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Plot summary
Annie Garrett has become a mountaineer, and she holds her brother Peter responsible for their father's death on a climb three years earlier. She comes to K2 base camp for a summit attempt backed by the billionaire Elliot Vaughn, with Tom McLaren leading the team. On the eve of the climb, Vaughn holds a party, where the respected climber Montgomery Wick criticizes him. Bad weather closes in as the group climbs, and although McLaren argues for turning back, Vaughn pushes on. An avalanche leaves Annie, Vaughn and McLaren stranded in a crevasse, with radio contact lost. Peter gathers a rescue party of climbers, among them Wick and Monique, the base camp nurse, and they carry canisters of explosive nitroglycerine to reach the survivors.
Cast
- Alejandro Valdes-Rochinas Sergeant Asim
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Vertical Limit (2000)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- According to free-soloing legend Alex Honnold, the unrealistic opening scene of the film is "horrendous and probably the worst scene in all of Hollywood climbing".
- In May 1997 it was reported Stuart Baird had signed on to direct; in March 1998 Roger Spottiswoode was signed with TriStar Pictures financing, and in February 1999 Martin Campbell was in final negotiations to direct, with Columbia Pictures replacing TriStar as distributor.
- Vertical Limit was filmed on location in Pakistan, the location of K2, as well as Queenstown in New Zealand and the United States; the Bell 212 helicopters contracted from Hevilift Australia were painted in a khaki green color to represent the Pakistani Army.
- Vertical Limit grossed $69.2 million domestically and $215.7 million worldwide, becoming the 17th-highest-grossing film of 2000; against a budget of $75 million, the film was a success.
