In 1996, eight climbers died on Mount Everest as they attempted to descend from the mountain during a blizzard. The story has been adapted for film twice and exceptionally well in 2015's Everest. An impressive ensemble cast, including Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington, and Mia Goth bring to life a detail focused, compellingly procedural screenplay.
Shooting was in Iceland, the Italian Alps, and a little bit in Nepal. The film seems to have but minimal cgi. I've never understood why Jason Clarke was in so many movies, maybe this one is the reason. He gives a good performance as expedition leader Rob Hall. Josh Brolin plays one of the survivors, an American named Beck Weathers, who lost his nose and his hands after somehow surviving a night stranded on the mountainside during a blizzard.
None of the characters come off as stereotypes as they sometimes do in biopics like this, though of course many of them aren't fleshed out--there are just too many of them. That's where having such an exceptional cast is a real boon. I don't think Keira Knightley and Robin Wright are in the movie for more than five minutes but in their short appearances as the wives of Clarke's and Brolin's characters, respectively, they ably convey their anxiety and desperate hope.
Everest is available on Amazon Prime in Japan.
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