The Conquest of Everest
The Conquest of Everest | |
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Original poster by James Boswell | |
Directed by | George Lowe |
Written by | Louis MacNeice (commentary) |
Produced by | Leon Clore John Taylor Grahame Tharp |
Narrated by | Meredith Edwards |
Cinematography | George Lowe John Noel Tom Stobart |
Edited by | Adrian de Potier |
Music by | Arthur Benjamin |
Production companies | Countryman Films Group 3 |
Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation |
Release date | 7 December 1953 (1953-12-07) |
Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £158,584 (UK)[1] |
The Conquest of Everest is a 1953 British Technicolor documentary film directed by George Lowe about various expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest.[2] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [3]
Cameraman Tom Stobart went on the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition (as did George Lowe), and after the successful second assault Stobart got the descending party to give no indication to those like Hunt and Westmacott waiting in an agony of suspense at Advance Base (Camp IV) that Hillary and Tenzing had succeeded until they were close enough for Stobart to catch the emotion of the moment on film. [4] [5]
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote "As one expected, this film is good. It has been most skilfully edited and is often intensely moving."[2]
Home media
The Conquest of Everest was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on 28 January 2014.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p501
- ^ a b "Monthly Film Bulletin review". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ Gill, Michael (2017). Edmund Hillary: A Biography. Nelson, NZ: Potton & Burton. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-947503-38-3.
- ^ Stobart, Tom (1958). Adventurer's Eye. Long Acre, London: Odhams Press Limited.
- ^ "Alpha Video - The Conquest of Everest". Retrieved 30 January 2014.
External links
- The Conquest of Everest at IMDb
- The Conquest of Everest at AllMovie
- The Conquest of Everest at the BFI's Screenonline
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