Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Robert Markowitz, 1997
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer, 1997
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest is a movie directed by Robert Markowitz in 1997 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 Peter Horton, Nathaniel Parker, Richard Jenkins, Christopher McDonald, Jeff Perry, Tim Dutton, and others.
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Storyline
The 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 with a commercial expedition.
Movie vs Book
Year
1997
Minutes
90
Movie Rate
5.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
Director: Robert Markowitz
Country: USA
Year: 1997
Length: 1h30m
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
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Baltasar Kormákur
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