| Uniform Title |
Mountain (Documentary film : 2017) |
| Title |
Mountain. |
| Published |
Australia Distributed by Madman Entertainment, [2017]. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (74 minutes + extras 25 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Sound Characteristics |
digital optical surround Dolby |
| Video Characteristics |
DVD PAL |
| Digital File Characteristics |
video file DVD video region 4 |
| Form of Work |
Documentary film |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Madman Entertainment : MMA9240. |
| Originally produced as a documentary film in 2017. |
| Special Features : The Making of Mountain (25 min). |
| Credits |
Jennifer Peedom: Director/Producer ; Richard Tognetti: Artistic Director & Composer ; Robert Macfarlane: Narration Script ; Jo-anne McGowan: Producer ; Renan Ozturk: Principal Cinematographer ; Christian Gazal & Scott Gray: Editors. |
| Performers |
Narrated by Willem Dafoe ; Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti. |
| Summary |
Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. The idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty. How then have mountains come to hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives? By the time Mount Everest was vanquished in the midtwentieth century, mountaineering had become a quest for mastery rather than a search for mystery. Mountains were seen as adversaries to be overcome; places where fear could be taken to the edge – or beyond. The Australians Jen Peedom, director of Sherpa, and Richard Tognetti, artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, drove this very international collaboration that also involved US-based cinematographer Renan Ozturk, British writer Robert Macfarlane and American actor Willem Dafoe. There is extraordinary artistry in the finished work, filmed by the worlds leading high altitude cinematographers, with works by Chopin, Grieg, Vivaldi, Beethoven and new works by Richard Tognetti. |
| Target audience note |
E. Exempt from classification. |
| System details |
DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1/2.0 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; anamorphic 2.40:1. |
| Language note |
In English. English captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired). |
| Awards note |
Winner, BFI London Film Festival, Grierson Award for Best Documentary, 2015. |
| Subjects |
Mountains |
| Mountaineering |
| Adventure and adventurers |
| Feature films -- Australia |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Genre |
Documentary films |
| Nonfiction films |
| Feature films |
| Other Names |
Peedom, Jennifer director, producer. |
| Macfarlane, Robert screenwriter. |
| Dafoe, Willem actor, narrator. |
| Tognetti, Richard composer. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Australian Chamber Orchestra performer |
| Camp 4 Collective production company |
| Sherpas Cinema production company |
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