Question 1

Why is the film's setting both real and fictional?

Accepted Answer

It was filmed at Snowbasin Ski Resort in Utah but set at a fictitious Vermont mountain called 'Mount Holliston', named after director Adam Green's hometown.

Question 2

How did the filmmakers capture authentic chairlift scenes?

Accepted Answer

Writer/director Adam Green and cinematographer Will Barratt shot the moving chairlift scenes themselves because the hired camera crew was too nervous to dangle at the heights.

Question 3

What makes the production of this thriller unique?

Accepted Answer

It was shot entirely practically with no soundstage, greenscreen, or CGI, using real actors suspended over fifty feet in the air on a mountain in Utah.

Question 4

Who cameos as disgruntled patrons on the chairlift?

Accepted Answer

Director Adam Green and fellow genre director Joe Lynch cameo as two disgruntled patrons when the chairlift stops for the first time.

Question 5

What perilous situation drives the plot?

Accepted Answer

Three skiers become stranded on a chair lift at a closed New England ski resort and must make life-or-death choices more perilous than freezing.

Question 6

How was the film shot to achieve its realistic chairlift scenes?

Accepted Answer

The film was shot entirely practically, with actors suspended over fifty feet in the air on a real mountain in Utah, using no soundstage, greenscreen, or CGI.

Question 7

Who directed and wrote the movie, and what unusual cameo did they make?

Accepted Answer

Adam Green directed and wrote the film, and he cameoed as a disgruntled patron on the chairlift alongside fellow genre director Joe Lynch.

Question 8

What is the main conflict in the story?

Accepted Answer

Three skiers stranded on a chair lift at a closed New England ski resort face life-or-death choices that become more perilous than freezing to death.

Question 9

Where was the movie filmed, and how does the setting connect to the director's personal life?

Accepted Answer

Filmed at Snowbasin Ski Resort in Utah, but set at a fictitious Vermont mountain called 'Mount Holliston', named after the town where Adam Green grew up, which has no ski mountains.

Question 10

What unique method did the director and cinematographer use to film the chairlift dialogue scenes?

Accepted Answer

Writer and Director Adam Green and Director of Photography Will Barratt shot the chairlift scenes themselves because the hired camera crew was too nervous to dangle at those heights.

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