K2 the movie (1991)

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Will_P

Trad climber

Melbourne, Victoria

Jun 4, 2013 - 09:36pm PT

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.

John Ely

Trad climber

Jun 4, 2013 - 09:52pm PT

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.

tradmanclimbs

Ice climber

Pomfert VT

Jun 4, 2013 - 10:18pm PT

I saw the play as well. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I thnk the movie is great fun!

Hardman Knott

Gym climber

Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca

Jun 4, 2013 - 10:32pm PT

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)...