That’s It That’s All World Premiere
By: George Crosland
Director, Co-Producer, Cinematographer, Editor – Curt Morgan
Co-Producer, Professional Snowboarder – Travis Rice
Starring: Travis Rice, Nicolas Muller, Terje Hakonsen, Jeremy Jones,
John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Pat Moore, Scotty Lago, Bryan Iguchi, Jake
Blauvelt, Danny Kass, Kyle Clancy, Mama Rice and more
Locations: New Zealand, Valdez, Munich, Tokyo, Jackson…and more…all filmed in Hi Def, 35 mm, super 16
Around 6 seasons ago a young man, known at the time by few people
Bryan Iguchi being one, went to the Superpark and finagled his way in
somehow (with the help of Danny Kass maybe?). At that point in time no
one had any idea what was about to be released upon the snowboarding
world. That young man was Travis Rice and since then he has come to be
one of the most influential riders of our time. Only history will tell,
but he could become the most influential of all time, or most certainly
a 10 year period in the history of snowboarding. A bold statement, yes
but few who know would argue the above statements.
Travis has been working on the film That’s It, That’s All for 2
seasons. No expenses were spared and this was supposed to be the
snowboard movie to top all snowboard movies that have come before it.
That is a lot to live up to and of course this movie could not have
been made without all the snowboard movies that have come along but
understand, this is a bad ass movie. On Saturday September 6th the
movie was un-veiled to the public. Well, not really the public but
those those were lucky enough to get a ticket to the party at the
swanky bar in downtown San Diego. This was a pretty well and poorly
organized event. Only a few tickets were printed but then somehow there
was a list so a ticket meant nothing and many very influential people
were denied entry, which was the poor part of it. If you were on the
list, you were set. Being sponsored by Red Bull and Quiksilver, no
expense was spared. There were no riots, no huge lines, possibly the
general public did not even try. Inside, it was a whose who of
snowboarding, Travis, Danny Kass, Bob McKnight and on and on and on.
They had a killer screen set up for VIP’s, free Red Bull and Vodka for
all, small screens everywhere and I heard a Zimmerman photo gallery
that was sick. Every one was feeling good or seemed like they were in a
good mood to see the show.
So was the movie all it was hyped up to be, was it worth the
millions it took to make, and was it worth the two years it made to
make? In a word, yes. The opening montage alone was insane with no
snowboarding even. Scenes of avalanches, mountain goats and scenery
that would make National Geographic jealous, the cinematography was
amazing. It goes to a scene with Travis, Mark Landvik and John Jackson
riding Zealand, just having a blast and it goes on from there. Hearing
the likes of Bryan Iguchi, Travis’s mom and other well respected people
talk about Travis was very cool. The movie is all action but also part
documentary. Not like documentary like your teachers make you watch but
you do get a good glimpse into what helped Travis become Travis. One of
the sickest things in the movies was Travis and crew “playing” in
Jackson Hole, jibbing a 40 ft tall tree- amazing. Another favorite
scene was Travis riding with Nicolas Muller and the Viking in BC. Of
course Alaska with the king of Alaska Jeremy Jones was sick. Jeremy
goes over the falls so to speak and talks about going to Alaska for the
first time with $1200 and a 100 Cliff Bars. $1100 of his money went to
heli time. There were scenes from the Tokyo snowdome that you would see
on Fuel’s Daily Update but it gives you good glimpses in his life.
Overall it lived up to the hype. I do not recall being blown away by
any one part like say Johan in TB 5 but then again I was watching on
one of the crappy little TV’s. It possibly seemed long with the focus
being one thing which is different than your traditional movie with
many various parts. Also it is possible that so much came so fast that
it was hard to hard for my small brain to comprehend. Would like to
watch it at home and get back to you. The music was kind of techno
hardcore, not my kind of music but it matched the dramatic ness of the
movie. For sure it was amazing, for sure it will be a new benchmark and
for sure you should get it. Any rider should have it on heavy rotation;
hell any film student should have it rotation for that matter - That’s
It, That’s All
- The line to get in, in line were the likes of Kevin Jones, Pat Bridges and Ryan Hughes
- Anthology, most nights this place sees normal people spending
un-necessary amounts money trying to get members of the opposite sex to
go home with them. On September 6 it hosted many of the best
snowboarders in the world – a much better use of the facility
- If you had a silver wristband, you got access to the best seats in the
house, please note this photo is OF the best seats not FROM the best
seats
- Pierre Minhondo is part of the Neoproto/MDPeople crew. I went up to him
twice (thanks to the Red Bull and Vodka) and said your movie last year
was better. Well that is a tough comparison but maybe traditional snow
videos are more my style not too mention Neoproto’s video last year was
one of my favorites. That’s It, That’s All was freaking more visually
stunning than Lord of the Rings though. Damn it I gotta check it again
I am an idiot…
- Gotta love free Red Bull and Vodka, well those of us that woke up NOT with a mistake in our bed or in jail loved it anyway...
- Trevor Phillips from Mervin (Lib Tech, GNU, Bent Metal) and his girl,
Just so you know the Mervin guys love snowboarding, Trevor came down on
his vacation and went to a snowboard premier – on vacation
- Aaron Bittner fucking rip
- We all know what Heikki Sorsa is capable of
- Darrel Mathes
- “Hey Danny, can I get a photo” Of course, you guys get “two thumbs up”
- Kyle Clancy and Major Tom
- Jake Blauvelt and Chris Engleman Chris “What do you want my photo for”
me – “are you kidding who else got a video doing a railslide into a
rental shop”
- Travis, despite being very busy was gracious enough to talk to us for a
few minutes right after escorting his mom out of the place. We asked if
he was nervous beforehand he said no. Thanks Travis for bring a sick
film to everyone