Les rapides de la mort

Original title: White Mile

TV Movie
1994
R
1h 36m

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Dan Cutler heads a New York advertising agency and tries to build character among his colleagues by booking a simple whitewater rafting competition on Canada's White Mile, not realizing the ... Read allDan Cutler heads a New York advertising agency and tries to build character among his colleagues by booking a simple whitewater rafting competition on Canada's White Mile, not realizing the potential dangers that are involved.Dan Cutler heads a New York advertising agency and tries to build character among his colleagues by booking a simple whitewater rafting competition on Canada's White Mile, not realizing the potential dangers that are involved.

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5.8/10

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 6 nominations total

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While based on a true story, "White Mile" is very reminiscent of a television movie from 1974 titled "Pray for the Wildcats" wherein a corporate survivalist takes a group of ad-men on a desert dirt-bike trip in Baja, Mexico, to test their stamina, and to bring them together in a manly fashion. Like "White Mile" stars a former television icon, Alan Alda from MASH, "Pray for the WIldcats" featured several actors famous for television roles: Andy Griffith, Robert Reed and William Shatner.

Quotes
Jack Robbins: Is your knee hurting, Dan?
Dan Cutler: No, it's fine. How are you? You ought to ask them to give you a pill.
Jack Robbins: Do you want me to make the calls to the families?
Dan Cutler: No, I'll call them. You go back home, and make sure people don't fall apart. You know, there's a lesson here. I didn't motivate them enough. If I'd just built a fire under them, we wouldn't be here now. I let myself down, you know? You were great out there, Jack; you ought to be proud of yourself.

Connections
Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995)

Soundtracks
The Song of the Marines
by Harry Warren and Al Dubin
Published by Warner Bros. Inc.

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7/10

The ultimate cost of a manipulative boss....

Alan Alda realistically portrays an all too common tyrannical boss in this true to life adventure. Companies are self serving, and that combined with a self serving executive proves fatal for five men. Anyone who has worked under such conditions will immediately recognize the plight of only doing something, you obviously feel uncomfortable with, to please a boss. The ill-fated rafting trip exposes Alan Alda's character as manipulative, uncaring, and devoid of conscience. The white water expedition is really well done, and the viewer gets a good idea of just how quickly things can go terribly wrong. Highly recommended. - MERK