The Fatal Game

  • Director / Producer: Richard Dennison

In 1994, New Zealand mountaineer, Mark Whetu, summitted Mt Everest with climbing partner and friend Mike Reinberger. However it was late in the day and after a freezing night on the summit, Whetu was faced with a terrible decision…to leave Reinberger or stay with him forever.
USA: Best Climbing Film – Telluride Mountain Film Festival 1997
USA: Breckinridge Film Festival – Best Doco and Best Film
USA: Gravity Film Fest – Best Doco and Best film
SLOVAKIA: Poprov Mtn Film Fest Best Film and Best Doco
AUSTRIA: Graz Mtn Film Fest – Best Alpine Doco
FRANCE: Toulon Fest of Exploration – Best Extreme Film
CANADA: Banff Mtn Film Fest – Best Film about Climbing

Rated: E (exempt from classification)
Duration: 52 mins
Released: 1996

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