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Meru
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In the high-stakes pursuit of big-wall climbing, the Shark's Fin on Mount Meru may be the ultimate prize. The movie is about three elite climbers who struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb the mountain.
In the high-stakes pursuit of big-wall climbing, the Shark's Fin on Mount Meru may be the ultimate prize. The movie is about three elite climbers who struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb the mountain.
Actors:
Renan Ozturk,
Amee Hinkley,
Jennifer Lowe-Anker,
Jeremy Jones,
Grace Chin,
Jimmy Chin,
Jon Krakauer,
Conrad Anker
Renan Ozturk
Amee Hinkley
Jennifer Lowe-Anker
Jeremy Jones
Grace Chin
Jimmy Chin
Jon Krakauer
12 April 1954, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Conrad Anker
27 November 1962, California, USA
Genre:
Action, Adventure, Documentary
Country:
United States, India
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February 11, 2016
Likely to appeal to the extreme sports market and leave the rest of us stranded.
February 11, 2016
As a spectacle, it offers a vertiginous, first person view of events, but it's equally immersive as candid psycho-drama of survival.
February 21, 2016
Part awe-inspiring nature documentary, part personal reflective journey, Meru gives equal weight to both of these sides of the coin.
September 03, 2015
Chin and Ozturk capture both the astonishing views from the top of the world and soul-searching moments inside a cramped tent dangling from the side of the mountain like a used tea bag.
June 06, 2016
John Long, a brilliant climbing-literature author of Anker's generation, explains the addiction of extreme alpinism as going to a place where you know you're already dead.
Chicago Sun-Times
September 02, 2015
This is one of the most outstanding documentaries of the year.
September 04, 2015
A triumph of editing and narrative beyond "Are you kidding me?" visuals, Meru is a climbing story with context; biographies are woven in incrementally.
February 12, 2016
A film about a climb more daredevilish than Philippe Petit's tightrope walk. Brilliantly filmed by the climbers who are as good at cinema as in climbing up the face of a mountain.
September 03, 2015
What drives these men? "Because it's there" merely scratches the surface. "Meru" may not answer the question completely - likely nothing can - but it is a thrilling, harrowing attempt.
August 27, 2015
Filmed with such grandeur and intimacy that sometimes attempting to figure out how they made the incredible shots almost spoils them.
September 11, 2015
Are these guys nuts? Are their egos needy of self-affirmation? Or is there some higher purpose in such inexplicable endeavors? Do some people just have a genetic need to live on the edge?
