Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

1h 30min

Adventure

Action

Drama

An adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best selling book, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster". This 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.

Production Companies

Sofronski Productions

Columbia TriStar Television

Cast

Peter Horton

Peter Horton

Scott Fischer
Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins

Beck Weathers
Tim Dutton

Tim Dutton

Andy Harris
Pamela Gien

Pamela Gien

Sandy Hill Pittman
Peter J. Lucas

Peter J. Lucas

Anatoli Boukreev
Long Nguyen

Long Nguyen

Ang Dorje
Jeff Perry

Jeff Perry

Doug Hansen
Ned Vaughn

Ned Vaughn

Neal Beidelman
Akemi Otani

Akemi Otani

Yasuko Namba
Richard Rees

Richard Rees

Lopsang Sherpa
Stuart Milligan

Stuart Milligan

Dale Kruse
Luke Garrett

Luke Garrett

Mike Groom
Romilly Weeks

Romilly Weeks

Charlotte Fox
Esther Hall

Esther Hall

Jan Arnold
David Forman

David Forman

Taiwanese Climber #1
Nigel Fan

Nigel Fan

Taiwanese Climber #2

Release date

9th Nov 1997

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English