Out Cold is a
2001 comedy film about a group of
snowboarders in
Alaska. It is the first feature film by the music video directing team
The Malloys. The movie presents itself as something of a parody of 1980's "ski school" movies and could also be considered a parody or modernization of the film
Casablanca. Many elements of the latter including plot, characters' names, and even some famous lines were incorporated into "Out Cold".
Plot
The story covers the lives of snowboarding buddies Rick (
Jason London), Luke (
Zach Galifianakis), Anthony (
Flex Alexander), and Pig Pen (
Derek Hamilton), who are living large in their beloved hometown of Bull Mountain in
Alaska. Partying hard, looking for girls, and doing just about anything to have a good time is what life on Bull Mountain is all about, but that all looks to have a quick end when town founder Papa Muntz dies, and his son Ted (
Willie Garson) decides to sell the mountain to slick
Colorado businessman John Majors (
Lee Majors). Nobody supports his plans to turn the mountain into an "
espresso-and-
tofu"
ski resort, and it's up to Luke, Pig Pen, Anthony, Jenny (played by
A. J. Cook), Rick and the others to keep Bull Mountain
yuppie-free. Once they realize John's purchase will change the town drastically, they enlist the aid of Major's beautiful, rebellious daughters, Inga (
Victoria Silvstedt) and Anna (
Caroline Dhavernas), to sabotage the purchase.