Mountain climbing movies
by ingemar-4 | created - 21 Dec 2018 | updated - 21 Dec 2018 | PublicA few mountain climbing movies, and my opinion about them.
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1. Touching the Void (2003)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron
Votes: 38,114 | Gross: $4.59M
Very good movie about a true event, and yet another example of reality writing better stories than fantasy. You just can't make up a story like this and make it believeable. Somewhat slow a times, simply because it is needed to show what happened. The inclusion of the mountaineers themselves add to the credibility.
2. Everest (2015)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
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 | Stars: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright, Martin Henderson
Votes: 232,495 | Gross: $43.48M
Amazing but partially confusing movie about a true story. The big number of involved persons makes it hard to follow, but I understand that this is what it was, and the number of persons was one of the reasons for the disaster.
3. K2 (1991)
R | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Sport
A U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Michael Biehn, Matt Craven, Annie Grindlay, Elena Wohl
Votes: 7,226 | Gross: $3.11M
Beautiful mountaineering scenes, but a pretty weak script that misses at least two important opportunities where reality greatly outshines the fiction. To be precise, high altitude helicopter flying was a lot better in Everest, and rescuing a climber with a broken leg was vastly superior in Touching the void.
4. The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Approved | 129 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Classical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy
Votes: 22,349 | Gross: $1.53M
Great mountaineering scenes, but a really weak plot. With the mountaineering parts weaker than the true story movies, its biggest strength is the fact that Eastwood made his own stunts.
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