Back to browse
90% Critic Match
Downhill Willie
“Heroism needs an imbecile”
9.0 / 10• 1996• 1h 26m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
Willie is a young man who has everything that he wants. He lives on a mountain, goes skiing whenever he wants and has a simple job working for an old man. But when the old man’s business is threatened, Willie signs up for the first Kamikaze run, a downhill skiing race where only the very best and craziest person will win. And Willie is a little bit crazy, only he doesn’t know it or care. In the competition, he meets a young woman named Annie, whom he falls a little bit in love with, but Willie also needs to fend off the schemes of Spider Bolton, a man who will do whatever it takes to win.
Cast & Crew
Keith Coogan
Willie Jones
Lead
Staci Keanan
Annie Meyers
Lochlyn Munro
Spider Bolton
Fred Stoller
Mel Horner
Estelle Harris
Mama Saxer
Lee Reherman
Hans Saxer
Andrew Airlie
Jack Murphy
Jacques Lalonde
Guy Lebeau
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David Mitchell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Downhill Willie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
