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Beyond the Edge

Unrated HD Closed Captioning

Leanne Pooley

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Plot Summary

The legendary climb of Mt. Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and his sherpa is brought to life in this breathtaking film with spectacular visuals and never-before-seen interviews.

Credits

Actors

Director
- Leanne Pooley
Screenwriters
- Leanne Pooley
- Matthew Metcalfe

Producers
- Matthew Metcalfe
- Catherine Madigan

Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews

TOMATOMETER

65%

Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 13
Rotten: 7
Average Rating: 6.0/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Fresh: This absorbing account of the first recorded summit of the world's highest mountain is a rare documentary for which re-enactments make complete sense. – Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, Jul 3, 2014

Rotten: Like a mountaineer grappling on sheet ice, the film's focus on performance can result in a loss of footing. – Diana Clarke, Village Voice, Jul 2, 2014

Fresh: Recalled in the somewhat breathless History Channel-style voice-overs of the participants and their families, the journey was a triumph of guts, perseverance, endurance, ingenuity and teamwork. – Ella Taylor, NPR, Jul 3, 2014

Fresh: It's all rendered in 3D, with the archival footage reformatted; you'll feel the Everest chill and gape at the astonishing vistas. – Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times, Jul 10, 2014

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Customer Reviews

Everest summit

by Sherpa14K

This is a good and accurate recreation of the first to reach the summit of Everest, a combination of original footage, new-cgi, original photography, and very close recreation of Tenzing and Ed. Worth watching, not much drama and real historic event.

As close to the real climb as you'll ever get

by cburleso

This was a very interesting documentary. Very we'll made. It really gave a deep sense of the long and arduous struggle it was to take Everest for the first time. Really great imagery and effects give a strong sense that you are there struggling alongside the original team - not knowing if what you're trying to do is really even possible. For those who fantasize about the extraordinary adventure you'll probably never really take, this is as good as it gets.

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Genre: Documentary
Expected Release: Nov 11, 2014

Customer Ratings

64 Ratings