The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 2,029 2020s documentary movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In 1982, a massive avalanche descended on Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California, that triggered a desperate five-day search for eight missing people.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Jared DrakeDirector
- Steven SiigDirector
- Steven SiigWriter
- Jared DrakeWriter
Cast
- Anna Conrad AllenSelf – Alpine Meadows Lift Crew
- Mike AlvesSelf – Alpine Meadows Employee
- Tom BurtSelf – Snowboarding Pioneer
- Troy CaldwellSelf – Professional Skier
- John FaganSelf – Lawyer
- Sandy HarrisSelf – Alpine Meadows Lift Operator
- Larry HeywoodSelf
- Roberta HuberSelf – Rescue Dog Trainer
- Lanny JohnsonSelf
- Casey JonesSelf
- Jim PlehnSelf
- Werner SchusterSelf – Alpine Meadows PR Director (archive footage)
Themes
real story