Behind the Scenes of Sweetgrass Productions 2011 release SOLITAIRE, available on DVD at http://www.Sweetgrass-Productions.com
Presented by PATAGONIA and brought to you by New Belgium Brewery Buy the SOLITAIRE DVD and Blu-Ray: sweetgrassproduction.mybisi.com/ Episode VII: Welcome to the Jungle: The Sweetgrass fam heads deep into the Peruvian Amazon with Ptor Spricenieks and Trevor Hunt, where naked cannibals and bear-sized ants threaten to steal their cameras and their lunch money. In a small, leaky, boat, the crew makes their way up the remote Rio Abiseo en route to the headwaters of the Cordillera Huayhuash, the mountains they hope to ski. ON THE ROAD WITH SOLITAIRE is a 12-part web series following Sweetgrass Productions in the making of their 2-year project, the South American backcountry ski and snowboarding film SOLITAIRE. For the summer of 2012, new episodes will be released every Thursday until July 26th. Sound Mix by COUPE STUDIOS, Greg Mcrae http://www.CoupeStudios.com Brought to you by: Patagonia, New Belgium, Dynafit, CLIF Bar, Tecnica/Blizzard, Osprey, Venture, BCA, Backcountry.com, Gentemstick, Flylow, Backcountry Mag, and Goal Zero
SOLITAIRE: A Backcountry Skiing, Snowboarding, and Telemark Film from Sweetgrass ProductionsIn the high desert of South America, winter takes hold, devouring bleached bones and abandoned shacks. Into these most inhospitable of lands, a handful of drifters emerge from the whiteout, ready to cast their lot on forsaken peaks both merciless and magnificent. Venturing beyond the frontiers of most mountain films, Solitaire is backcountry skiing forged in the tradition of Western cinema. Born in the spires of Argentina’s legendary Las Lenas, a lonely two-year journey begins through an abandoned world, wandering the length of a continent from Peru’s Cordillera Blanca to Chilean Patagonia.Lost in the winds of snowbound badlands and the blizzards of primordial forests; seen from a horse’s saddle and a paraglider’s wings; ridden on ski and board and telemark...Solitaire fuses western-inspired tales of backcountry gambles into landscapes never before visited on film.
Episode IV: Low Tide: The Sweetgrass family lands in Las Lenas, Argentina, for several weeks of fending off women, beef, and various strains of the common cold in hopes of actually making some turns on snow."On The Road with Solitaire" is a 12-part webisode series following Sweetgrass Productions in the making of their new 2-year project, the South American ski and snowboarding film "Solitaire." New episodes will be released on the third week of every month.
Episode III: The Raptor: After the chaos of Huaraz, the crew escapes the city with plans to paraglide over the glaciers of the Cordillera Blanca with cameras in hand. At 18,000 feet, it's never simple.
"On The Road with Solitaire" is a 12-part webisode series following Sweetgrass Productions in the making of their new 2-year project, the South American ski and snowboarding film "Solitaire."
EPISODE II
En route to the 20,000 foot peaks of Peru, the crew lands in Huaraz, and a new film is born in the chaos of textures, sounds, smells, and people.
SOLITAIRE premieres September 2011, and check back for Episode III on April 21st.
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"On The Road with Solitaire" is a 12-part webisode series following Sweetgrass Productions in the making of their new 2-year project, the South American backcountry ski and snowboarding film "Solitaire." New episodes will be released on the 21st of every month.
Episode I introduces Solitaire and some of the landscapes the crew encountered in their first season of filming in the snowbound badlands of the Southern Hemisphere.
In the high desert of South America, winter takes hold, devouring bleached bones and abandoned shacks. Into these most inhospitable of lands, a handful of drifters emerge from the whiteout, ready to cast their lot on forsaken peaks both merciless and magnificent.
Solitaire fuses western-inspired tales of backcountry gambles into landscapes never before visited on film.
sweetgrass-productions.com
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