‘The Summit’ Trailer: Sundance Selected Climbing Documentary About Death On K2
By Germain Lussier/Nov. 30, 2012 10:18 am EST
The Summit was selected in the World Cinema Documentary category but if you watch this trailer, you might think there’s no way it can be real. Can it? Watch it below.
Thanks to TwitchFilm (via First Showing) for the heads up. Here’s the trailer for The Summit.
And here’s the plot description of the film:
In a century of assaults on K2, only about 300 people have ever seen the view from the planet’s second highest peak. More than a quarter of those who made it didn’t live long enough to share the glory, or to tell the tale.
In August 2008, twenty-four climbers from several international expeditions converged on High Camp of K2, the last stop before the summit of the most dangerous mountain on earth. Forty-eight hours later, eleven had been killed or had vanished, making it the worst K2 climbing disaster in history.
The Summit is about the very nature of modern adventure. Those who survive carry with them a commodity to sell– The Story. This one remains contentious and fiercely debated.
While the trailer certainly makes The Summit look like a narrative film, TwitchFilm’s full review makes it clear the film is in fact a documentary. It just happens to feature lots of “convincing reconstructions.” Personally, I’m riveted and will definitely be attempting to catch this as soon as possible.
What do you think about The Summit?
