Heroes' Mountain

Heroes' Mountain
Directed byPeter Andrikidis
Written byJohn Misto
Produced byAnthony Buckley
StarringCraig McLachlan
Tom Long
CinematographyJoseph Pickering
Edited byNeil Thumpston
Music byMario Millo
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Heroes' Mountain is a 2002 Australian TV film about Stuart Diver, survivor of the 1997 Thredbo landslide, and the team that rescued him.

Plot

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Stuart Diver, the only survivor of the Thredbo landslide, is trapped in the rubble of a building. A rescue team led by Paul Featherstone free him.

Cast

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Production

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Heroes' Mountain was based on Diver's book Survival. Filming began in August 2001[1] Filming took place in Thredbo, a Sydney quarry and a studio in Sydney.[2]

Reception

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''Heroes' Mountain rated well with 219,503 viewers[3] and it was the ninth highest rated movie of the year.[4]

Matt Buchanan of The Sydney Morning Herald gave it a positive review stating "Much of the considerable success of Heroes' Mountain lies in Andrikidis's and screenwriter John Misto's focusing on life and death at Thredbo in 1997."[5] Brian Courtis of The Sun-Herald gave it 3 stars and the pick of the week saying "It is nail-biting, disaster-movie material and, with a line-up of some of Australia's more prominent actors in the heroic roles, that is the way it is treated."[6]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Hewett, Simon (12 August 2001), "Thredbo tragedy for TV", The Daily Telegraph
  2. ^ Cumming, Gillian (10 March 2002), "Accidental HERO", The Courier Mail
  3. ^ Warneke, Ross (19 March 2002), "Nine steals charge in the ratings race", The Courier Mail
  4. ^ Doman, Matthew (5 December 2002), "Nine leads way in prime time", The Australian
  5. ^ Buchanan, Matt (4 March 2002), "Show of the week", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ Courtis, Brian (10 March 2002), "Critics choice", The Sun Herald
  7. ^ a b "Top films focus on Australian stories", Newcastle Herald, 19 October 2002
  8. ^ Cumming, Gillian (15 April 2003), "Young blood breathes life into Logies", The Courier Mail
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