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Everest, Universal Pictures and Cross Creek Pictures present in association with Walden Media ; a Working Title production in association with RVK Studios and Free State Pictures ; produced by Tim Beyan [and five others] ; screenplay by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy ; directed by Baltasar Kormákur

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videorecording

CHV rating: PG; not recommended for young children, gory scenes, mature theme ; MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense peril and disturbing images

Everest

Universal Pictures and Cross Creek Pictures present in association with Walden Media ; a Working Title production in association with RVK Studios and Free State Pictures ; produced by Tim Beyan [and five others] ; screenplay by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy ; directed by Baltasar Kormákur

"Everest is visually splendid, though it loses a few points for its murkiness in rendering its main characters as distinct individuals."--Village Voice"No one pays IMAX ticket prices for nuanced human drama, and the film's dizzying climbing scenes and vertiginous don't-look-down moments are what give it its heart-quickening power."--Entertainment Weekly"With its perilous central premise and gallery of individuals some of whom are destined not to make it, you could say Everest is a disaster movie in the old Hollywood sense of the term, but it doesn't feel like one. And that's a good thing."--Hollywood Reporter

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Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, the film documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival

adult

live action