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Everest (Original title)
Dates: 2015 (Copyright), 18 September 2015 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom, Iceland, Italy

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Synopsis: The true story of how a 1996 expedition to climb Mount Everest became a deadly nightmare when a raging storm hit the mountain when the climbers were near the summit.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Mount Everest, Mountain climbing, Storms
Releases
Date: 18 September 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 121 mins 14 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Universal Pictures International UK & Eire
Date: 25 September 2015Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 121 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (192)
©: LLC Everest Film Holdings, Production Company: Working Title Films, In association with: Free State Pictures, RVK Studios, Made with the support of: BLS South Tyrol Alto Adige fund, Produced with the assistance of the: Italian tax credit provided for by Law n.244 of December 2007, Presents: Universal Pictures, Presents: Cross Creek Pictures, [Presented] In association with: Walden Media, Production Services in Italy: Wildside S.R.L., [Production Services in Italy] In collaboration with: Cineroma S.R.L., Nepal Production Services: Durbar Production Services, Executive Producer: Angela Morrison, Executive Producer: Liza Chasin, Executive Producer: Evan Hayes, Executive Producer: Randall Emmett, Executive Producer: Peter Mallouk, Executive Producer: Mark Mallouk, Executive Producer: Lauren Selig, Executive Producer: Brandt Andersen, Produced by: Tim Bevan, Produced by: Eric Fellner, Produced by: Baltasar Kormákur, Produced by: Nicky Kentish Barnes, Produced by: Brian Oliver, Produced by: Tyler Thompson, Co-producer: David Breashears, Co-producer: David Nichols, Line Producer: Tori Parry, Line Producer, Italy: Francesco Marras, For Working Title (Executive in Charge of Production): Michelle Wright, For Working Title (Head of Business and Legal Affairs): Sheeraz Shah, For Working Title (Production Executive): Sarah-Jane Robinson, For Working Title (Finance Executive): Gareth Wilson, For Working Title (Finance Director): Tim Easthill, For Working Title (Development Executive): Harriet Spencer, For Working Title (Production Supervisor): Kate Fasulo, For Working Title (Production Co-ordinator): Jack Sidey, For Working Title (Legal Adviser, Legal and Business Affairs): Beatrice Gibson, For Working Title (Assistant to Tim Bevan): Victoria Endacott, For Working Title (Assistant to Eric Fellner): Georgia Pownall, For Walden Media (Executive in Charge of Production): Mylan Stepanovich, For Walden Media (Executive in Charge of Creative): Naia Cucukov, For Walden Media (Chief Financial Officer): Ryan Jones, For Cross Creek Pictures (Chief Executive Officer): Timmy Thompson, For RVK Studios (Production Manager): Magnús Vidar Sigurdsson, For RVK Studios (Production Co-ordinator): Katrin Lovisa Ingvarsdóttir, Unit Production Manager: Joan Schneider, Unit Production Manager: Pat Karam, Production Manager: Nick Fulton, Production Manager: Erik Paoletti, Production Co-ordinator: Juliette Woodcock, Production Co-ordinator: Lucia Ceresa, Financial Controller: Dan Hillsdon, Location Manager: Florian Mohn, Location Manager: Alex Gladstone, Post-production Supervisor: Tania Blunden, Post-production Co-ordinator: Faye Morgan, 1st Assistant Director: Matthew Penry-Davey, 1st Assistant Director, Val Senales: Clare Awdry, 1st Assistant Director: William Booker, 1st Assistant Director: Cordelia Hardy, Key 2nd Assistant Director: Charles Reed, 2nd Assistant Director, Val Senales: Alessandra Fortuna, 2nd Assistant Director: Samar Pollitt, 2nd Assistant Director: Toby Spanton, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Dominic Channing Williams, 3rd Assistant Director: Ben Quirk, 3rd Assistant Director: Edward Bellamy, 3rd Assistant Director: Alex Gavigan, Script Supervisor: Zoë Morgan, Script Supervisor: Laura Miles, Script Supervisor: Stella D'onofrio, Script Supervisor: Ceri Evans-Cooper, Casting by: Fiona Weir, Casting Associate: Alice Searby, Screenplay by: William Nicholson, Screenplay by: Simon Beaufoy, Based on extracts from the book 'Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest' by: Beck Weathers, Based on extracts from the book 'Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest' [written] with: Stephen G. Michaud, [And] Based on the article 'The Death Zone' by: Peter Wilkinson, Director of Photography: Salvatore Totino, Director of Photography, Val Senales: Kent Harvey, Director of Photography, Rome: Stefano Falivene, UK 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Remi Adefarasin, Fraser Taggert, Everest Unit Director of Photography: Kent Harvey, 2nd Unit Photographer: David Breashears, Aerial Director of Photography: John Marzano, Camera Operator: Mark Milsome, Camera Operator: Scott Simper, A Camera Operator: Jason Ewart, Steadicam Operator: Jason Ewart, Key Gaffer: Felice Guzzi, Paul McGeachan, Gaffer: Uttam Bhr Khatri, Gaffer: Steve Roberts, Best Boy: Will Kendal, Lighting Best Boy: Basanta, Key Grip: John Miller, Key Grip: Paolo Frasson, Key Grip: James Philpott, Grip: Narendra Chettri, Video Playback Operator: Guy McCormack, Stills Photographer: Jasin Boland, Visual Effects Supervisor: Dadi Einarsson, Visual Effects Producer: Roma O'Connor, Visual Effects by: RVX ehf, Additional Visual Effects by: FrameStore, Additional Visual Effects by: One of Us, Additional Visual Effects by: Union Visual Effects Ltd, Additional Visual Effects by: Important Looking Pirates, MILK, Special Effects Supervisor/Snow Supervisor: Richard Van Den Bergh, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Nina Smith Stevens, Editor: Mick Audsley, Visual Effects Editor: Keith Mason, 1st Assistant Editor: Pani Ahmadi-Moore, 2nd Assistant Editor: Lucy Mitra, Production Designer: Gary Freeman, Supervising Art Director: Tom Still, Senior Art Director: Alex Santucci, Assistant Art Director: Ed Symon, Set Decorator: Raffaella Giovannetti, Graphic Designer: Silvia Fontana, Storyboard Artist: Dan Maslen, Property Master: Sebastiano Murer, Property Master: Laurence Wells, Construction Co-ordinator: Tiziano Nardoni, Construction Manager: Peter Brown, Costume Designer: Guy Speranza, Assistant Costume Designer: Gabriella Loria, Costume Supervisor: Annie Crawford, Hair and Make-up Designer: Jan Sewell, Key Make-up and Hair Artist: Carmel Jackson, Make-up and Hair Artist: Zoey Stones, Make-up and Hair Artist: Annette Field, Laura Linney, Make-up Artist: Matteo Silvi, Make-up Artist: Federico Laurenti, Main Titles and End Roller: Momoco, Music by: Dario Marianelli, Orchestra: London Session Orchestra, Cello: Caroline Dale, Vocalist: Melanie Pappenheim, Conductor: Dario Marianelli, Orchestrator: Dario Marianelli, Matt Dunkley, Music Supervisor: Maggie Rodford, Score Recorded and Mixed by: Peter Fuchs, Sound Designer: Glenn Freemantle, Production Sound Mixer: Adrian Bell, Production Sound Mixer: Adam Ridge, Boom Operator: Adam Ridge, Boom Operator: Howard Jacques Peryer, Boom Operator: Kirsty Wayman, Re-recording Mixer: Ian Tapp, Re-recording Mixer: Niv Adiri, Supervising Sound Editor: Glenn Freemantle, Sound Design Editor: Ben Barker, Sound Design Editor: Niv Adiri, Sound Design Editor: Eilam Hoffman, Tom Sayers, Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Nina Hartstone, Dialogue/ADR Editor: Paula Anhesini, Sound Effects Editor: Danny Freemantle, Sound Effects Editor: Dillon Bennett, ADR Recordist: Mike Tehrani, ADR Recordist: Harry Platford, ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves, ADR Mixer: Mark Appleby, ADR Mixer, LA: Chris Navarro, Foley Artist: Pete Burgis, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Mixer: Glen Gathard, Foley Editor: Peter Hanson, Stunt Co-ordinator: Jamie Edgell, Stunt Co-ordinator: Tony Lucken, Key Alpine Adviser/Head of Mountain Safety: Guy Cotter, Mountain Safety Co-ordinator: Brian Hall, Dolby Consultant: Chris Quested, Dolby Consultant: James Shannon, Dialect Coach: Paula Jack, Yak Wrangler: David Breashears, Helicopter Pilot/Operations Director: Gabriel Kostner, Pilot/Operations Director: Siddartha J. Gurung, Helicopter Pilot: Marc Wolff, Action Helicopter Pilot: Colonel Madan, Unit Publicist: Stacy Mann, EPK [Electronic Press Kit]: Mark Pengelly, Digital Intermediate Provided by: Company 3
Cast (36)
Jason Clarke (Rob Hall), Josh Brolin (Beck Weathers), John Hawkes (Doug Hansen), Robin Wright (Peach Weathers), Emily Watson (Helen Wilton), Michael Kelly (Jon Krakauer), Keira Knightley (Jan Arnold), Sam Worthington (Guy Cotter), Martin Henderson (Andy Harris, 'Harold'), Elizabeth Debicki (Caroline MacKenzie), Ingvar Sigurdsson (Anatoli Boukreev), Jake Gyllenhaal (Scott Fischer), Ang Phula Sherpa (Ang Dorjee), Thomas M. Wright (Michael Groom), Tom Goodman-Hill (Neal Beidleman), Charlotte Bøving (Lene Gammelgaard), Pemba Sherpa (Lopsang), Amy Shindler (Charlotte Fox), Simon Harrison (Tim Madsen), Chris Reilly (Klev Schoening), Naoko Mori (Yasuko Namba), Tim Dantay (John Taske), Todd Boyce (Frank Fischbeck), Mark Derwin (Lou Kasischke), Justin Salinger (Ian Woodall), Vanessa Kirby (Sandy Hill Pittman), Mia Goth (Meg Weathers), Stormur Jón Kormákur (Bub Weathers), Demetri Goritsas (Stuart Hutchinson), Chike Chan (Makalu Gau), Micah A. Hauptman (David Breashears), Clive Standen (Ed Viesturs), Nancy Baldwin (Janie), Lucy Newman-Williams (Linda), Vijay Lama (Colonel Madan), Avin Shah (co-pilot)