Everest '82
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Everest '82 is an Canadian drama film
Drama film
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miniseries
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directed
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by Graeme Campbell
Graeme Campbell (director)
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and written
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by Keith Ross Leckie. It aired in the fall of 2008 on CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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television and was produced by Alberta Filmworks.
The series is based on the book Canadians on Everest: The Courageous Expedition of 1982 by Bruce Patterson of the Times-Colonist newspaper.
Plot
Everest '82 tells the true story of the first Canadians to climb Mount EverestMount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...
.
The film begins with Laurie Skeslit just having lost his best friend in a climbing accident, that happened near Banff
Banff, Alberta
Banff is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately west of Calgary and east of Lake Louise....
. He believes the accident was his fault. The movie then switches to an Everest expedition making its way through the dramatic Nepalese countryside approaching the mountain. The expedition leaders are already fighting, which does little to reassure the conflicted doubts Laurie has about climbing and the guilt he feels over his friend's death.
Once they are on the mountain a huge avalanche kills three of them. Two days later, a collapse of ice crushes another. Everything goes wrong, the media turns against them, the sponsors cut off supplies and tell them to come home, the mountain is too unstable. Because of this half of the climbers leave. As the rest of the climbers are about to go, Laurie reflects on the situation, digging deep within himself to find inspiration and becomes convinced he must go on. He talks a couple of them into continuing up the mountain, inspired by the ghosts of past climbers, their deaths and triumphs.
Cast
- Eric JohnsonEric Johnson (actor)Eric Johann Johnson is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of Whitney Fordman on the television series Smallville...
as Laurie Skreslet - Jason PriestleyJason PriestleyJason Bradford Priestley is a Canadian-American actor and director. He is best known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210, a role which catapulted him to recognition in the early 1990s....
as John Lauchlan - William ShatnerWilliam ShatnerWilliam Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, and author. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T...
as Norman Kelly - Leslie HopeLeslie HopeLeslie Ann Hope is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Teri Bauer in the Fox show 24 where she played the wife of the main character Jack Bauer.-Life and career:...
as Michelle Winegate - Meredith HendersonMeredith HendersonMeredith Henderson is a Canadian actress best known for playing the title role in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes....
as Marlene - John Pyper-FergusonJohn Pyper-FergusonJohn Pyper-Ferguson is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He has appeared in a wide range of films and television shows. His notable works include playing Sonny Hamilton on Hamilton's Quest, Peter Hutter on The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., and Joe Whedon on Brothers & Sisters...
as Roger Marshall - Tom Rooney as Bill March
- Ted Atherton as Alan Burgess
- Zachary BennettZachary BennettZachary Bennett is a Canadian actor and musician in Toronto, Ontario, who is best known for playing Felix King in Road to Avonlea. He also co-starred in the 2006 TV film Jekyll + Hyde.He was born in London, Ontario...
as Blair Griffiths - Michael Teigen as Dave Read
- Gord Rand as Pat Morrow
- Miguelito Macario Andaluz as Sungdare (as Miguelito Macario Andaluz)
External links
- Official Everest '82 website
- CBC's Everest dramatic, but it shortchanged climbers, Bruce Patterson, Times-Colonist, 14 September 2008. Retrieved 2009-9-8.