The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Larry Peerce

Writer:

Douglas Day Stewart (writer)

Release Date:

10 February 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

ATrue Love Story...For everyone who believes in happy endings.

Plot:

Several years after the deaths of Dick Buek and her father, Jill Kinmont and her mother leave Los Angeles...

Plot Keywords:

Wheelchair | Quadriplegic | Sequel | Accident

Cast

Marilyn Hassett	...	Jill Kinmont
Timothy Bottoms	...	John Boothe
Nan Martin	...	June Kinmont
Belinda Montgomery	...	Audra Jo Nicholson
Gretchen Corbett	...	Linda Mae Meyers
William Bryant	...	Bill Kinmont
James A. Bottoms	...	Mr. Boothe
June Dayton	...	Mrs. Boothe
Curtis Credel	...	Roy Boothe
Carole Tru Foster	...	Beverly Boothe
Charles Frank	...	Mel
George Petrie	...	Doctor in Los Angeles
Ross Durfee	...	Presenter at Luncheon
Jackie Russell	...	Woman at Bar
Gerri Nelson	...	Waitress

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Bishop, California, USA

Company:

Filmways Pictures

Trivia:

The skier who played Andrea Mead Lawrence was actually Candy McCoy, the real life daughter of Dave McCoy, Jill's real coach.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Jill's native school children begin to ride the horses on the Booth property, John drives up in his truck. A man helping the children says to John, "Hi, Joe." John then replies, "Hi, John." Obviously it should be the other way around.

Quotes:

Jill Kinmont: You had no right! You had NO right!
John Boothe: No right to what? To almost die? Or to come so close to doing it to *you* again?

Movie Connections:

Follows The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)

Soundtrack:

It's Time To Say I Love You

Aunt Jemima laid on really thick but Bottoms is adorable

Very sugary. I think I got diabetes after viewing this flick. But the leads - Marilyn Hassett and especially the underrated Timothy Bottoms - make the film worth watching. It is a tender story about a real rarity -genuine love. I just wish another director made it. Obviously Jill Kinmont is to be admired and she deserved a better film treatment. Cut out the dreamy music, sharpen up the dialogue, show some "Born on the Fourth of July" realism - for example, there should have been at least one hardcore scene that showed Bottoms really proving he could take care of her - not just a beach scene where he struggles to get her wheelchair out of the sand as the tide comes in.