But the ingredient that has turned the 44-minute IMAX film “Everest” into a cinematic sensation is a stroke of ill fortune neither scripted ... while the IMAX team was on the mountain in May 1996.

The tale of mountaineering derring-do told in "Everest" would seem ideally suited for presentation in Imax 3-D, and it is. Review: 'Everest' gives an Imax-close but confusing account of 1996 disaster.

Film aficionados would be hard-pressed to film a trio of more dissimilar films than the triple-bill now playing at the Gulf Coast Exploreum. Then again, the diverse lineup is what an IMAX film ...

The movie feels real, partly because IMAX film crew members were on the 1996 expedition and captured footage of the storm. The story has also been told in Jon Krakauer's book, Into Thin Air .

In the spring of 1996, film maker and mountain climber David Breashears set out on a three-month expedition to Mount Everest to accomplish what no one had done before. His mission: To film an ascen… ...

The nationwide release of the movie is being pushed back from Sept. 18 to Sept. 25 in order to allow for an exclusive Imax and PLF debut Sept. 18. Everest, spearheaded by Universal partner Working ...

Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater will show a pair of films made for IMAX on its own not-quite-as-big screen as a double feature on May 10 and 11. The first film screening in this special double ...

David Breashears while filming his documentary “Everest” in 1996. He and his team lugged a specially built IMAX camera, plus rolls and rolls of film, up the mountain.

Renowned mountaineer, author, and filmmaker David Breashears, known for co-directing a 1998 IMAX documentary on Everest, has passed away at the age of 68.