“Quite an experience. Unbelievable... Breashears’ new film takes mountain filmmaking to new heights... The big screen IMAX format takes you there. You can almost feel what it’s like to be climbing the world’s tallest mountain.” Joyce Kulhawik, WBZ-TV, CH 4, March 4, 1998. “You don’t want to miss this film. It’s really breathtaking and very moving... [the film] takes viewers to the top of the world...It’s suitable for children!... and you can visit the special exhibit that includes a scale model of the grandest mountain on earth.” Sara Edwards, WHDH, Ch 7, March 4, 1998. “Everest is quite possibly the most overwhelming piece of filmmaking ever made... Filmmakers put their work aside to save the lives of others then continued to create a work of indescribable proportions...Don’t miss it!” Dixie Watley, WCVB, Ch 5, March 5, 1998. “Everest, a stunning new film, captures both the majesty of the mountain and the madness of those who seek to conquer it. Certainly, there have been other films about Everest, but nothing to compare with the breathtaking sights recorded in the spring of 1996 by David Breashears , a Newton resident and world-renowned climber... Breashears, along with an expert team of climbers, used innovative IMAX filmmaking equipment for sweeping, all-encompassing images so exhilarating you can practically feel the sting of the wind on your skin. The film is as triumphant as it is tragic.” Renee Graham, The Boston Globe, March 6th, 1998. “‘It’s incredible’, said Barry Rugo, 38 who climbed Everest in 1991 and watched a sneak preview of Everest, the IMAX film, yesterday. ‘It’s as close as you can get without doing it yourself.’ ” Jules Crittenden, Boston Herald, March 5th 1998. “Everest combines real-life tragedy and derring-do with eye-popping scenery for an effect that’s as dramatic as it is fascinating and spectacular.” Godfrey Cheshire, Yahoo News, March 10, 1998. “Breashears’ panoramic shots of the snow-capped Himalayas are as breathtaking as one might expect, given the grandeur of the landscape... The avalanche footage is terrifying, and his haunting shot of four yellow tents glowing against the nighttime Everest landscape beautifully captures the climbers’ profound sense of isolation.” Jeannette Johnston, boston. sidewalk, March 11, 1998. “ ‘I really hope that when people sit in that theater, in a temperature-controlled, oxygen-rich environment, they can look at these great peaks and feel some of the awe and grandeur we do in being there’, Breashears said of his new film.” Michael Ellis (Reuters), Excite, March 11, 1998. “It will make you feel more than a little frightened, perhaps even queasy, as you look through the camera’s eye into an icy crevasse that an intrepid member of Breashear’s team is crossing on an aluminum ladder. And I challenge you not to reflexively duck out of the way when the avalanche comes right at you, looking so real that when it slams into the camera you can almost feel the impact in your own chest... A film this powerful, this inspirational , may be just the thing you need to help you stop looking for the tragedy in life and learn to celebrate its triumphs.” John Black, DigitalCity-Boston, America Online, March 6, 1998. “Some 675 people have experienced such sensations personally since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first conquered Mount Everest in 1953. And now, millions more will savor the beauty, fury and challenges of the world’s highest mountain in Everest , a new IMAX format film that puts the viewer in the middle of its churning avalanches, swirling storms, steep gorges and icy chasms, while sitting in a cozy theater seat. Indeed, ‘breathtaking’ barely describes some of the scenes in Everest.. And even in its quieter moments, with Liam Neeson narrating and with scenes of Buddhist temples decked with thousands of candles lit to the gods of the mountains, Everest is compelling entertainment.” Nancye Tuttle, The Lowell Sun. March 8th. 1998. “The climax of the film is the stunning, one-of-a-kind footage captured on top of Mount Everest...though only a few seconds long, it’s well worth the wait.” Rosemary Ford, Eagle Tribune, March 6, 1998. Back to Top of Page
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