Cinema: Downhill Waster

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN Directed by LARRY PEERCE Screenplay by DAVID SELTZER

The facts really seem too bad to be true. Nevertheless, a title at the beginning of The Other Side of the Mountain is there to dispel any doubts: "This is a true story."

In 1954, still in her teens, Jill Kinmont had won two important ski competitions and dreamed of qualifying for the 1956 Olympics. In 1955 she skied off the side of a mountain during the Snow Cup Race. She nearly died, and survival was hardly a mercy. Her...

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