Time Network News A few days ago, the world's first movie that truly recorded the entire climb of Mount Everest, "Captain Everest", announced that it was scheduled to be released in theaters nationwide on July 2.
Captain Everest
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83 min - Documentary / Sport released in China in 2022
The Chinese folk mountaineering team composed of 8 ordinary people and 7 alpine photographers who have undergone 10 years of experience embarked on the "peak road": from the backpacker's paradise Nepal, the "moving maze" Khumbu glacier with ice cracks, to the Lhotse Wall with an extreme slope of more than 85 degrees, the "last 12 meters" Hillary steps of Everest sprint, to the summit of Mount Everest in "8848", all the way to the danger and danger. "Captain Everest" not only presents the extreme scenery and extreme despair witnessed by only 500+ people in China on the big screen for the first time; The protagonist's dedication and persistence to climbing also fully demonstrates the inspirational spiritual core of "the love and dream of ordinary people", and issues a warm call to the audience to "rush to love".
On June 18th, "Captain Everest" held the premiere ceremony of "Captain Everest, Set Sail for Love" and the launching ceremony of the national roadshow in Chengdu, film director Wu Xi, editor Mother Xinyang, producer Yi Xi and protagonists Sula Wang Ping, Cui Zhouping, Liu Ping, XiaoXi, Jian Jian, coachman and other film creators attended, and the team of alpine guides and alpine photographers wore Everest climbing equipment and appeared in a state of "climber".
At the event site, the film creators shared their behind-the-scenes stories emotionally. Sula Wangping, who is both the protagonist and one of the producers, said: "According to statistics, the Chinese of people who have reached the summit of Mount Everest are about 520 people, and only they have seen the scenery on the top of the world with their own eyes. We recorded the process of climbing Mount Everest into a film and put it into theaters, hoping that more ordinary people would enjoy Mount Everest at close range, and also hoped to convey the spirit of never giving up and climbing the peak. ”
"Captain Everest" is an inspirational dream movie dedicated to ordinary people. The film has no star celebrities, the protagonists are white-collar workers who live at two o'clock and one line every day, shopkeepers who sell their own small shops, sales with heavy KPIs, entrepreneurs who struggle between success and failure, and 7 alpine guides and alpine photographers who grew up from the "cow herding dolls" at the foot of the snowy mountains.
After more than ten years of preparation, the behind-the-scenes team has participated in the polar exploration film "Seventy-Seven Days", the live shooting of "Captain China" based on real events, and the documentary "Manaslu", which was first topped the 8,000 meters by the Sichuan-Tibet team, which can be called a world-class alpine photography team. "Captain Everest" created a number of valuable "firsts" during the filming process: the first full filming of Everest and a complete presentation of the whole process of climbing Mount Everest; The first film to complete the aerial shooting of a drone at a maximum altitude of 8470.2 meters.
Writer Ah Lai spoke excitedly in the post-screening exchange session of the premiere, "I have been paying attention to mountaineering, I am a little excited, I want to say two more words. "He said that he had seen no less than 500 hours of Everest shots shots in China, but the majesty, magnificence and visual impact of 'Captain Everest' still shocked him." Finally, I saw a beautiful and powerful work worthy of Everest. Wang Han, one of the film's recommenders and a well-known host of Hunan Satellite TV, spared no effort in recommending the audience to enter the cinema in his congratulatory letter: "I believe that this movie will bring everyone a lot of thinking and energy." Like those who climb Mount Everest in the movie, find a different meaning in ordinary life, that is, our highlight moment. ”
During the may-day screening of "Captain Everest", actor Peng Yuyan recommended the film, "Sharing this documentary film of Mount Everest climbing, truth is the most precious value of the documentary, in the face of life and death tests and extreme dangers, the bravery and firmness of every ordinary person are of great significance." I hope that we can all have upward strength, the courage to move forward, the current dilemma, and encourage you. ”
This time, "Captain Everest" went out to the summer file, and the filmmaker said that this film is suitable for the whole family to watch together. Wu Feiyue, CEO of Elephant DotIng, the distributor, said: "The courage, courage and perseverance and belief in facing difficulties exuded by ordinary people in the film can also bring healing and inspiring power to all people in distress at the moment when the haze of the epidemic is shrouded. "The appearance of this film is a timely reminder of how to find a mountain in our hearts and regain our inner sense of certainty." The love of life, the persistence of dreams, and the watchful help of those around us can all be this big mountain, waiting for us to go all out. ”