Downhill Racer

Stylish opening in the Alps, from director Michael Ritchie in a project driven mostly by star Robert Redford, Downhill Racer, 1969, also starring Gene Hackman and Camilla Sparv.

Top of the hill, then the first subjective-skier shot by Joe Jay Jalbert, Chappellet (Robert Redford) the new guy doing better-than-expected for the U.S. Alpine ski team, then making trouble for coach Claire (Gene Hackman), in Michael Ritchie's Downhill Racer, 1969.

Brought in to replace an injured skier, David Chapellett (Robert Redford, doing most of his own skiing) on his first day with the American Alpine team, bridling with coach Claire (Gene Hackman) and jousting a bit with teammate D-K (Kenneth Kirk) in Michael Ritchie's Downhill Racer, 1969.

The ski team is back in the U.S., training and raising money for their next season in Europe, coach Claire (Gene Hackman) making speeches and Chappellet (Robert Redford) home in Colorado, finding his father (Walter Stroud) probably even more unimpressed than expected, in Michael Ritchie’s Downhill Racer, 1969.