The Edge
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Short description
The Edge follows Charles Morse, a wealthy man who joins a photography trip to the Alaskan wilderness with his younger wife, Mickey, and a fashion photographer, Robert Green. When their small plane goes down far from any settlement, the survivors are left to find a way back through rough country, with a large bear adding to the danger. Charles also comes to suspect that Robert is involved with his wife and may not be sorry to see him fail to make it out.
Lee Tamahori directed the film, his third feature after Once Were Warriors and Mulholland Falls. David Mamet wrote the screenplay, and Lloyd Phillips and Art Linson produced it for The Linson Company. Anthony Hopkins plays Charles, Alec Baldwin plays Robert, and Elle Macpherson plays Mickey, with Harold Perrineau, L.Q. Jones and Kathleen Wilhoite in supporting roles.
Released in September 1997, the film had a budget of 30 million dollars and took in about 43 million dollars worldwide, a modest return. It holds a 7 out of 10 rating on IMDb from roughly 85,000 votes and a 6.9 out of 10 on TMDB from a much smaller number of votes, while critics gave it 6.4 out of 10 across 49 reviews, so audiences have rated it slightly more favourably than reviewers did.
What's left behind the scenes
- During filming, Baldwin leaned against a tree (which had been deliberately undercut by the director) that crashed down onto nearby Hopkins. Anthony was knocked off his feet, but there were no injuries, only bruises. After this incident, Alec was in shock and unable to participate in filming for two days...
- The book "Lost in the Wilds," which Anthony Hopkins' character is reading, was invented specifically for this film.
- The knife featured in the film was custom-made by craftsman Brian Lyttle from stainless steel with an ivory handle.
- In the fishing episode, when Hopkins is making a tackle, he has a light stubble; a minute later, while fishing, he already has a beard.
- During filming in the Canadian province of Alberta, Sir Anthony Hopkins nearly died. The actor was taking pills for neck pain, and when he fell into the river, he didn't immediately realize how cold he was getting until he developed hypothermia. He had to be rushed to the hospital.
- The film was shot in Alberta in sub-zero temperatures. Elle Macpherson had a difficult time, especially during the filming of a scene where her entire costume consisted only of beads, feathers, and a loincloth, but she believed working on a project with Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins was worth it.
- Anthony Hopkins' character is fishing, but suddenly sees a bear and runs away from it, while the animal is unable to catch him. In reality, Kodiak brown bears can maintain speeds of over 56 km/h over fairly long distances, and catching a person is not difficult for them.
- The airplane used in the film was also used in the filming of "Six Days Seven Nights" (1998). In both films, it crashes.
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