K2

K2 (1991)

28,000 feet. You're hanging on by your fingernails. The adrenaline alone could kill you.

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.

Date of release
1991-10-10
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (154)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Thriller, Action, Adventure, Drama
Director
Franc Roddam

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: K2

K2 is a 1991 survival drama film starring Michael Biehn and Matt Craven, directed by Franc Roddam, and written by Patrick Meyers and Scott Roberts, adapting Meyers' original 1982 stage play. It is loosely based on the story of Jim Wickwire and Louis Reichardt, the first Americans to summit the eponymous mountain, with Wickwire and Reichardt being acknowledged in the ending credits.

Filming

K2 was filmed on location in Kashmir, Pakistan and British Columbia, Canada. Parts of the film were also shot in Snowbird, Utah.

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