10 April, 2008
STEEP is a feature documentary about bold adventure, exquisite athleticism and the pursuit of a perfect moment on skis. It is the story of big mountain skiing, a dangerous and exhilarating sport that barely existed 35 years ago. STEEP features many of the sport’s greatest athletes including Bill Briggs, Stefano De Benedetti, Eric Pehota, Glen Plake, Shane McConkey, Seth Morrison, Chris Davenport, Ingrid Backstrom and Andrew McLean. STEEP also features the late Doug Coombs, considered by many to be the greatest big mountain skier of them all. Metrodome are looking to release STEEP in cinemas towards the end of 2008. Peter Urie, CEO for METRODOME DISTRIBUTION, says: “STEEP is a fantastic acquisition for the Metrodome slate, boasting wonderful cinematography, death defying real life action and an unflinching look into why extreme sports athletes risk their lives in search of adventure. We’re delighted to bring the movie to UK audiences.” Jamie Carmichael, President of CFI says: ‘“As a passionate skier, I was completely blown away by the spectacular, death defying skiing in STEEP. This really is on the cutting edge of Extreme sports entertainment and we are delighted to be working with METRODOME in the UK.” Metrodome is one of the leading independent film and DVD distributors in the UK. They cover a wide-ranging slate including groundbreaking documentaries, top end foreign language films and quality American independents. Their previous releases include Bafta nominated Shooting Dogs, Deepa Mehta’s Academy Award nominated Water, Academy Award nominated war epic Days of Glory and Sherrybaby starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. They also released Sarah Polley’s Away From Her starring Julie Christie for which Julie has won a Golden Globe for her performance and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Their most high profile recent release was the box office success and Academy Award winner The Counterfeiters which has now taken £660,000 at the UK box office. Their theatrical slate for 2008 includes dark French animation Fear(s) Of The Dark, Bruce Weber’s Oscar nominated jazz documentary Let’s Get Lost and Santosh Sivan’s Before The Rains. Up-coming DVD releases include critically acclaimed epic Chinese war movie Assembly, beautifully shot martial arts drama The Banquet (starring Zhang Ziyi), and a DVD box set of the entire of Bruce Weber’s film work The Bruce Weber Collection (including Let’s Get Lost).
