Everest (1998 film)

Everest is a 70mm American documentary film, from MacGillivray Freeman Films, about the struggles involved in climbing Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak on Earth, located in the Himalayan region of Nepal. It was released to IMAX theaters in March 1998 and became the highestgrossing film made in the IMAX format.

Everest was in production at the mountain during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which another group of mountain climbers became trapped by a blizzard near the summit. The film includes footage of these events, as the IMAX team assist Beck Weathers and other survivors. Producer and codirector Greg MacGillivray later said that while editing the documentary for release, he and Breashears decided to focus more on the tragedy, due to the popularity of Jon Krakauers book about the 1996 disaster, Into Thin Air 1997. MacGillivray reasoned Ten million people have read that book, so we had to address the issue. And I think it strengthened the film.Everest premiered at Bostons Museum of Science on March 4, 1998 before going on general release in IMAX cinemas across the United States two days later. According to an article published late that month in the Los Angeles Times, it attracted mainly favorable reviews. The film subsequently opened in Australia on Marchand Switzerland on March 20, with other European premieres, including at the London Trocadero, following during April and May. ........

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