Everest (2015 film)
Everest is a 2015 British–American 3D disaster drama and adventure thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy. The film stars Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
The film opened the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2015, and was released theatrically on September 18, 2015.[4] It is based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, and focuses on the survival attempts of two expedition groups, one led by Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal) and the other by Rob Hall (Clarke).
The film was first released in IMAX 3D, RealD 3D and in other 3D premium large format theaters on September 18, 2015 across 545 theaters in the United States and Canada and along 36 other countries and will receive a wide release on September 25, 2015 across 3,000 theaters.
The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $36 million so far
Directed by | Baltasar Kormákur |
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Music by | Dario Marianelli |
Cinematography | Salvatore Totino |
Edited by | Mick Audsley |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
| 121 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $55 million[2] |
Box office | $36.7 million[3 |
Cast[edit]
- Jason Clarke as Rob Hall, a New Zealander expedition group leader.[5]
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Scott Fischer, an expedition group leader.[5]
- Josh Brolin as Beck Weathers, a doctor.[5]
- John Hawkes as Doug Hansen, a mailman.[5]
- Sam Worthington as Guy Cotter[6]
- Robin Wright as Peach, Weathers' wife.[6]
- Michael Kelly as Jon Krakauer, a journalist.[7]
- Keira Knightley as Jan Arnold, Rob Hall's pregnant wife.[8]
- Emily Watson as Helen Wilton[7]
- Thomas Wright as Michael Groom, an Australian mountain climber.[7]
- Martin Henderson as Andy Harris[7]
- Elizabeth Debicki as Dr. Caroline Mackenzie
- Naoko Mori as Yasuko Namba[9]
- Clive Standen as Ed Viesturs[10]
- Vanessa Kirby as Sandy Hill
- Tom Goodman-Hill as Neal Beidleman
- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Anatoli Boukreev
- Charlotte Bøving as Lene Gammelgaard, a successful Danish climber in Fischer's group.
- Micah Hauptman as David Breashears, a documentary filmmaker and mountaineer.[11]
- Chris Reilly as Klev Schoening
- Chike Chan as Makalu Gau
- Vijay Lama as Lt Col Madan KC, Nepal Army rescue helicopter pilot.
- Mark Derwin as Lou Kasischke
- Mia Goth as Meg, Weathers' daughter.
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