“Sunshine Superman,” a documentary following “the father of Base jumping” Carl Boenish, will make its television premiere on CNN next month, TheWrap has learned. The news network set Jan. 17 at 9 p.m. Et and again at midnight for the initial broadcasts of the documentary, which CNN Films acquired as TV distributor amid its world debut at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year. Magnolia Pictures was the North American theatrical distributor of the picture this year, with CNN Films holding television rights for 2016. Also Read: CNN Hit With Racial Discrimination Lawsuit by Producer The film will be available on desktop streaming at www.
- 12/30/2015
- by Joan E. Solsman
- The Wrap
With five fatal accidents, this month has been one of the deadliest months for base jumping in the sport's history. The heart-racing new documentary "Sunshine Superman" provides some perspective and history of the extreme sport by focusing on Carl Boenish, one of the founders of base jumping (the acronym is for Bridge, Antenna, Span and Earth). The engineer turned stuntman-cinematographer started out skydiving before he pushed himself and the sport to create an entirely new sport in the late '70s and early '80s. Along with his wife Jean, in 1984, the Boenishes broke the Guinness World Record on Norway's "Troll Wall," the tallest vertical rock in Europe. Within days, their triumph was followed by disaster. A hit when it screened last year at both the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, the film is told through a mix of Boenish's 16mm archive footage (culled from 250 hours...
- 9/28/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Marah Strauch’s documentary reveals the untold story of the founding father of Base jumping, Carl Boenish, who attempted the impossible – and filmed it, too
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You’re standing there, and no matter how experienced you are as a skydiver or a base jumper you’re nervous, but you know that in your mind you can do it even though your body is telling you not to.” Carl Boenish is describing to camera, in typically eager fashion, how it feels to throw yourself off a building with only a parachute for company. “So, finally, you say, ‘Ready, set, go!’ and that first second you’re accelerating incredibly fast so that it leaves you breathless. But the second you have a feeling of freedom and power and confidence that’s almost euphoria. You think, ‘Wow, I feel like Superman!’”
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Related: Wingsuiting: adrenaline highs and dangerous lows
You’re standing there, and no matter how experienced you are as a skydiver or a base jumper you’re nervous, but you know that in your mind you can do it even though your body is telling you not to.” Carl Boenish is describing to camera, in typically eager fashion, how it feels to throw yourself off a building with only a parachute for company. “So, finally, you say, ‘Ready, set, go!’ and that first second you’re accelerating incredibly fast so that it leaves you breathless. But the second you have a feeling of freedom and power and confidence that’s almost euphoria. You think, ‘Wow, I feel like Superman!’”
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- 9/28/2015
- by Paul MacInnes
- The Guardian - Film News
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