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Snow Carnival

Snow Carnival

7,0 /10 (5 Votes)
1949 EN 20 min

Overview

Snow Carnival is a 1949 short documentary film narrated by Gary Cooper, and supervised by Gordon Hollingshead. It is about the snowy attractions of mid-twentieth century Aspen, Colorado. The film was nominated for an Oscar nominated for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.

Release date

17/12/1949

Votes

5

Popularity

0.7

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

20 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-03-30

⭐ 6

How, exactly, do you climb under a bench? Well Gary Cooper tries to explain that and an whole lot more in this playful visit to the slopes of Aspen in Colorado, USA. Did you know it used to be a prosperous silver mining town before that market slumped? Now, it has turned it’s hand to tourism populating it’s “Gay Nineties” bar with skiers instead of prospectors. Cooper is clearly at home in this town and on skis, as are many young and old who navigate the multiple slopes - some starting over 11,000 feet up - after they’ve braved the really quite rudimentary looking chair lift. There are a few e…

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