EVEREST (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Josh Brolin (No Country For Old Man), John Hawkes (The Sessions), Sam Worthington (Avatar), Robin Wright (Forrest Gump), Michael Kelly (House of Cards), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game), Emily Watson (Red Dragon), Tom Wright (Balibo), Martin Henderson (Devil’s Knot), Elizabeth Debicki (The Man From U.N.C.L.E), Naoko Mori (Torchwood), Clive Standen (Hammer of the Gods), Vanessa Kirby (About Time), Tom Goodman-Hill (Charlotte Gray), Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (K-19: The Widowmaker)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Baltasar Kormákur (2 Guns), director; Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) and William Nicholson (Gladiator), writers; Nicky Kentish Barnes (About Time), Tim Bevan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Liza Chasin (Wimbledon), Eric Fellner (The Theory of Everything), Evan Hayes (Contraband), Brian Oliver (Rush) and Tyler Thompson (The Woman in Black), producers; Dario Marianelli (Atonement), composer; Salvatore Totino (The Da Vinci Code), cinematographer; Mick Audsley (Mona Lisa Smile), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1996, a climbing expedition on Mount Everest is devastated by a freak snow storm, leading to the surviving climbers attempting to make it back alive…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Everest takes the most dangerous elements surrounding the tallest peak in the world and turns it into an increasingly intense 3D experience.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2015

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