the aircraft to try to fix the lift. Fearing a friend, Sal sees something and cuts the rope so that he himself does not fall into the hands of an unknown creature.
Heroes begin to speculate when something literally absorbs the plane. Bruce says that the monster is the fruit of his imagination. He barely overcomes the nightmare, thereby preventing a past plane crash of his parents.
Cast
- Jessica Lowndes - Sarah
- Julianne Gill - Mel
- Ryan Donahue - Corey
- Jake Weiry - Sal
- Landon Liboiron - Bruce
- Mike Dopad - Colonel , Sarah's father
- Michelle Harrison - Sarah's Mother
- Ian Robison - Mr. Taylor
- Chila Horsdal [8] - Mrs Taylor
- Ryan Grantham [9] - Bruce as a child
- Teagan Gentles - Sarah as a Child
- Seth Ranavira - Mechanic
- Colin Murdoch - Dispatcher 1 (voice)
- Ian James Corlett - Dispatcher 2 (voice)
Shooting
Kaari Andrews and the brothers Yen and Paul Birketty have teamed up to remove the mini-trailer without any budget. They did it in one day on one of the take-off fields in Vancouver, like a trailer for the movie "Machete." The result was of interest to the studios Darclight and Telefilm, which gave the authors a budget of $ 3.5 million - “enough to make a good film.” According to the authors, the concept of the celestial monster came to mind after mentioning the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft [10] .
Some of the filming took place at the airport of Lagley [11] , as well as in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada [12] . The main shooting took place in a copy of the aircraft "Piper Chieftain" model C-MYZX (this number is fictional) [13] , parts of which were easily separated from each other, giving access to the cabin for the crew. Virtually all scenes of flight in the air were created using computer graphics [10] .
Release
Criticism
Despite the modest budget and less than the usual special effects, many critics called the film “a breath of fresh air compared to an abundance of horror films, which are shot using the same template”! Richard Scheib said: “The film does not offend the viewer with its secondary and well-worn cliches” [14] . Other critics noted that the film copes well with another task - to maintain interest in a confined space: "An interesting one and a half hour thriller, gradually introducing a state of pure panic" [15] .
Video output
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray October 26, 2010 [16] [17] . In Canada, the picture released the company "Alliance Films". The thriller was also screened at the 28th Turin Film Festival, held from November 26 to December 4, 2011 .
Notes
- ↑ Raup, Jordan. “'Altitude' Trailer: Release the Octopus.” Archived October 12, 2010. thefilmstage.com, August 26, 2010. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- ↑ Kaare Andrews (English) on Comic Book DB
- ↑ Anchor Bay buys Kaare Andrews' movie “Altitude” , Bleeding Cool
- Ka Kaare Andrews. Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Anchor Bay SDCC Schedule." Iconsoffright.com. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- An “Anchor Bay Entertainment Shines at 2010 San Diego Comic Con.” Geektyrant.com. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- ↑ Taglins for Altitude - IMDB Page
- ↑ “Official Site of Chelah Horsdal.” Chelah.com. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- SD "SD Comic Con '10: Anchor Bay Gains 'Altitude' on October 26." bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Smith, Zack. "Kaare Andrews's Altitude & Astonshing: His directorial debut." Newsarama, 26 October 2010. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- ↑ “Filming locations.” IMDb. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- ↑ Locations for Altitude - IMDB Page
- ↑ Trivia for Altitude - IMDB Page
- ↑ Scheib, Richard. “Altitude 3 1/2 stars.” Archived copy dated April 25, 2012 at Wayback Machine MOIRA, 2011. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- ↑ Rigney, Todd. “Altitude (2010) Movie Review.” Archived copy January 1, 2011 on Wayback Machine beyondhollywod.com, October 25, 2010. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- ↑ “Anchor Bay's Alties Coming in For a Landing on DVD and Blu Ray.” Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
- DVD “DVD / Blu Ray Specs for Kaare Andrew's Altitude.” Archived copy August 19, 2010 on Wayback Machine beyondhollywood.com. Retrieved: November 6, 2011.
Links
- Official site
- "Height" (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database
- Height (eng.) On the site allmovie
- "Height" (eng.) On the site Rotten Tomatoes