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Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest poster
Directed by
Robert Markowitz
Genre
drama film, adventure film
Country
Czech Republic, United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a dramatization of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. It follows several climbing teams as they get caught in a sudden and deadly storm near the summit.

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What happens

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest is a 1997 disaster television film based on Jon Krakauer's memoir Into Thin Air (1997). The film, directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Robert J. Avrech, tells the story of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. It was broadcast on ABC on November 9, 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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