Wellington, May 4: Keira Knightley is all set to join the star-studded cast of 'Everest' where she'll play the wife of late mountaineer Rob Hall, it has been revealed.
According to Stuff.co.nz, the film will retell the tragic expedition to Mt Everest that killed five people, including climbers from New Zealand - Rob Hall and Andy Harris - in 1996.
The 28-year-old actress will reconstruct the touching phone calls that Hall and his then-pregnant wife Jan Arnold exchanged while he was trapped on the mountain.
Arnold, who assisted in the making of the film, had previously said that she believes the story, which shows bravery, ambition and humanity, is worth telling, and though there have been several films on the incident,.
According to Stuff.co.nz, the film will retell the tragic expedition to Mt Everest that killed five people, including climbers from New Zealand - Rob Hall and Andy Harris - in 1996.
The 28-year-old actress will reconstruct the touching phone calls that Hall and his then-pregnant wife Jan Arnold exchanged while he was trapped on the mountain.
Arnold, who assisted in the making of the film, had previously said that she believes the story, which shows bravery, ambition and humanity, is worth telling, and though there have been several films on the incident,.
- 5/4/2014
- by Abhijeet Sen
- RealBollywood.com
Of all the difficult tasks that life on this planet has to offer, from grad school to Dead Souls, climbing a mountain is one of the most daunting, and doesn.t change all that much as the years go by. 2 Guns director Baltasar Kormakur.s next film, Everest, centers on one of the deadliest mountain climbs in history, and Golden Globe winner Robin Wright and Sam Worthington join this already stacked cast to watch the deadly fiasco from the sidelines. Based on the true story of the disastrous 1996 tragedy, Universal's Everest will follow multiple group expeditions as their attempt to scale the tallest mountain on Earth is met with bad planning and avalanches. The Adventure Consultants group will be led by co-founder Rob Hall (Jason Clarke), Mike Groom (Thomas M. Wright) and Andy Harris (Martin Henderson). Their clientele includes veteran climber Beck Weathers (Josh Brolin) . whose wife Peach will be...
- 3/25/2014
- cinemablend.com
If one Maryland town hall is any indication, Republican voters are not happy with how little Republican politicians are doing to reign in the government. Greta Van Susteren took viewers to a town hall where Congressman Andy Harris was confronted by constituents angry about Nsa surveillance, the Obama administration, and Republicans not doing enough for them. One man scolded Harris, "We're dying out here because you guys are being nice guys!"...
- 8/8/2013
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
The University of Maryland faced the possibility of losing $424 million in state funding if it went ahead with a planned public screening this weekend of Digital Playground's $10 million porn spectacular, Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge. As a result, the screening was cancelled, although the firestorm might have just begun.
During a budget meeting in the state senate on Friday, Baltimore County Republican Andrew Harris called the planned event "shocking" and suggested budgetary language that said, in effect, that if a public university exhibited pornography, it would forfeit state funding. The Stagnetti screening was planned by the student- run Hoff Theater in response to student requests for a XXX feature, and Pirates II was selected because of the award winning film's high production value and the presence of a plot.
The theater has shown porn movies in years past - including Deep Throat just a few years ago - to very little negative reaction.
During a budget meeting in the state senate on Friday, Baltimore County Republican Andrew Harris called the planned event "shocking" and suggested budgetary language that said, in effect, that if a public university exhibited pornography, it would forfeit state funding. The Stagnetti screening was planned by the student- run Hoff Theater in response to student requests for a XXX feature, and Pirates II was selected because of the award winning film's high production value and the presence of a plot.
The theater has shown porn movies in years past - including Deep Throat just a few years ago - to very little negative reaction.
- 4/5/2009
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
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