
Everest is a movie directed by Baltasar Kormákur in 2015 and based on the book Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer, first published in 1997. The movie features Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Elizabeth Debicki, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, and others.
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Storyline
In May 1996, several commercial expeditions at the base camp of Mount Everest prepare to climb to the summit. Rob Hall, who popularized commercial Everest missions, leads Adventure Consultants; Scott Fischer is the chief guide for its rival, Mountain Madness. A month earlier in New Zealand, Rob says goodbye to his pregnant wife, Jan, and promises that he will be home for the birth.
Movie vs Book

Year
2015
Minutes
121
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb

Year
1997
Pages
368
Book Rate
8.36
S: Goodreads
Book
Into Thin Air
Subtitle: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Author: Jon Krakauer
Country: USA
First published in: 1997
Length: 368 pages
Genre: Biography
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