B.D. Wong, Brad Pitt, Danny Denzongpa
In the autumn of 1939, Heinrich Harrer, the famous Austrian mountaineer, and his countryman Peter Aufschnaiter, set out to climb Nanga Parbat, one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas. The self-cente...( read more
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Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jean-Jacques Annud
Release Date: October 8, 1997
DVD Release Date: April 7, 1998
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October 1, 2009Once you get past the bad acting, dodgy props & sets and awful accents it?s not such a bad film. It?s not quite the epic it wants to be though and you can?t help but think it was a wasted opportunity, especially as the story is so strong (although historically inaccurate).
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September 17, 2008This is a long one. Based on a true story about an Austrian mountaineer. Brad tries to climate the Himalayas and is imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp. He escapes and tries to travel through Tibet but is kicked out as foreigners are forbidden until he befriends the Dahli Lama.
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August 4, 2008I obviously don't agree w/ the religious aspects of the film, but I really like the movie overall. It's a slow-paced film, but that probably was purposeful to reflect the Tibetan lifestyle. The visuals are nice, and the acting is strong.
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June 11, 2008I've been waiting for a place like Flixster to let me say this: This movie really did feel like seven years in Tibet.
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February 28, 2008Not exactly what I thought this film would be, but having a spiritual side I enjoyed the journey and of course a view of the place I would love to see more than any place in the world.
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October 4, 2009a good tale about the journey Heinrich goes through , he's a mountaineer going with a crew to set a record but things go wrong so he and another climber (Peter) go on their own and end up in Tibet where Heinrich befriends the young Dalai Lama and treats him like his son whom he'v...( read more)
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September 29, 2009one more story about a foreigner in a country usually oriental. not too shabby though.
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January 8, 2009some quotes from the King are deep. fine movie with fine scene. i enjoy this movie a lot.
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