THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Idris Elba (The Dark Tower), Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road), Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding), Waleed Zuaiter (Omar), Beau Bridges (The Descendants)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now), director; J. Mills Goodloe (The Age of Adaline) and Chris Weitz (About a Boy), writersl Peter Chernin (War for the Planet of the Apes), Dylan Clark (Oblivion), David Ready (RED) and Jenno Topping (Hidden Figures), producers; Ramin Djawadi (Pacific Rim), composer; Mandy Walker (Australia), cinematographer; Lee Percy (Boys Don’t Cry), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After their respective flights are cancelled due to stormy weather, surgeon Dr. Ben Bass (Elba) and photojournalist Alex Martin (Winslet) board a charter plane together, only for the plane to crash mid-flight, leaving both of them stranded in the wilderness, fighting to survive the harshly cold weather while also growing more and more dependent on each other…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Idris Elba and Kate Winslet star in this epic romance which pits their love against a harsh cold wintery landscape – think Brief Encounter meets The Revenant.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2017

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