Everest

IMAX meets its match in Mount Everest: Narrated by Liam Neeson and others, this documentary chronicles a 1996 expedition whose members included American Ed Viesturs, Spanish rock climber Araceli Segarra and Sherpa Jamling Tenzig Norgay -- whose father scaled Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953 -- as they ascend the highest mountain on Earth, planting scientific equipment that will help the remote study of geological phenomena. The film derives added drama from the fact that the Viesturs party crossed paths with the ill-fated team led by New Zealand mountaineer Rob Hall: Hall's group lost seven members to an unexpected storm near the summit, a tragedy chronicled...