Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

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Claudio C Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997) Announced Tragedy (11,719 –26 May 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) In the spring of 1996, the experienced climbers Scott Fischer (Peter Horton) and Rob Hall (Nat Parker) organize two expeditions to climb Mount Everest with unexperienced people and dispute who arrives with a greater group. Among the climbers are the writer Jon Krakauer (Christopher McDonald), who wants to write a book about his experience; the New Yorker socialite Sandy Hill Pittman (Pamela Gien); the Japanese executive Yasuko Namba (Akemi Otani); and the Americans Beck Weathers (Richard Jenkins), Andy Harris (Tim Dutton), Doug Hansen (Jeff Perry) and Neal Beidelman (Ned Vaughn). They are warned that if they do not reach the summit until 2:00 PM, they should return to the base wherever or how close they are from the top. However, things go awry when a severe storm arrives and several climbers do not follow the instructions of returning to the base, occurring several deaths in the group including the guides Scott Fischer and Rob Hall. “Into Thin Air: Death on Everest” (1997) is a dramatization of an accident occurred in 1996 on the Everest where several people died, five, in accordance with the movie. It is amazing how people consciously risk their life to reach the summit of Mount Everest and pay US$ 65,000.00 (in 1996) to climb in a tough environment. The melodrama of each climber is sad but caused by themselves. My vote is six. Title (Brazil): “Morte no Everest” (“Death on Everest”) My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/26/25 Full Review Big H I absolutely loved it. The movie is based on a true story. And I love movies that are based on a true story.I do not know how accurate it is but it is entertaining nonetheless. The people that downgraded it are just a bunch of Karens. Go and watch it and enjoy it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/25 Full Review Thomas H It was not a bad movie and certainly stuck to the story, however I thought it was kind of flawed .. would have been better to focus on a smaller set of the characters (it was all these 35-year-old guys with two-week beards and bright insulated jackets, a few were distinguishable, plus the two ladies) .. timeline of the movie did not align with the timeline of the climb real well .. soundtrack was kind of overblown. It did make me feel like it was cold up there. Not the worst way to kill 100 minutes. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/06/24 Full Review karen m Not that it hasn't been said before, but Wow, does this suck. I just finished re-reading Jon Krakauer's book, this portrayal really bears no resemblance to the facts. In addition, it's sexist, racist, confusing, and the soundtrack reminds me of The Poseidon Adventure. Frankly, inserting Shelley Winters and Ernest Borgnine into it might have been an improvement. Everest (2015) is still flawed but certainly does a better job than this dog. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/02/21 Full Review Audience Member I feel this movie is somewhat racism. It portrays Asian characters as morons including Yasuko Namba where she appears very coward and seems to unable to control her emotion in the movie. The fact is Namba was one of very few women on this planet who ever completed the Seven Summits, even until now, which proves she was very experienced and skillful. The movie portrays her very childish and seems inexperienced. Besides from Namba, it also portrays other Taiwanese climbers as idiots who wear slippery socks and walk on icy surface and end up with death (it would be really idiot of the film maker to write such script for experienced climbers). The movie seems to pick on Asian people which somewhat looks racism, especially to Namba. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Tells the basic story of Krakauer's book but fails to bring anything else to the table. The music is terrible and the acting isn't much better, much of it bordering on overwrought cheesiness. The running narration contains foreshadowing that is not even the slightest bit subtle. It's fun to see character actors Richard Jenkins and Jeff Perry pop up in small roles, but otherwise this is not very good; you'd be better off waiting to see Everest. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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