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Everest
2015
· Movie
· 121 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2456
- IMDb #1899
- Google retired #1070
- Rotten Tomatoes #2407
- Metacritic #2100
- Letterboxd #3046
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2518
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2744
- Metacritic Critics #2019
- Metacritic Audience #2275
- Criticker #2176
- AlloCiné #887
Every rating
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Two expedition groups, one led by a New Zealander and the other by an American, attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1996. They face the extreme physical challenges of the climb, but a devastating blizzard strikes during their descent, trapping them in the death zone and forcing a desperate struggle for survival.
Details
- Director
- Baltasar Kormákur
- Writers
- Simon Beaufoy, William Nicholson
- Based on
- 1996 Mount Everest disaster
- Released
- 10 September 2015
- Country
- Iceland, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Russian
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $55.0M
- Box office
- $203.4M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 6 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2015 | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Nominee | |
| Camerimage 2015 | Best 3D Film | Salvatore Totino | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2015 | Best Effects | Nominee | |
| Saturn Awards 2015 | Best Action or Adventure Film | Nominee | |
| Visual Effects Society 2015 | Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Dadi Einarsson, Roma O-Connor, Matthias Bjarnsasson, Richard Van Den Bergh | Nominee |
| Visual Effects Society 2015 | Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project ("Mt. Everest") | Matthias Bjarnasson, Olafur Haraldsson, Kjartan Hardarson, Peter Arnorsson | Nominee |
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
2 nominations
| Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project ("Mt. Everest") | Matthias Bjarnasson, Olafur Haraldsson, Kjartan Hardarson, Peter Arnorsson | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Dadi Einarsson, Roma O-Connor, Matthias Bjarnsasson, Richard Van Den Bergh | Nominee |
Camerimage
1 nomination
| Best 3D Film | Salvatore Totino | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Effects | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Action or Adventure Film | Nominee |