Off the Edge

Off the Edge is a 1976 New Zealand documentary film directed by Michael Firth. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[2][3] The film features backcountry skiing, extreme skiing and hang gliding in the Southern Alps. Despite being classed as a documentary, it does have some semblance of a fictionalised storyline.

Off the Edge
Directed byMichael Firth
Written byMolly Gregory
Produced byMichael Firth
StarringJeff Campbell
Blair Trenholme
Narrated byRon Hajek
Ron Roy
CinematographyGeoff Cocks
Edited byMichael Economou
Production
company
Pentacle Films
Distributed byKerridge Odeon
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
77 minutes[1]
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

References
  1. "Off the Edge". New Zealand Film Database. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. "NY Times: Off the Edge". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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