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Copper Mountain | |
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Directed by | David Mitchell |
Written by |
Damian Lee David Mitchell |
Produced by | Damian Lee David Mitchell |
Starring |
Jim Carrey Alan Thicke |
Cinematography | Alar Kivilo |
Edited by | James Lahti Mairin Wilkinson |
Music by | Brian Bell |
Distributed by | Rose & Ruby Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Language | English |
Copper Mountain (a Club Med Experience) (also known as just Copper Mountain) is a 1983 Canadian comedy television film, written and directed by Damian Lee and David Mitchell, [1] produced for CTV Television Network, that premiered on First Choice TV network. [2] Starring Jim Carrey and Alan Thicke, it is a "thinly-veiled" [3] quasi-commercial for the now-defunct Club Med [4] ski resort [5] in Copper Mountain, Colorado. The majority of the runtime consists of rom-com plot interspersed with performances by country and rock and roll musicians, Ronnie Hawkins, Rita Coolidge and Chicago frontman Bill Champlin, with whom TV theme song writer Thicke co-wrote the song "Sara". [6]
Two friends, Bobby Todd (Carrey) and Jackson Reach (Thicke), travel from their hometown of Grimsby to the Club Med village [7] in Copper Mountain. [8] Jackson intends to hit the ski slopes and compete in a ProAm, while Bobby comically struggles to connect to women, with impressions and routines. Eventually, Jackson wins a ProAm challenge race, and Bobby finds companionship by being himself. [1]
The film has on-screen song performances, by Ronnie Hawkins, of songs written by John Fogerty, for Creedence Clearwater Revival, including Lodi.
Bill Champlin sings the Alan Thicke— Bill Champlin song, "Sara". [10]
The musicians, appear alone, and together in de facto groups, singing on a hillside stage and in the facility’s nightclub: