Everest (2015)

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Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" 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 of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival. Wikipedia ↗

Everest is a 2015 American biographical survival thriller directed by Baltasar Kormakur, depicting the real 1996 Mount Everest disaster in which eight climbers died during summit attempts. Jason Clarke stars as Rob Hall, the experienced New Zealand expedition leader whose Adventure Consultants group included journalist Jon Krakauer played by Michael Kelly, postal worker Doug Hansen played by John Hawkes, and pathologist Beck Weathers played by Josh Brolin. When a sudden, massive storm traps multiple teams near the summit, the film depicts the climbers' desperate struggle against hurricane-force winds, oxygen deprivation, and temperatures that freeze exposed flesh in minutes.

The film was shot at extreme altitudes on location in Nepal, the Italian Alps, and Cinecittà Studios, and the combination of practical environments and visual effects created genuinely harrowing images of human fragility against the mountain's indifferent enormity. Everest earned $203 million worldwide on a $55 million budget.