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Synopsis: Outdoor thriller in which a former mountain rescuer is pitted against a group of criminals who have lost their $100 million stash during a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. After being persuaded to help rescue a group of stranded hikers, he discovers that they are in fact a gang of violent robbers who need help to locate their missing loot.
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
1993
113 min
648 Views


Gabe finally grabs the line, secures it to a heavy piton, and

hammers it into the wall.

GABE:

(to Susan)

This guy showing you a good time?

THE HELICOPTER:

swings over across to the facing mountain -- Maggie lands the

copter, in spite of the winds, on a small plateau. Frank gets

out to secure the wire -- there's now a lifeline spanning the

chasm.

ON THE LEDGE:

Gabe finishes anchoring the line in the rock -- he

extinguishes his cigarette in the snow, and naturally, pockets

the butt. Hal, propped up against the wall, expertly rigs a

seat harness around his legs -- Susan helps him get part of it

around his splint, and Gabe clips it to the line.

GABE:

Now, remember -- keep your arms and

legs within the vehicle at all

times --

HAL:

(laughing)

F*** you --

With that, Hal pulls himself hand-over-hand across the sloping

line -- Hal makes a point of looking down --

HAL'S POV -- THE DROP

is vertigo defined. Thirty five hundred feet straight down.

You could stack the World Trade Center towers on top of each

other and they'd still be shorter than this mountain is high.

However --

HAL:

lets go of the overhead line and claps his hands to his face

in mock horror -- he quickly whizzes down the last thirty feet

of the line, where Frank catches him and pulls him out. Hal

gets out of the harness, checks every stitch of it, signals

thumbs-up, and sends it back.

THE LEDGE:

Gabe, retrieves the harness on a small attachment line, and

gives Susan a reassuring smile, but she's still, sensibly,

very scared. Gabe recovers the harness, rigs Susan into it,

and meticulously re-checks it.

GABE:

Ready?

(sees she's afraid)

Did he tell you about the time he

almost made it up Everest?

SUSAN:

He said you gave him a bad oxygen mask

--

GABE:

Well, if he's bored you with that

bullshit, then this has to be the best

part of a bad date. Right?

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Michael France

Michael France (January 4, 1962 – April 12, 2013) was an American screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the screenplays for Cliffhanger (1993), the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995), and the comic book films Hulk (2003), The Punisher (2004), and Fantastic Four (2005). more…

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