Everest (2015)

Directed by

Baltasar Kormákur

Genre

drama film, action film, adventure film, biographical film, disaster film, thriller film

Country

Iceland, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 5,274 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two guided climbing expeditions on Mount Everest get caught in a deadly blizzard. The film follows the climbers as they struggle to survive in the extreme conditions.

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What happens

Everest is a 2015 biographical survival film directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy. It stars an ensemble cast of Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Martin Henderson and Emily Watson. Based on the 1996 Mount Everest disaster in which eight climbers died, it focuses on the survival attempts of two expedition groups, one led by Rob Hall (Clarke) and the other by Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal). Kormákur, Universal Pictures, Walden Media, Cross Creek Pictures and Working Title Films dedicated the film to the late British actress Natasha Richardson. The film opened the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2015, and was released theatrically on September 18, 2015. It was first released in IMAX 3D on September 11, 2015, in the UK and in IMAX 3D, RealD 3D, and 2D internationally, and exclusively in IMAX 3D, September 19, 2015, as a limited release in the United States and Canada, and along 36 other countries. It began a wide release in the United States on September 25. The film was a commercial success, grossing $203 million worldwide against a $55 million budget and received positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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