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Rateds: R, Unrated; Genre: Documentary; With: Liam Neeson and Beck Weathers
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By Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

EVEREST (Unrated) What the large-format IMAX screen was made for: a breathtaking climb to the top of Mount Everest that reveals the world's highest mountain in all of its awesome, perilous grandeur. Intrepid mountaineer/cinematographer David Breashears followed a handsome, expert team, which included Jamling Tenzing Norgay, whose father made the first successful ascent, and Araceli Segarra, the first Spanish woman to hit the peak. The team's triumphant climb, in May 1996, coincided with the mountain's freshest tragedy -- a doomed assault that left eight dead. By awful chance, Everest retains an echo of grief that gives its beauty added resonance. A


Posted Mar 20, 1998
 

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