Ski Patrol (1990) on Netflix
Pops runs a ski lodge whose lease the Forest Service must renew. Sam Maris, a developer, wants the mountain, and the ski school instructors join his scheme to sabotage Pops' patrol.
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Plot summary
Pops owns a ski lodge, and the lease on the ski area comes up for renewal before the Forest Service. He is not worried, because the patrol of misfits who work the slopes has an unblemished safety record. A land developer, Sam Maris, has plans of his own for the mountain. The ski school instructors at the resort ally with him in a scheme to sabotage the patrol and to convince the Forest Service to cancel Pops' lease. Suicide is a heavy metal rocker who harasses the skiers. The patrol is thrust into a skiing showdown to save Pops' mountain.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ski Patrol (1990)
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- George Lopez made his film debut in Ski Patrol, and in an Associated Press interview he complained about the shortage of roles for Hispanics, especially in sitcoms.
- While making Ski Patrol, Martin Mull was offered the sitcom His & Hers, and he told the Associated Press that he and Ray Walston were the only actors over 21 on the movie, which was not true.
- Ski Patrol's use of snowboarding was considered novel at the time, and at least one critic said that for the uninitiated it held a small place in movie history.
