Everest - summit without mercy

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Movie
German title Everest - summit without mercy
Original title Everest
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1998
length 45 minutes
Age rating FSK / JMK 6
Rod
Director David Breashears
Stephen Judson
Greg MacGillivray
script Tim Cahill
Stephen Judson
production Stephen Judson
Alec Lorimore
Greg MacGillivray
music Daniel May
Steve Wood
camera David Breashears
cut Stephen Judson
occupation

Everest - Summit Without Mercy is a documentary film about high altitude mountaineering on Mount Everest from 1998 . The film was released in IMAX theaters on March 6, 1998 and was the most successful IMAX production ever with worldwide sales of 123 million US dollars .

production

The 45-minute documentary was shot on 70mm film exclusively for the IMAX film format and was voiced by Irish actor Liam Neeson . The film describes in detail the training required to climb the 8848 m high mountain, as well as the dangers of avalanches , collapsing séracs , blizzards and a lack of oxygen . The film focuses on a team led by American high altitude climber Ed Viesturs and director David Breashears . In addition to the Spanish mountaineer Araceli Segarra, the mountain guide Jamling Tenzing Norgay , the son of Himalayan pioneer Tenzing Norgay, will also perform .

May 1996

The IMAX team had scheduled its ascent of the summit for May 9th, one day before the expeditions of "Mountain Madness" and "Adventure Consultants" wanted to ascend the same standard route. On May 8th, Breashears decided that the weather was too unstable and the number of climbers on the mountain too great. Two days later the accident happened on Mount Everest , in which a snowstorm prevented several expeditions in the "death zone" above the south saddle from descending and in which eight people died or died. Breashears immediately provided the oxygen and battery supplies from the IMAX material tent in high camp 4 for the rescue work.

The film documents the rescue and rescue work that was initiated, including the removal of Beck Weathers and other survivors from High Camp 4.Producer and co-director Greg MacGillivray later admitted that he and Breashears only decided to focus more on the tragedy while the film was being edited also due to the great sales success of Jon Krakauer's experience report In icy heights . MacGillivray justified the decision as follows: “10 million people have read the book, so we had to cover it. And I think it strengthened the film. "

DVD and soundtrack

On December 12, 1999, the distributor Miramax Films released the documentary on DVD . It includes a making-of , a detailed interview with Beck Weathers, edited scenes, a video journal for mountaineers and a 3D map of Mount Everest.

The score is based on the songs All Things Must Pass , Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) , Here Comes the Sun , This Is Love and Life Itself by George Harrison , written by composers Steve Wood and Daniel May in a Tibetan folk Variant were interpreted. The music was recorded by the Northwest Sinfonia Orchestra under the direction of conductor May. Harrison agreed to the use of his songs on the condition that his name would not be used for promotional purposes. According to author Elliot Huntley, MacGillivray favored Harrison's music because of its "spiritual quality" and "its connection to Eastern religion". The soundtrack for the film was released on March 10, 1998 by Ark 21 Records.

reception

The film premiered on March 4, 1998 in the Museum of Science in Boston , two days later the film was released in IMAX cinemas in the United States. According to Marla Matzer in the Los Angeles Times , the reviews were "generally good". The film then opened on March 19 in Australia and on March 20 in Switzerland.

'Everest' makes it possible for armchair adventurers to share the risks and glory of their climb toward heaven.

"Everest enables armchair adventurers to experience the risk and glory of their ascent to heaven."

- Lawrence Van Gelder : New York Times

According to the news channel n-tv , Everest - Summit Without Mercy is "one of the greatest box office successes among the Imax films".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Robert James Niemi: Inspired by True Events: An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 History-Based Films . ABC-CLIO , Santa Barbara, CA 2013, ISBN 978-1-61069-198-7 , pp. 588 (English).
  2. ^ A b Lawrence Van Gelder: Movie Review - Everest IMAX (1998). In: The New York Times . March 6, 1998, accessed September 29, 2015 .
  3. ^ A b Mark Levine: The Mountain is Ready for its Close-up. In: Outside Magazine. March 1, 1998, accessed September 29, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b Marla Matzer: 'Everest' Lifts Imax to Dramatic New Peaks. In: Los Angeles Times . March 28, 1998, accessed September 29, 2015 .
  5. ^ Marjorie Baumgarten: Everest. In: The Austin Chronicle. October 14, 2002, accessed December 4, 2016 .
  6. ^ Elliot J. Huntley: Mystical One: George Harrison - After the Break-up of the Beatles . Guernica Editions, Toronto, ON 2006, ISBN 978-1-55071-197-4 , pp. 278-279 (English).
  7. ↑ a b David A. Koran: Everest Soundtrack (1998) . Soundtrack.net. January 27, 2000. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ a b Keith Badman: The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970-2001 . Omnibus Press, London 2001, ISBN 978-0-7119-8307-6 , pp. 588-89.
  9. ^ Elliot J. Huntley: Mystical One: George Harrison - After the Break-up of the Beatles . Guernica Editions, Toronto, ON 2006, ISBN 978-1-55071-197-4 , p. 279.
  10. ↑ Rodney Batdorf: Original Soundtrack Everest . In: Allmusic . March 10, 1998, accessed December 4, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Martin Morcinek: Call from the death zone - "Everest" brings the mountain to the cinema. In: n-tv . September 17, 2015, accessed October 30, 2016 .