''Fire, Ice and Dynamite'' (
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original title ''Feuer, Eis und Dynamit'') is a German feature-length
sports film
A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the spor ...
directed by
Willy Bogner in 1990. It a sequel to ''
Fire and Ice''. The screenplay was written by
Tony Williamson
Tony Williamson (18 December 1932 in Manchester – 19 June 1991) was a prolific British television writer, most active from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. He wrote primarily for the action-adventure and espionage genres. Perhaps because of h ...
, based on an original story by Willy Bogner.
The film features cameos from
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...
,
Niki Lauda
Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian Formula One driver and aviation entrepreneur. He was a three-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, winning in , and , and is the only driver in Formula ...
,
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin (; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module ''Eagle'' pilot on the 1969 A ...
,
Dennis Conner
Dennis Walter Conner (born September 16, 1942) is an American yachtsman. He is noted for winning a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, two Star World Championships, and three wins in the America's Cup.
Sailing career
Conner was born September ...
and
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwri ...
.
Plot
The plot functions primarily as link between the stunt action scenes which mainly deal with skiing like in ''Fire and Ice''. It also contains heavy
product placement
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(for example, VW released a special edition of the Golf MK II named "Fire & Ice" which featured some special equipment details like the seat covers being said to be designed by Bogner himself).
Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 192723 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in seven feature films between 19 ...
plays an entrepreneur who is in debt with many companies. After faking his death by apparent suicide by jumping out of a plane, his children and several companies participate in several sporting events (skiing, rafting, bobsled etc.) for his $135 million estate - winner takes all. Additionally, a family of villains tries to get to the money.
DVD release
Lions Gate
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has yet to release the film onto DVD. A PAL DVD release under the German title does exist, however.
Prism Leisure released the film on DVD in 2002, on a 2 Disc/4 DVD disc compilation consisting of ''Merchant of Death'', ''Musketeers Forever'', ''Fire Ice & Dynamite'' and ''Paradise Lost''. payless (sic) Entertainment Limited has also released a PAL DVD under the film’s English title.
Cast
References
External links
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1990 films
English-language German films
German sports comedy films
West German films
1990s sports comedy films
Skiing films
Films about fictional Olympics-inspired events
Films shot in Switzerland
Films set in the Alps
Films scored by Harold Faltermeyer
1990 comedy films
1990s English-language films
1990s German films
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