Sunshine Superman
An exhilarating flashback to the life and times of BASE jumping's daredevil popularizer.
Sunshine Superman
A heart-racing documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular – and dangerous – feats of foot-launched human flight. Experience his jaw-dropping journey in life and love, to the pinnacle of his achievements when he and wife Jean broke the BASE jumping Guinness World Record in 1984 on the Norwegian 'Troll Wall' mountain range. Incredibly, within days, triumph was followed by disaster. Told through a stunning mix of Carl's 16mm archive footage, well-crafted re-enactments and state-of-the-art aerial photography, Sunshine Superman will leave you breathless and inspired.
“GRADE A - EXHILARATING. A THRILL RIDE. One of the best docs of the year. Reminiscent of Man on Wire and Senna.” - John Anderson, Indiewire
“AWE-INSPIRING. A thrill, and one that seriously rewards big-screen viewing.” – John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
“BREATHTAKING. An engrossing, thrilling documentary.” – Kate Knibbs, Gizmodo
“A wonderful love story, between two people, and between a man and the art of film.” – Jeff Labrecque, Entertainment Weekly
“VERTIGO-INDUCING. Captures both the awe and terror of BASE jumping and asks deeper questions about humanity’s fascination with pushing the extremes.” – Tim Grierson, Screen
“SPELLBINDING. Captures the thrill of leaping out into space with the sky above and the Earth below.” – Ethan Alter, Yahoo Movies
"The adrenaline rush and sensational euphoria of Sunshine Superman provide the same distinctly cinematic adventure that one might have experienced behind 3D glasses during Alfonso Cuarón’s fiction film Gravity at TIFF last year. Strauch, however, frames Boenish’s extraordinary footage within a deeply philosophical context that meditates upon the rights and limits of human experience. It’s simply one of the most profound and breathtakingly life-affirming films of the year, and the scope of the theatrical experience is essential for re-creating the high Boenish feels each time he soars." - Patrick Mullen, POV Magazine
“GRADE A - EXHILARATING. A THRILL RIDE. One of the best docs of the year. Reminiscent of Man on Wire and Senna.” - John Anderson, Indiewire
“AWE-INSPIRING. A thrill, and one that seriously rewards big-screen viewing.” – John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
“BREATHTAKING. An engrossing, thrilling documentary.” – Kate Knibbs, Gizmodo
“A wonderful love story, between two people, and between a man and the art of film.” – Jeff Labrecque, Entertainment Weekly
“VERTIGO-INDUCING. Captures both the awe and terror of BASE jumping and asks deeper questions about humanity’s fascination with pushing the extremes.” – Tim Grierson, Screen
“SPELLBINDING. Captures the thrill of leaping out into space with the sky above and the Earth below.” – Ethan Alter, Yahoo Movies
"The adrenaline rush and sensational euphoria of Sunshine Superman provide the same distinctly cinematic adventure that one might have experienced behind 3D glasses during Alfonso Cuarón’s fiction film Gravity at TIFF last year. Strauch, however, frames Boenish’s extraordinary footage within a deeply philosophical context that meditates upon the rights and limits of human experience. It’s simply one of the most profound and breathtakingly life-affirming films of the year, and the scope of the theatrical experience is essential for re-creating the high Boenish feels each time he soars." - Patrick Mullen, POV Magazine
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
101
Language
English
Director
Marah Strauch
FEATURED REVIEW
Simon Abrams, Village Voice
At the start of documentary character study Sunshine Superman, TV producer John Long describes a typical conversation with friend Carl Boenish, a skydiving and BASE-jumping pioneer, as a flurry of "stream-of-conscious" associations. Long's characterization of Boenish's infectious energy and ...
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Playhouse 7 5.29.15 - 6.04.15
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