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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Apr 30, 2013 - 09:22pm PT
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George Kennedy was deposited on the summit via Helicopter.
So how did Clint get there? Did he jug/top rope? Or was he placed by chopper as well?
The climbing scenes were well executed. Cheers to the folks that made this movie work.
Loved Eastwood in the baby blue construction hard hat while the others wore Joe Browns (?)
It would be interesting to read more insights from those involved in filming this.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Apr 30, 2013 - 09:32pm PT
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the frog was the frog's idea...i've written about that elsewhere on ST
that was filmed on the south face of Little John at the base of El Cap
when i first did that route years earlier, there was a little frog that preceded me up the crack until the crack widened and he went back deep inside to a little rain puddle
...we probably made a dozen tries with each of a dozen frogs to get that simple shot...as each frog repeatedly jumped out over Mike's shoulder and sailed down to the boulders at the base...
"Hey Kenji, are there any more frogs down there?!"
(strong Japanese accent) "Yes! All alright!"
Jeff and Ken Misoguchi were belaying and picking up frogs and putting them back into the aquarium...and sending up a jar on a haul line with the next star candidate...who were all recruited at the Laguna Beach Pet Store...
It would be great to do a remake of the Eiger Sanction, I've worked on lots of movies, but never a climbing movie ironically.
I also wrote a screen play about Camp 4, but it never got picked up.
Seems like people are really more interested in comic books and vampires anyway.
an intriguing idea and with interesting possible implications giving people everything they think they want and more...i've been wandering back into filming lately and we have a couple of Red cameras set up in the living room...let's talk about it...
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Apr 30, 2013 - 09:53pm PT
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So,.. whatever happened to the frog?
A modern Eiger Sanction would really need a winter ascent given the melt off that has occurred.
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TradEddie
Trad climber
Philadelphia, PA
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Apr 30, 2013 - 10:11pm PT
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Best climbing movie of all time. Apart from "Nordwand", that is.
TE
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Apr 30, 2013 - 10:13pm PT
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we used over a dozen frogs in 'Solo', living in an aquarium at our house in Flintridge
by the end of the movie they had mostly escaped into various nooks and crannies of Yosemite...
you've probably heard their descendents singing at night...acclaiming the fame of their ancestors...
if you'll notice, most of the filming for 'Eiger Sanction' was done on the lower reaches of the mountain, except for the required vertigo shots from the railroad tunnel...paraphrasing the Tony Kurz story in The White Spider book...
Jeff Lowe's film-in-progress 'Metanoia' about his solo winter first ascent on the Eiger takes a serious look at the climbing challenges with Uli Steck high on the mountain in some spectacular shots
Jeff's Metanoia route is rather close to the mythological route proposed in the 'Eiger Sanction' movie...perhaps he could be persuaded to sell some outtakes for the remake...sort of like the submarine shared between 'Das Boat' and 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 30, 2013 - 10:26pm PT
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To film the frog one must use the ice trick.
Put the frog on ice.
Just before you need the the frog in the shot take it off the ice.
Frog just sits there and drools.
As it warms up then it jumps.
Heh heh.
We used this trick on the lizards too .....
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 30, 2013 - 10:28pm PT
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I've done Totem Pole twice.
One time I landed on top by helicopter for Canon comercial.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Apr 30, 2013 - 10:32pm PT
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To film the frog one must use the ice trick.
Put the frog on ice.
Just before you need the the frog in the shot take off ice.
Frog just sits there and drools.
As it warms up then it jumps.
Heh heh.
We used this trick on the lizards .....
i bow to your superior wisdom (not sure we could afford to buy ice back then)
i wonder if that would work when we want to film you some time...
although i can attest from personal observation that it certainly didn't work on Coz after sharing a cold wet night with him and Walt on Camp Six of the Nose
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WBraun
climber
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Apr 30, 2013 - 10:44pm PT
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Tom
When we had lizards on ice Hoover said they look too cold almost frozen.
"We need to warm them up" he said.
So we took the lid off the small ice chest and left them at the base.
We're up there about 100 feet filming when suddenly Hoover calls for the lizards.
I think he sent Bill Russel to get a couple of lizards and bring em up.
I look down and Bill is chasing these lizards around down there, LOL.
We forgot about them and they got too warm and all escaped and ran away. Hahaha
I think we captured a couple of them and still got the money shot.
It was too funny ......
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Apr 30, 2013 - 11:27pm PT
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Thanks to Tom---and all that posted.
I was astounded to be reminded, in the long Movie link thread, an image appears of my old friend, British Climber/photographer John Cleare, who worked on the Eiger film crew, and also got a bit part as an obnoxious British tourist.
John Cleare, one of the two climbing cameramen, played the part of the English tourist. An Australian woman who was the nurse on the crew played his wife, with George Kennedy at the telescope, watching Eiger climbers.
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moacman
Trad climber
Montuckyian Via Canada Eh!
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Apr 30, 2013 - 11:36pm PT
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The Eiger Sanction also had a few climbers worthy of mention that helped with the film....Chic Scott, Hamish Mcinnes, Norman Dhyrenfurth and Dougal Haston...Just thought I'd throw that in for a bump....
Stevo
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Mark Not-circlehead
climber
Martinez, CA
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Hey Coz,
Ever consider a independent film for your C4 screenplay? I've been considering it for years, with another collaborator. PM me if interested in discussing.
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jopay
climber
so.il
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Speaking of films why oh why didn't someone make a film based on Jeff Long's "Angels of Light".
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Boy, that'd be a real cliffhanger.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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^^^
Hilarious...!
The back story on all that would be an interesting tale...seems like it dragged out for a long while...
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middle joe
Trad climber
OC
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Topic Author's Reply - May 1, 2013 - 02:52pm PT
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I'd only seen the edited for TV version before last night. Watched the "R" version and really enjoyed the silent trainer George. There are a few "Opps's" in the movie, like Clint moving from lead to top rope during the same conversation, but overall pretty realistic for the time..
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Oscar
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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I think Messner and Habler had something to do with Eiger Sanction. Am I right?
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geiger
Trad climber
Doylestown pa
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Solo was my the first climbing flick I saw. I used it in my classroom to talk about personal accomplishments and goals - a good reason for me to keep watching it. Eiger Sanction next became my climbing flick of all times. No need for a remake! It is a classic unto itself. Did Mike Hoover help do some rigging for one of the river movies with Meryl Streep?
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WBraun
climber
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Did Mike Hoover help do some rigging for one of the river movies with Meryl Streep?
Mike doesn't rig.
He hires riggers to do it for him. I did for him for 20 some years.
He's a camera man, director and producer.
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TripCheq
Mountain climber
Pennsylvania
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"I think Messner and Habler had something to do with Eiger Sanction. Am I right? "
They are in a photo in the locations link. Near the bottom of the page, there is a photo labeled: Clint Eastwood and some of the Cast outside the Hotel Bellevue des Alps." Reinhold is next to Clint and Peter is on the right. Dougal Haston is behind...man there are some worthies in that photo!
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