High Ground (2012)

ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー

上映時間 : 1時間 32分

演出 : Michael Brown

シノプシス

Eleven veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000 foot Himalayan giant Mount Lobuche. With blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and a team of Everest summiters as their guides, they set out on an emotional and gripping climb to reach the top in an attempt to heal the emotional and physical wounds of the longest war in U.S. history.

出演

Steve Baskis
Steve Baskis
Himself
Luis Benitez
Luis Benitez
Himself
Brad Bull
Brad Bull
Himself
Sherman Bull
Sherman Bull
Himself
Chad Butrick
Chad Butrick
Himself
Kevin Cherilla
Kevin Cherilla
Himself
Ashley Crandall
Ashley Crandall
Herself
Jeff Messner
Jeff Messner
Himself
Kabao Messner
Kabao Messner
Herself
Aaron
Aaron"Ike" Isaacson
Himself

製作陣

Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Director
Scott McElroy
Scott McElroy
Writer
Brian Mockenhaupt
Brian Mockenhaupt
Writer
Ryan Fenson-Hood
Ryan Fenson-Hood
Writer
Don Hahn
Don Hahn
Writer
Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Writer
Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Producer
Don Hahn
Don Hahn
Producer
Chris Bacon
Chris Bacon
Music
Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Director of Photography
Scott McElroy
Scott McElroy
Editor

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バーティカル・リミット
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The Summit
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The Wildest Dream
Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.
エベレスト
An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.
エベレスト
エベレスト登頂中に起こった実話を元に描くサバイバルアドベンチャー。ロブが率いるエベレスト登頂ツアーの一行は、順調に登山を続けていた。だが、頂上アタックの日、下山が大幅に遅れた上に嵐で天候が急激に悪化し、彼らは散り散りになってしまう。
K2
They call it the savage mountain. 27 people have perished trying to reach the summit on K2, the world's second highest peak. A U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.
クリフハンガー
ゲイブはロッキー山脈の仕事に就いていた。ある時、同僚のハルとハルの恋人・サラが山でデートをしている最中にハルが怪我をし、ゲイブが救助に向かう。ゲイブはハルの目の前のサラの救出に失敗しサラを死なせてしまう。以後ハルはゲイブを憎むようになり、同僚の恋人・ジェシーと別れ仕事もやめた。 その後、国際犯罪組織が財務省の紙幣輸送の飛行機を乗っ取り、使用済みの紙幣を強奪を図ったが、手違いから紙幣の入ったスーツケースを雪のロッキー山脈に落としてしまう。
フリーソロ
垂直に切り立った数百メートルもの岩壁を、命綱や安全装置なしで登るというクライミング・スタイル“フリーソロ”のドキュメンタリー。若きクライマーのオノルドに1年密着し、前人未到の世界を克明に記録していく。
Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi
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ミッシング・リンク 英国紳士と秘密の相棒
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ビリー・リンの永遠の一日
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グラン・トリノ
妻に先立たれ、息子たちとも疎遠な元軍人のウォルトは、自動車工の仕事を引退して以来単調な生活を送っていた。そんなある日、愛車グラン・トリノが盗まれそうになったことをきっかけに、アジア系移民の少年タオと知り合う。やがて二人の間に芽生えた友情は、それぞれの人生を大きく変えていく。
クライムダウン
A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers as they try to get the girl to safety.
ウルフ
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タイム・トラップ
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
ディアトロフ・インシデント
旧ソ連時代の1959年。ウラル山脈のディアトロフ峠をスキーで越えようとした登山グループが遭難する。後にグループ9名全員が遺体となって発見されるが、内の5名は極寒にも関わらず全裸に近い状態であり、残る4名は舌が無いなど異様な損傷を受けていた。さらに、身に着けていた衣服からは高濃度の放射能までもが検出された。当時さまざまな憶測がなされたが事件は忘れ去られようとしていた。そんな中、5人のアメリカ人学生が事件を調査しようと関係者に取材する。
スモールフット
人里離れた雪深い山頂に住む、大きな体で心優しきイエティのミーゴ。おっちょこちょいで臆病な彼は、ある日偶然にも小さな足の伝説の生物“スモールフット(=人間)”と出会う。しかし、誰も信じてくれないばかりか、嘘つきだと、村の掟オキテを守る最長老ストーンキーパーから村の追放を言い渡され、ミーゴは真実をつきとめるため伝説のスモールフットを探す冒険の旅に出る。
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