Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 9, 1997

Original language

English

Spoken languages

German, English

Countries

Czech Republic, United States of America

Production

Columbia TriStar Television,Frost,Gladstone Mediaservice,Sofronski Productions

Cast

Peter Horton,Jeff Perry,Tim Dutton,Nigel Fan,Richard Rees,Pamela Gien,Akemi Otani,Christopher McDonald,Ned Vaughn,Romilly Weeksand 9 more

Director

Robert Markowitz

Writer

Robert J. Avrech,Jon Krakauer

Producer

Rosalie Muskatt,Hans Proppe,Bernard Sofronski

Cinematography

Neil Roach

Music

Lee Holdridge

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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