Copper Mountain (film)

Copper Mountain (a Club Med Experience) (also known as just Copper Mountain) is a 1983 Canadian comedy television film, written and directed by Damian Lee and David Mitchell, produced for CTV Television Network, that premiered on First Choice TV network. Starring Jim Carrey and Alan Thicke, it is a "thinly-veiled" quasi-commercial for the now-defunct Club Med ski resort in Copper Mountain, Colorado. The majority of the runtime consists of rom-com plot interspersed with performances by country and rock and roll musicians, Ronnie Hawkins, Rita Coolidge and Chicago frontman Bill Champlin, with whom TV theme song writer Thicke co-wrote the song "Sara".

Plot
Two friends, Bobby Todd (Carrey) and Jackson Reach (Thicke), travel from their hometown of Grimsby to the Club Med village in Copper Mountain. Jackson intends to hit the ski slopes and compete in a ProAm, while Bobby comically struggles to connect to women, with impressions and routines. Eventually, Jackson wins a ProAm challenge race, and Bobby finds companionship by being himself.

Cast

 * Jim Carrey as Bobby Todd / Sammy Davis Jr. impression
 * Alan Thicke as Jackson Reach
 * Jean-Claude Killy as himself
 * Richard Gautier (credited as Dick Gautier) as Sonny Silverton, ski event promoter
 * Ziggy Lorenc (credited as Ziggy Laurence) as Michelle
 * Rod Hebron as Yogi Hebadaddy
 * Jean Laplac as Chef de Village
 * Damian Lee, the film’s co-writer and co-producer, appears as Helicopter Guide

Musicians
The film has on-screen song performances, by Ronnie Hawkins, of songs written by John Fogerty, for Creedence Clearwater Revival, including Lodi.

Bill Champlin sings the Alan Thicke—Bill Champlin song, "Sara".

The musicians, appear alone, and together in de facto groups, singing on a hillside stage and in the facility’s nightclub:


 * Ronnie Hawkins as himself
 * Rita Coolidge as herself
 * Tamara Champlin as Vocalist
 * Bill Champlin as himself
 * Steve Sexton as Keyboardist
 * Mike Utley as Keyboardist
 * Danny Marks as Guitarist
 * David Fouts (credited as David James, later working as David Lewis) as Drummer
 * Brian Bell as Bass Guitarist
 * Jon Bojicic as Rhythm Guitarist

Reception

 * "a ski resort infomercial dressed up as a buddy comedy" — Night Flight


 * "30 minutes of musical performances" — McElroy


 * "regrettable" — The Denver Post