Everest Dreams

Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whos...

Runtime

2h 16m

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast

Brad Pitt, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, David Thewlis

King Lines follows Chris Sharma on his search for the planet's greatest climbs. From South American fantasy boulders to the sweeping limestone walls of Europe, Sharma finds and climbs the hardest, most spectacular routes. Off the coast of Mallorca he discovers his most outrageous project yet, a 70 foot arch rising from the Mediterranea...

Runtime

55m

Director

Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell

Cast

Chris Sharma, Melissa LaCasse, Tony Lamprecht

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Cast

Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall

An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizz...

Runtime

44m

Director

David Breashears, Greg MacGillivray

Cast

Liam Neeson, Ed Viesturs, Tracy Pfau

Movie about David Lama climbing the Patagonian mountain Cerro Torre for the first time free, a mountain that has been dubbed the most difficult to climb in the world.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Thomas Dirnhofer

Cast

David Lama, Peter Ortner, Toni Ponholzer