Factual error: On the bus ride in Nepal, they're playing a Hindi song from an Indian movie (Kabhi Khushiyan Kabhi Gham) that was released in 2001. The time frame on the bus is 1996.
Everest (2015)
Directed by: Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki, Martin Henderson, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright
Factual error: The characters move way too fast when they're in the "Death zone" - not possible due to lack of air.
Factual error: Josh Brolin is wearing a Dole/Kemp 1996 campaign shirt in March. Bob Dole didn't select Jack Kemp as his running mate until August.
Scott Fischer: Sit down man, acclimatize.
Doug Hansen: I'm climbing Mount Everest... because I can... because to be able to climb that high and see that kind of beauty that nobody ever sees, it'd be a crime not to.
Jon Krakauer: I've gotta ask the question and you know I do. Why?
Beck Weathers: Why? because ITS there.
Question: Sounds a bit weird to me that there would be a direct flight from Christchurch to Kathmandu in the beginning of the movie?
Answer: I did an Internet search, and every flight from Christchurch to Katmandu has at least two stopovers. However, the film takes place about two decades ago and there is no readily available information on flight paths for that time.
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