Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)

1997-11-09 United States of America 90 Min. PG-13
5.5 31 votes

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.

Cast

Peter Horton is Scott Fischer
Scott Fischer
Richard Jenkins is Beck Weathers
Beck Weathers
Christopher McDonald is Jon Krakauer
Tim Dutton is Andy Harris
Andy Harris
Pamela Gien is Sandy Hill Pittman
Sandy Hill Pittman
Peter J. Lucas is Anatoli Boukreev
Anatoli Boukreev
Long Nguyen is Ang Dorje
Ang Dorje
Jeff Perry is Doug Hansen
Doug Hansen
Ned Vaughn is Neal Beidelman
Neal Beidelman
Akemi Otani is Yasuko Namba
Yasuko Namba
Richard Rees is Lopsang Sherpa
Lopsang Sherpa