Copper Mountain is a 1983 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 about two friends who travel to a Colorado ski resort. One of them, played by Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke is a Canadian actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the ABC television series Growing Pains.- Early life :...

, looks to hit the slopes and the other, played by Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...

, spends his time trying to pick up women. The film was written by Damian Lee

Damian Lee

Damian Lee is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer responsible as well as notable for such films as Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, No Exit and Ski School...

 and David Mitchell, who also directed it. Half of the movie consists mainly of live musical performances by artists such as Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...

 and other country singers, and the other half of the movie is more or less an infomercial

Infomercial

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 about the now-closed Club Med

Club Med

Club Méditerranée , commonly known as Club Med, is a French corporation of vacation resorts found in many parts of the world, usually in exotic locations. It is considered the original all-inclusive resort.-Foundation:...

 village at the U.S. ski resort at Copper Mountain

Copper Mountain (Colorado)

Copper Mountain is a mountain located in Summit County, Colorado, about west of Denver on Interstate 70. Opened in late 1972, its most notable use is as a ski resort, owned and operated by Intrawest until Dec...

, Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

. The movie is the debut of actor

Actor

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 Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke is a Canadian actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the ABC television series Growing Pains.- Early life :...

 and director/writer Damian Lee

Damian Lee

Damian Lee is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer responsible as well as notable for such films as Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, No Exit and Ski School...

.

Cast

• Jim Carrey
  Jim Carrey
  James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
  
   as Bobby Todd
• Alan Thicke
  Alan Thicke
  Alan Thicke is a Canadian actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the ABC television series Growing Pains.- Early life :...
  
   as Jackson Reach
• Richard Gautier
  Richard Gautier
  Richard "Dick" Gautier is an actor, comedian, composer, singer and author. Among his most well-known television roles are for Hymie the Robot in the television series Get Smart, and Robin Hood in the short-lived TV comedy series When Things Were Rotten, a Mel Brooks send-up of the classic...
  
   as Sonny Silverton
• Ziggy Lorenc
  Ziggy Lorenc
  Isabelle Anna Lorenc is a Canadian television and radio personality, best known for hosting programming on Citytv, MuchMusic and Bravo! after working for CHUMCity as a receptionist....
  
   as Michelle (as Ziggy Laurence)
• Rod Hebron as Yogi Hebadaddy
• Jean Laplac as Chef de Village
• Randi Brooks
  Randi Brooks
  Randi Brooks is an American actress. In 1982, Brooks was in the Dr. Hook music video for the song "Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk". Brooks played the role of the aspiring, beautiful enchantress Bethel, who by using any and all means, wanted to become Queen in the television series Wizards and...
  
   as Girl #1
• Toni St. Vincent as Girl #2
• Bita Jaretta as Girl at the Bar
• Bruce Carr as Race Official
• Paul Lodi as Race Starter
• Jean-Claude Killy
  Jean-Claude Killy
  Jean-Claude Killy was an alpine ski racer, who dominated the sport in the late 1960s. He was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there...
  
   as Himself
• Damian Lee
  Damian Lee
  Damian Lee is a Canadian film director, writer, and producer responsible as well as notable for such films as Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, No Exit and Ski School...
  
   as Helicopter Guide
• Edwin Halsnes as Himself
• Barry Stone as Reporter #1
• Rita Coolidge
  Rita Coolidge
  Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...
  
   as Herself
• Rompin Ronnie Hawkins as Himself
• Steve Sexton
  Steve Sexton
  Steve Sexton was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. He is a Canadian composer, arranger, musical director, producer and keyboardist. He served as Canadian singer Anne Murray's Musical Director for 25 years with responsibilities as her pianist, conductor, arranger, and on occasion her...
  
  as Himself