Steep (film)

Steep
Directed byMark Obenhaus
Written byMark Obenhaus
StarringIngrid Backstrom
Anselme Baud
Bill Briggs
Doug Coombs
Chris Davenport
Stefano De Benedetti
Andrew McClean
Shane McConkey
Seth Morrison
Eric Pehota
Glen Plake
Narrated byPeter Krause
Music byVictor Magro
Anton Sanko
Distributed bySony Pictures
Release date
  • January 16, 2007 (2007-01-16)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Steep is a 2007 documentary about extreme skiing written and directed by Mark Obenhaus.[1][2][3] Steep explores the history of extreme and Big Mountain Skiing, starting with its roots in 1960s and 1970s North America and Europe, with Bill Briggs' now famous first descent of the Grand Teton,[4] and progressing through to the current day sport.[5]

Steep was shot in High Definition and on film in a number of locations including Alaska, France, Canada and Iceland.[6] Steep made its premiere in the Spotlight Section of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. In North America, Steep was acquired by Sony Classics and released to DVD on 18 March 2008.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Steep (PG) Empire
  2. ^ Steep New York Magazine
  3. ^ Steep Washington Post
  4. ^ Bill Briggs Biography. Beyond the Grand -- The life of America's Most Influential Ski Mountaineer Archived January 5, 2013, at archive.today Wildsnow.com
  5. ^ Steep. Bottom Line: Spectacular photography bolsters this shallow ski movie The Hollywood Reporter
  6. ^ Steep Archived March 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Steep on The Documentary Group website
  7. ^ Steep Tribeca Film Festival Film Vault
  8. ^ Sony Pictures Classics Acquires the Extreme Skiing Documentary, Steep MovieWeb
  9. ^ SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS TO “STEEP” Sony Classics (PDF)