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Warren Miller's Storm | 
 enlarge | Director: John Teaford
Actors: Chris Anthony, Micah Black, Bob Rankin, Chris Davenport, Jessica Davenport
Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 12225
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 93
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 30185
ISBN: 0738925837
UPC: 826663018592
EAN: 9780738925837
ASIN: B0000AVHD4
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: September 16, 2003
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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Product Description
Warren Miller?s STORM takes you deep within the blizzard, diving through danger and passion, into the magical world of skiing and snowboarding. Cruise through the glorious mountains of Austria with some incredible freeriders as they barrel through the powder. Blast through backcountry with the U.S. Marines at their winter warfare-training base in California. Soar through the air with this year?s most wanted "new schoolers? at the Outlaw Air Exhibition, as they defy both the laws of gravity and the laws of the competition circuit. And finally, travel far beyond civilization to the Isle of South Georgia, near the Antarctic Peninsula, for the most exotic and unlikely ski expedition you?ve ever seen. With its explosive soundtrack, Warren Miller?s STORM is certain to blow you out of your seat. So hold on tight, and see if you can survive the Storm! The amazing soundtrack includes Dave Matthews Band, Ani DiFranco, Nickel Creek and other hugely popular artists. Bottom Line: If the snow isn't as deep as you'd like, just watch Storm Show Studios 300 Movie and get stoked on what you do have.
Amazon.com
Warren Miller's Storm is another dazzling travelogue of extreme snow-sports fanatics doing their thing in the most amazing places on Earth. Join Storm's crew on a helicopter skiing trip to beautiful Blue River, British Columbia, and later get inside the psychology of Aspen, Colorado, residents who live for snow and spend every day in the mountains. Take a retrospective detour to Sun Valley, where property was once cheap, Hemingway and Gary Cooper vacationed together, and Miller--now almost 80--began shooting his first 8mm ski movies in 1947. Cross the desert in Lake Tahoe to ascend white-topped hills ripe for snowboarding, and hang out with extreme bikers for whom cities, parks, campuses, and mountains are all part of the same stunt-worthy surface. The film's grandest segment finds skier-climbers replicating Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated trip to Antarctica's South Georgia Island, one of the most haunting and astonishing spots on the planet. --Tom Keogh
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 Warren Miller's Storm November 25, 2008
I received the DVD in excellent condition and received it within a few days from it's order. I am, once again, very satisfied with the product I ordered.
Warren Miller's "Storm" -Awe-Inspiring and Humbling Montage of Skiing, Snowboarding, Extreme Sports and Interviews May 30, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
You can't help but feel humbled by the tricks these riders seem to nail with ease in Warren Miller's Storm. You will be really blown away if you have ever tried to ski or snowboard, and will still be amazed if you haven't. In some scenes just staying up is a feat considering the steep runs and vertical drops. And if you've ever worked a film crew or a camera, you have to be humbled by how difficult it is to capture shots like these. Even one of these tricks can require hours to set up, and here you have hundreds or thousands of runs and tricks strung between interviews, story-lines and amazing backdrops. The result is simply breath-taking.
Warren Miller's narration gives the transitions from place to place continuity and credibility. There can't be too many serious skiers and snowboarders who aren't already familiar with his signature voice and lasting legacy.
From Steamboat in Colorado, Whistler in BC, the Marines training facility in California, to the Alps of Europe, this footage takes you everywhere. We even get to retrace Shackelton's journey from the Faulklands to South Georgia just before Antarctica.
One thing applies to all these locations: don't try any of this. That includes at home or away from home. Even accomplished riders have to bow down before these 100 foot drops and vertical runs of hard-packed snow.
There's a mix of stuff here. From watching the Marine's train in ice water, to seeing snowboarders and skateboarders try to nail their tricks, this is not a pure skiing video. There's even cross country, hiking, and bike tricks thrown in. But no matter what you are watching, this is amazing to watch. The slow motion shots of snow shooting up on a landing, the shots with the sun fading into the background, this is just beautiful filming.
Not to beat a dead horse, but there is no instruction here. There's only one way to learn to ski, snowboard, or almost anything else. That's by doing it. Even if there was a way to learn by watching a DVD, you can be sure that DVD would be much longer than a few hours. :) And to repeat what I said before, chances are unless you are one of the people who was profiled here you won't be doing any of this in your lifetime. That' makes watching this all the more enjoyable.
The soundtrack is good, and definitely well mixed for the shots and transitions. But the beauty here is the eye-candy. Here we get to watch some of the world's best riders do things in open terrain that most of us can only dream of.
As for me, watching this has me wondering how long the season goes on in other parts of the world. Get this DVD or download the video if you love the beauty of excellent skiing and snowboarding.
Enjoy!
WM has a winner once again January 17, 2008
WM did a real good job, and its been over 5 years since the release, so don't freak out about the HD issue as the bulk of the video is very clear and the iris/focal/angle concerns are darn good.
I noticed a sound track complaint - very personal - ALL of the audio, editing, frame angles, lighting, etc. is typical high grade work of WM, and a few tracks of audio are not for hospice folks.
Bring this DVD or cloan it to drive during your next adventure trip. - Or, watch it before you leave your home - It just plain ROCKS!
PS - I'm 50 years old per the clock - the movie works from young of body and ....young of mind.
Who is this for? Adventure types, students of video art, and the women that want us. :-)
Visually Stunning February 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a non-skier, and I found the photography beautiful. The skier in the family loved seeing the different mountains around the world and loved the element of danger.
 Okay JOURNEY IS BETTER February 3, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this movie off of the reviews given. In truth, this was not that great of a warren miller film. The soundtracks weren't that great, and the filming and angle was just average. Journey is a great movie, and really can't be beat. Journey is my favorite ski movie ever, and It would be a much better buy than Storm.
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