Movie

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

1997 · 90 min

A grim, suffocating climb through disaster, where thin air and bad decisions grind hope down to a slow, freezing dread.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, death, isolation, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
death
isolation
guilt
nature
Places: wilderness
military
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none