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The Wildest Dream (2010)

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Film details

Featuring

Liam Neeson Ralph Fiennes Natasha Richardson
Countries

United Kingdom USA
Year

2010
Genre

Documentary
Type

Film
Category

Non Fiction

Alternative titles

The Wildest Dream Conquest of Everest Working

Synopsis

Documentary recounting the mysterious final journey of British explorer George Mallory, who tried to climb Mount Everest on three occasions, and who never returned from his final attempt in 1924. His body was found on the mountain in 1999, clearly on a descent, and without the photograph of his wife Ruth which he had promised to leave at the summit. Mountaineer Conrad Anker, who discovered Mallory's body, attempts to retrace Mallory's ascent in the conditions Mallory faced, to see whether it is feasible that he could have climbed the treacherous 'Second Step', an overhanging ledge near the summit, scaled by today's climbers with fixed ladders, and which would have proven Mallory's last main obstacle to gaining the summit.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Narrated by
    
    Liam Neeson
  - voice of George Mallory
    
    Ralph Fiennes
  - voice of Ruth Mallory
    
    Natasha Richardson
  - voice of Sandy Irvine
    
    Hugh Dancy
  - voice of Noel Odell
    
    Alan Rickman
  - interviewee
    
    Conrad Anker
  - Mallory's granddaughter
    
    Susan Robertson
  - Cambridge tutor and mountaineer
    
    Robert Macfarlane
  - Mallory's biographer
    
    Peter Gillman
  - interviewee, Conrad Anker's wife
    
    Jennifer Lowe-Anker
  - Irvine's great-niece
    
    Julie Summers
  - interviewee, Conrad Anker's climbing partner
    
    Leo Houlding
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Anthony Geffen
  - ©
    
    Altitude Films Ltd
  - Production Company
    
    Altitude Films
  - In association with
    
    Atlantic Productions
  - Presents
    
    Serengeti Entertainment (uncredited)
  - Presents
    
    National Geographic (Giant Screen)
  - Executive Producer
    
    Mike Medavoy
  - Consultant Executive Producer
    
    Greg Moyer
  - Produced by
    
    Anthony Geffen
  - Produced by
    
    Claudia Perkins
  - Edit Producer
    
    Mark Halliley
  - Consultant Co-producer
    
    Mark Deangelis
  - Consultant Co-producer
    
    Rob Faris
  - Line Producer
    
    Aleid Channing
  - Line Producer
    
    Candice Martin
  - Production Manager (Everest)
    
    Nicola Wicks
  - Head of Production
    
    Ruth Sessions
  - Production Co-ordinator (Everest)
    
    Jane Flannery
  - Accountant
    
    Angus Nisbet
  - Production Accountant
    
    Vincent Pretorius
  - Unit Manager
    
    Christine Baxter-Jones
  - Post-production Supervisor
    
    Ashley Davies
  - Drama Director
    
    Tom Pollock
  - 1st Assistant Director
    
    Lawley-wakelin, David
  - Writer
    
    Mark Halliley
  - Additional Writing
    
    Richard Bedser
  - Additional Writing
    
    Kevin Maher
  - Director of Photography
    
    Ken Sauls
  - Director of Photography
    
    Chris Openshaw
  - Director of Photography
    
    Ken Sauls
  - Director of Photography
    
    Chris Openshaw
  - Low Altitude Camera
    
    Peter Hayns
  - Low Altitude Camera
    
    Allibone, Peter
  - High Altitude Camera
    
    Jimmy Chin
  - 2nd Camera
    
    Mike Carling
  - Camera
    
    Sean Carswell
  - Camera
    
    Bob Poole
  - Camera
    
    Chris Barham
  - Camera
    
    Patrick Duval
  - Camera
    
    Richard Heap
  - Camera
    
    Mike Robinson
  - Camera
    
    Vale, Stephen
  - Additional Altitude Filming
    
    Dean Staples
  - Additional Altitude Filming
    
    Mark Woodward
  - Rostrum Camera
    
    Ken Morse
  - Additional Rostrum Camera
    
    Chris King
  - Gaffer (Studio)
    
    Robert Pye
  - Stills Photographer
    
    Jimmy Chin
  - Stills Photographer
    
    Sam Peach
  - Archive Photographer
    
    Herman Haye
  - Visual Effects
    
    Zoo
  - Effects Supervisor
    
    Paul Mann
  - Edited by
    
    Peter Miller
  - Art Director
    
    Humphrey Bangham
  - Props
    
    Tom Jungst
  - Costume Designer
    
    Jane Wrigley
  - Costume
    
    Chris Winter
  - Costume
    
    Dickie Knight
  - Wardrobe
    
    Natasha Lawes
  - Make-up
    
    Natasha Lawes
  - Make-up Artist
    
    Natasha Lawes
  - Music by
    
    Joel Douek
  - Featured Vocalist
    
    Lisbeth Scott
  - Solo Violin
    
    Meg Okura
  - Ethnic Flutes
    
    David Weiss
  - Orchestra
    
    Prague Philharmonic
  - Conductor
    
    Richard Fiocca
  - Orchestrator
    
    Greg Pliska
  - Production Music Supervisor
    
    Peter Miller
  - Sound
    
    Josef Knauer
  - Sound
    
    Duffield, Mick
  - Sound
    
    Jeremiah Slovarp
  - Sound
    
    Butterworth, AJ
  - Sound
    
    Simon Firsht
  - Sound
    
    Cameron Hills
  - Sound
    
    Malcolm Hirst
  - Sound
    
    Geoff Price
  - Sound
    
    Cormac Tohill
  - Sound
    
    Mike Williams
  - Dubbing Mixer
    
    Graham Kirkman
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Robert Brazier
  - Historical Consultant
    
    Peter Gillman
  - Historical Consultant
    
    Leni Gillman
  - Dedicated to
    
    Natasha Richardson

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