Everest

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On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountai... Read allOn May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.

Director
- Baltasar Kormákur
Writers
- William Nicholson
- Simon Beaufoy
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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

239K

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Director
- Baltasar Kormákur
Writers
- William Nicholson
- Simon Beaufoy
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations total

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Before The Storm Hits

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Scott Makes The Summit

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Trivia
When Rob Hall (Jason Clarke)'s team is asked why they are climbing Mount Everest, everyone answers "because it's there," a motto of mountain-climbers worldwide. In a 1924 interview, George Mallory, an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest, responded with the same answer when asked why he would risk his life to become the first person to summit Everest. Mallory disappeared during a summit attempt in June 1924. His body was found in May 1999, just under 700 meters from the top.

Goofs
When the helicopter picks up Beck, the pilot is not wearing an oxygen mask. As he flew up from Kathmandu, Col. Madan KC was not acclimatized at all and had to be on oxygen continuously to survive at the 20,000 ft altitude at Camp I. Without it he would have passed out in minutes.

Quotes
Rob Hall: You, my friends, are following in the very footsteps of history...

Connections
Featured in Celebrated: Jake Gyllenhaal (2015)

Soundtracks
Hypersomnia
Written and produced by Christopher Benstead (as Chris Benstead)

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Featured review

8/10

Very immersive disaster movie.

This is the true story of two different expeditions in 1996 who attempt to scale Everest but encounter massive storms on the descent down the mountain. Everest is a stunning looking film that you come away from , feeling totally exhausted. Because it is so realistic you do feel you are with the climbers at times. Sure , it's a stock disaster movie but because of the nature of the true story behind it , you feel more connected. The special affects are amazing and the performances from Jason Clarke and Keira Knightley are great too. I watched this in 3D but ended up taking the glasses off because it was so annoyingly dark so i recommend watching it in 2D instead. It's a staggering statistic that 1 in 4 people who attempt to get get to the summit of Everest , dies. Why do people do it? that question is asked in this film but apart from the stock answer of " Because it's there" it is never really answered . Perhaps there isn't one?