Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)

11/09/1997 (US) • 1h 30m

Adventure, Action, Drama

Overview

An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This movie attempts to re-create the disastrous events that took place during the Mount Everest climb on May 10, 1996. It also follows Jon Krakauer throughout the movie, and portrays what he was going through while climbing this mountain.

Top Billed Cast

Peter Horton

Scott Fischer

Richard Jenkins

Beck Weathers

Tim Dutton

Andy Harris

Pamela Gien

Sandy Hill Pittman

Peter J. Lucas

Anatoli Boukreev

Long Nguyen

Ang Dorje

Jeff Perry

Doug Hansen


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

himalaya mountain range

mountaineer

based on true story

climbing

disaster

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