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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 22, 2011 - 02:57am PT
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K2 is on instant queue.
Anyone one to guess without cheating where the climbing is done and who is doing the climbing?
Pretty much Hollywood climbing but I dig it.
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Dirka
Trad climber
SF
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Oct 22, 2011 - 05:49am PT
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Thanks!
I'm up waaaay to late, or Waaay to early? 4:50am my time.
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Dirka
Trad climber
SF
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Oct 22, 2011 - 07:18am PT
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K2 "cheesy goodness"!
Now on to Cliff Hanger.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Oct 22, 2011 - 07:55am PT
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I actuall liked that movie even though it was cheesy at times. It looked like the climbed El Cap and then did an alpine climb that was sitting on top of the captain?
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Oct 22, 2011 - 08:03am PT
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Another good one is The North Face. It's a german film (english sub titles) about one of the early attempts on Eiger.
Excellent movie.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Oct 22, 2011 - 09:36am PT
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Dingus. that nailes it. For me the drunken buildering for poon stunt gave the movie climbing creds. the bigwall followed by the snow climb was pretty silly and almost wrecked it. The rest of the partner dynamic was pretty spot on. So many of us end up in situations where the one partner is so much better and more motovated than the other that we either get dragged up or drag up someone into situations that one person really wants to climb yet the other simply wants to survive and not let their partner down...
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Tim Camuti
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 22, 2011 - 11:38am PT
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The movie was apparently based on a play, and I have always been curious to hear about how they staged the climbing scenes in a theatre. I feel that because of the roots of the play, this has always been the most credible climbing movie. The climbing story is more human than the lengths that the true Hollywood productions go to for a story. And it has Michael Biehn (of James Cameron fame- Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, others)!
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Jstod
Trad climber
North Vancouver
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Oct 22, 2011 - 12:12pm PT
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Anyone one to guess without cheating where the climbing is done and who is doing the climbing?
I remember a couple stellar shots of Waddington (posing as K2) and the Tiedemann group for sure. I think Bruce Kay may be listed in the credits?
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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Oct 22, 2011 - 03:09pm PT
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I loved that movie!!!! Cool history, thanks!
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pc
climber
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Oct 22, 2011 - 03:16pm PT
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I thought I remembered Barry Blanchard being interviewed about doing the pendulum scene during their "training" climb. No? Almost bit it/face skidded on one of the swings...
pc
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Oct 22, 2011 - 03:19pm PT
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Pretty cool movie. The key art (movie poster) sucked. But that's Hollywood.
Thanks for the tip Acer!
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matisse
climber
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Oct 22, 2011 - 04:26pm PT
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Danny Redford was the climbing double for the Japanese guy
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Watching this film now for the first time on iTunes. Fun to see my portaledges in the hollywood film...
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A5scott
Trad climber
Chicago
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"cat burglar?"
"pussy thief!"
I love how they film the same move a bunch of times like it's differet
fun movie
scott
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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The portaledge party shot was done on Steinbok Peak if memory serves.
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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That was well worth dredging up. Tell us moar Bruce Kay.
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orle
climber
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YAS, MOAR! The whole sordid truth!
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Reckon the film gets a few authentic points, and quite a few cheesy points. Shots of Tommy climbing were cool.
I can't really figure a pitch that would require the follower to do a massive pendulum as shown, unless the leader just soloed the whole thing. And what about the dudes hanging in their harnesses from bolts in the roof while there was a nice little stance on the wall? High cheese.
I've only been to the Dunge glacier on the way to K2, but is there really any ladder work on the K2 base camp approach? Or perhaps a bit of Everest lore thrown in?
I'm sure people have treated the porters similarly as shown in the movie (like crap), but on our expedition to Trango, we spent a lot of time with them hanging out, playing cards with them, cooking and eating with them, singing, hiking--I even carried some of their loads when they were tired and scared. If the attitude is that they're employees, you'd probably get the response as shown in the film, but on the other hand, if they're considered part of the expedition team and have some fun and caring with the locals, the trip in and out to basecamp can be quite a fun adventure in itself.
I once saw the broadway play K2 and thought the movie would be in a similar vein, but the film was nothing like the play--the play all took place in a single locale and was a discussion between two climbers pondering the meaning of life while they were about to perish.
Nice, uplifting ending, but I couldn't imagine the helicopter landing where they were and taken additional load at 18,000 feet.
Overall, a positive portrayal of climbing for the non-climbing public, I reckon.
I once saw the film Open Water and hated it because as the protagonists were dying, all they had was regret and bitterness toward eachother and the world. This film actually brings to light the softness of expression that, in my experience with brushes with death, seems to happen when one's fate is quite uncertain in a suffering situation. Perhaps the most authentic Hollywood capturing of this phenomena... (but that's not saying much...Hollywood, after all)
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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I remember the (ridiculous) portaledge scene when they are sitting around....As Taylor belays up Harold, the dude asks: "Who's that?" Taylor replies: "Harold Jameson"...Guy replies with a snotty tone: "Never heard of him"...Taylor grins and retorts: "Well, when he gets up here we can ask if he's ever heard of you"...
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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I remember the (ridiculous) portaledge scene when they are sitting around....As Taylor belays up Harold, the dude asks: "Who's that?" Taylor replies: "Harold Jameson"...Guy replies with a snotty tone: "Never heard of him"...Taylor grins and retorts: "Well, when he gets up here we can ask if he's ever heard of you"...
LOL!
tell's me that the screen writers were spot on.
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Will_P
Trad climber
Melbourne, Victoria
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I watched that film way too many times as a teenager just getting into climbing (enough to be pedantic and point out that the line was 'Well, here he comes... we'll ask him if he's ever heard of you!').
I heard that the rupee-burning scene was based on an incident that occured during an actual American expedition (not sure where to), or was considered in order to break a porter strike. Heresay only.
I'd also love to more about the filming of this - it's the only Hollywood pic that comes close to getting it accurate.
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John Ely
Trad climber
DC
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I saw the play when it was staged sometime in the early 80s at the Arena Stage in Washington DC. It was done with a ledge on a large artificial - Disney Matterhorn style - cliff as the stage, more or less where the curtain should have been. They climb up to the ledge, as I recall using ice axes and crampons in preset spots, and then get stuck and argue for a long period of time. It was a two person play, and quite forgettable, but then the movie was too.
The film 'North Face', a recent German film based on the Toni Kurz - Andreas Hinterstoisser etc disaster is really excellent, and except for an added love interest, is basically a fictional 'bio pic' of these two figures. Strongly recommended.
Also recommended is Herzog's 'Scream of Stone' about Cerro Torre, with great pictures of the mountain, and a kind of mythological invocation of Jim Bridwell as the crazy American whose ice ax was left on the summit.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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I saw the play as well. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I thnk the movie is great fun!
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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I watched that film way too many times as a teenager just getting into climbing (enough to be pedantic and point out that the line was 'Well, here he comes... we'll ask him if he's ever heard of you!').
Cool, that's even better, LOL. It's been a while; I was recalling it from memory (I did a quick search for Harold's last name).
I just noticed that this thread was started way back in 2011 by Acer, who suddenly stopped posting a couple months later (which quite interestingly coincided with MTucker's disappearance)...
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Bay Area , California
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Love cost too much
I have it on V H of S
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