Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest
DVD cover
Based on	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Written by	Robert J. Avrech
Directed by	Robert Markowitz
Starring	Christopher MacDonald Peter Horton Richard Jenkins
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Bernard Sofronski
Running time	90 minutes
Production company(s)	Columbia TriStar Television
Release
Original release	November 9, 1997

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest is a made-for-TV movie based on Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (1997). The film, directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Robert J. Avrech, tells the story of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. It was released on November 9, 1997.^[1]

Plot

The film portrays the 1996 Mount Everest disaster and the events that preceded it. The film mainly follows Jon Krakauer, the author of the book on which the film is based (Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (1997)); it also follows the climbing teams of summit guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer.

Cast

References

↑ Into Thin Air: Death on Everest. November 9, 1997.

External links

Into Thin Air: Death on Everest at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Robert Markowitz

Voices (1979)
Pray TV (1982)
Children of the Night (1985)
Too Young to Die? (1990)
Decoration Day (1990)
Love, Lies and Murder (1991)
Afterburn (1992)
Murder in the Heartland (1993)
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997)
Nicholas' Gift (1998)
The Great Gatsby (2000)
The Big Heist (2001)
Word of Honor (2003)
Heartless (2005)
Avenger (2006)

Jon Krakauer

Books	Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (1990) Into the Wild (1996) Into Thin Air (1997) Under the Banner of Heaven (2003) Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman (2009) Three Cups of Deceit (2011)

Film and television adaptations	Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (1997) Into the Wild (2007) Everest (2015)

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