Project Detail

Everest

Name: Everest
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 121 mins

Synopsis

Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, 'Everest' documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
Venice Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: Features
Running time: 121 mins
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Producer: Nicky Kentish Barnes, Tim Bevan, Liza Chasin, Eric Fellner, Evan Hayes, Brian Oliver, Birgir Sigfusson, Tyler Thompson
Co-Producer: David Nichols
Executive Producer: Brandt Andersen, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Mark Mallouk, Peter Mallouk, Lauren Selig, Thomas Tull
Editor: Mick Audsley
Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy (writer), Lem Dobbs (writer), Justin Isbell (screenplay), Mark Medoff (writer), William Nicholson (screenplay)
Director of Photography: Salvatore Totino
Production Designer: Gary Freeman
Composer: Dario Marianelli
Principal cast: Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Martin Henderson, Emily Watson, Thomas M. Wright

Genre

Action Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

USA, UK coproduction

Cross Creek Pictures (US), Free State Pictures (US), RVK Studios (IS), Universal Pictures (US), Walden Media (US), Working Title Films (UK)

Working Title Films

26 Aybrook Street
London
W1U 4AN

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