Product Details

• Actors: Gary Guller, Gene Rodgers, Robert Rodgers, Lakpa Sherpa, Nima Dawa Sherpa
• Directors: Andy Cockrum
• Format: NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Danger Dog Films
• DVD Release Date: July 8, 2008
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001CD514O
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #99,003 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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Five Stars! -Jay Seaver eFilmCritic.com --eFilmCritic

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It s one of the first lessons we learn as toddlers: Reach out and touch the flame on a stove, realize it burns, and never touch it again. Evidently, Gary Guller has forgotten this maxim. Guller, you see, developed a questionable sense of judgment that made him feel as if leaving perfectly flat ground and climbing mountains might be a healthy leisurely pursuit. Then, when gravity inevitably won a round, costing Guller an arm in the fall and the ensuing three days spent freezing on a mountainside, the stubborn mountaineer decided to climb Mt. Everest. Guller came up short in that effort, but salvaged a larger sense of purpose in the process. Kidding about the idea at first, he decided to form and lead the largest expedition of disabled trekkers on a seemingly impossible quest to reach Mount Everest Base Camp...and from there Guller would make another bid for Everest s tip and the top of the world. Team Everest: A Himalayan Journey is one of those almost-too-heartwarming-for-its-own-good documentaries...and it s too bad that there aren t more films like it out there in these troubled times. Director Andy Cockrum does a superb job of introducing us to a remarkable posse of memorable mountaineers; paraplegics and quadriplegics, folks with artificial limbs, fibromyalgia, hip dysphasia, deafness, and more, but all sharing the burning desire to achieve the remarkable. Cockrum also allows us to meet the unsung heroes of this or any climb: the Nepali support team and Sherpas who have taken on a bit more than they realized when they signed up for this exhibition. Like the trails the expedition traverses in its 21 day climb to 17,500 feet, Team Everest... meanders a bit in the middle. There s not a tremendous sense of narrative here; no rising drama (sorry) even as some of the trekkers withdraw from the expedition. But that s fine, as this is one of those films in which the people in the story are more important than the story itself. Which is why the inspiring display of the trekkers hearts combined with the inevitable spectacular photography it IS Mt. Everest, after all! make Team Everest... a must-see film for our cynical times. Though not a particularly good film for those couch potatoes with guilty consciences, this serene and compelling ode to the human spirit is more uplifting than the peak of Mt. Everest itself. -Merle Bertrand, Filmthreat.com --Film Threat

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4.0 out of 5 stars Human spirit, September 26, 2008

By	R. Reinert "RonR" (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have an opportunity to watch this documentary I highly recommend it. It is not an over the top sappy tribute to mankind but rather a gritty tells-it-like-it-is piece on the will and determination of a group of disabled people following a dream. I cant imagine just how hard it would be trudging day after day trying to make it to Mt Everest base camp yet alone someone with one arm, or one leg or being a paraplegic and trying to navigate a wheelchair in this terrain. You will see it, not everyone makes it and yet everyone is a winner. I shook my head on more then one occasion. The Sherpa alone would have made a hell of a story! It does run a tad long; could have benefited from some stronger editing and it would have been nice to see more of Gary Guller's attempt to summit at the end. This is just my opinion. The film is presented in a 4X3 aspect ratio and has L-R Dolby sound and has a run time of approximately 111 minutes. The image is sharp and very easy to watch. Dialogue is very clear and easy to understand. Buy it, rent it, watch it!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must See, July 19, 2008

By	Robert Orabona "Bob Orabona" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Everyone has at least one "Mt. Everest" in their life. This film will inspire each of us to climb our own and help those around us to climb theirs. And just as in the film, you need not make your journey alone.

In seeing how these climbers faced their challenges, you will learn how to face your own -- the ones you have been avoiding.

To "top it off" the film shows the rugged beauty of the mountains and beauty of the people that make them their home.