Filmography

MacGillivray Freeman Films

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  • Documentary / Science / Medical

    To the limit Vod

    To the limit

    Greg MacGillivray (1989)

    What happens in a human body during high stress activities like extreme sports?
    This movie is an IMAX documentary about how the human body can be pushed to the limit.

    USA / 38 min

    To the limit

    Greg MacGillivray, Mike Hoover, Derek Hart

    • 1989
    • USA
    • 38 min
    What happens in a human body during high stress activities like extreme sports?
    This movie is an IMAX documentary about how the human body can be pushed to the limit.

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  • Documentary / Making Of

    The making of Everest DVD

    The making of Everest

    Laura Davis (1997)

    Documentary about the making of the IMAX film 'Everest', detailing how a climbing team lead by world-famous mountaineer Ed Viesturs and award-winning cinematographer David Breshears, got an IMAX camera to the top of the world's highest mountain. The film also relives the events of those dramatic days when eight climbers from other expedition teams died in a sudden storm high on the mountain. A behind-the-scenes look at how the film crew put down their cameras and launched a rescue mission to save lives.

    USA / 38 min

    The making of Everest

    Laura Davis

    • 1997
    • USA
    • 38 min
    Documentary about the making of the IMAX film 'Everest', detailing how a climbing team lead by world-famous mountaineer Ed Viesturs and award-winning cinematographer David Breshears, got an IMAX camera to the top of the world's highest mountain. The film also relives the events of those dramatic days when eight climbers from other expedition teams died in a sudden storm high on the mountain. A behind-the-scenes look at how the film crew put down their cameras and launched a rescue mission to save lives.

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    DVD / BLU-RAY
  • Documentary / Making Of

    The making of The Alps DVD

    The making of The Alps

    Betsy Comstock (2007)

    This is a look behind the scenes at the making of the Imax movie 'The Alps' and delves in to the detail of moments in the film as well as preparation for shooting on the mountain. There are interviews with producers, the director, editor, and the principles of the film who share stories of the making of the film. Featuring some of the most spectacular giant screen imagery ever seen – captured by intrepid helicopter and mountaineering crews – the making of The Alps was a vastly ambitious undertaking that involved a team made up of climbing luminaries, hardy mountain guides and award-winning nature cinematographers.

    USA / 40 min

    The making of The Alps

    Betsy Comstock

    • 2007
    • USA
    • 40 min
    This is a look behind the scenes at the making of the Imax movie 'The Alps' and delves in to the detail of moments in the film as well as preparation for shooting on the mountain. There are interviews with producers, the director, editor, and the principles of the film who share stories of the making of the film. Featuring some of the most spectacular giant screen imagery ever seen – captured by intrepid helicopter and mountaineering crews – the making of The Alps was a vastly ambitious undertaking that involved a team made up of climbing luminaries, hardy mountain guides and award-winning nature cinematographers.

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  • Documentary / Chronicle

    The Alps Vod

    The Alps

    Stephen Judson (2007)

    In 1966, John Harlin II died while attempting Europe's most difficult climb, the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. 40 years later, his son John Harlin III, an expert mountaineer and editor of the American Alpine Journal, returns to attempt the same climb. Against a backdrop of overwhelming natural beauty, The Alps is a true-life story of extraordinary courage. It's the intensely personal journey of a man who has every reason not to climb the deadly Eiger North Face, yet climb it he must. Featuring some of the most spectacular IMAX imagery yet seen, the film celebrates the unsurpassed beauty of the Alps and the indomitable spirit of the people who climb there.

    USA / 45 min

    The Alps

    Stephen Judson

    • 2007
    • USA
    • 45 min
    In 1966, John Harlin II died while attempting Europe's most difficult climb, the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland. 40 years later, his son John Harlin III, an expert mountaineer and editor of the American Alpine Journal, returns to attempt the same climb. Against a backdrop of overwhelming natural beauty, The Alps is a true-life story of extraordinary courage. It's the intensely personal journey of a man who has every reason not to climb the deadly Eiger North Face, yet climb it he must. Featuring some of the most spectacular IMAX imagery yet seen, the film celebrates the unsurpassed beauty of the Alps and the indomitable spirit of the people who climb there.

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    DVD / BLU-RAY Video on Demand
  • Documentary / Expedition Journal

    Everest Vod

    Everest

    David Breashears (1998)

    An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996 to make a documentary for the big screen of the Imax theatres. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, carrying an Imax camera to the summit, and a deadly blizzard. Filmed during the infamous 1996 storm that claimed eight lives, Everest also documents the filmmakers' harrowing rescue efforts to help surviving members of the ill-fated group.

    USA / 44 min

    Everest

    David Breashears, Greg MacGillivray, Stephen Judson

    • 1998
    • USA
    • 44 min
    An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996 to make a documentary for the big screen of the Imax theatres. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, carrying an Imax camera to the summit, and a deadly blizzard. Filmed during the infamous 1996 storm that claimed eight lives, Everest also documents the filmmakers' harrowing rescue efforts to help surviving members of the ill-fated group.

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    Availability

    DVD / BLU-RAY Video on Demand

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