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The Leading Edge Film (Full Length) – 1987 Documentary Drama

The Leading Edge

Film (Full Length) – 1987 Documentary Drama

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Part one of five from this full length feature film.

Part two of five from this full length feature film.

Part three of five from this full length feature film.

Part four of five from this full length feature film.

Part five of five from this full length feature film.

The credits from this feature.

Michael Firth's follow-up to his 1977 Oscar-nominated ski documentary Off the Edge, but this time with a plot and scripted dialogue. Canadian Matt hitches from Auckland to meet a bunch of Kiwi extreme thrill-seekers at a southern ski field. They throw themselves off volcanoes, glaciers, mountains and into an Iron Man with "get more go" abandon. Cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh's first feature shoot — "I was relatively cheap and I could ski" — is notable for its action sequences (set to an 80s pop soundtrack) and Billy T James as a mad pilot.

Key Cast & Crew

Stuart Dryburgh

Cinematographer

Barrie Everard

Producer

Michael Firth

Camera, Writer, Director, Producer

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The prospectus for the movie offered 1100 investment units at $1000 (each) and it was quickly over-subscribed. ... Also formed was a special partnership to market the music from the film...
– Article in Tempo magazine, 28 August 1987

Produced by

Southern Light Films

Source

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Acknowledgements

Funded with assistance from the New Zealand Film Commission.

Music

Original music composed by Mike Farrell.

Soundtrack includes song 'Fight the Power', composed by Tom Whitlock and sung by Chris Thompson (ex Manfred Mann's Earrth Band)