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The story of Peter Garrett, a young climber, who leads a rescue attempt up K2, the second highest peak in the world. He battles against all the elements and harsh conditions to try to save his sister and her team trapped at the summit.

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ProducerLloyd Phillips, Martin Campbell, Robert King

EAN5035822044463

eBay Product ID (ePID)3944687

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleVertical Limit

ActorScott Glenn, Stuart Wilson, Robin Tunney, Bill Paxton, Temuera Morrison, Chris O'Donnell

DirectorMartin Campbell

Subtitle LanguageDutch\English\Hindi

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

Release Year2002

FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles, Superbit

Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure

Run Time119 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12

Number of Discs1

Director of PhotographyDavid Tattersall

ReviewsHollywood Reporter - ...The stunt work and David Tattersall's lensing catch moments of the adrenaline rush that is mountain climbing..., Box Office - ...The physical feats are inspiring, crowd-pleasing testaments to the stupendous extremes of human capabilities..., Entertainment Weekly - ...The best scenes give you a vicarious vertigo high..., USA Today - The action scenes in VERTICAL LIMIT take cliffhanging to the highest peaks of excitement...

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Additional InformationAs action director Martin Campbell's heart-pumping thriller VERTICAL LIMIT begins, an eagle glides gracefully over the stunningly filmed mesas of Utah. Its shadow falls on a vertical rock face being climbed by Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell), his father (Stuart Wilson), and his sister Annie (Robin Tunney). Suddenly a backpack hurtles by, followed rapidly by two climbers whose ropes tear the male Garretts from the rock face. The excruciatingly tense sequence ends in tragedy.<BR>After this stunning opening, the action switches to the Himalayas, where tycoon Elliott Vaughn (Bill Paxton) has financed an expedition that will take him to the summit of K2--the world's second highest mountain. Annie is one of Elliott's party. In the face of a threatening storm, Elliott recklessly insists the climb should continue. The storm duly arrives and decimates the expedition, leaving Elliott and Annie stranded. Peter leads a group of climbers--including the grizzled Montgomery Wick (Scott Glenn) and a French-Canadian nurse (Izabella Scorupco)--in a rescue attempt.<BR>Campbell, director of photography Derek Tattersall, many daring cameramen, mountain climbers, avalanche specialists, and special effects technicians, along with veteran editor Thom Noble, deliver a beautifully filmed mountaineering thriller with even more heart-stopping moments than JAWS.

Movie/TV TitleVertical Limit

Executive ProducerMarcia Nasatir

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1\DTS

ScreenwriterTerry Hayes, Robert King

Format DescriptionDVD 9 Superbit