Vertical Limit / Into Thin Air: Death On Everest / Cliffhanger 3-pack (3-DVD)

Director: Martin Campbell; Renny Harlin & Robert Markowitz  Rated:

DVD Features:

Disc 1: VERTICAL LIMIT

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
• Dolby Surround - English
• Dolby Surround - French
• Subtitles - French, English

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - 1.Martin Campbell - Director
                               2.Lloyd Phillips - Executive Producer
• Featurette - 1. HBO FIRST LOOK: SURVIVING THE LIMIT
                    2. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S QUEST FOR K2
                    Search and Rescue Tales - 7 Short Featurettes:
                      1. VERTIGO MAGIC
                      2. TREKKING TO K2
                      3. AS EASY AS FALLING OFF A CLIFF
                      4. AVALANCHE!
                      5. THE DEATH ZONE
                      6. PEAK PERFORMANCE
                      7. THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
• Trailers - Original Theatrical:

  1. VERTICAL LIMIT
  2. CLIFFHANGER
  3. CHARLIE'S ANGELS
  4. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

Interactive Features:

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Selection

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Filmographies
• Production Notes

DVD-ROM Features:

• Web Links

Disc 2: CLIFFHANGER

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• Dolby Surround - English
• Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - Spanish
• Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - Portuguese
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese

Additional Release Material:

• Featurette - 1. STALLONE ON THE EDGE
• Audio Commentary - 1. Sylvester Stallone - Star, Renny Harlin - Director
                               2. Technical Crew
                               3. Renny Harlin - Director
• Introduction - 1. Renny Harlin - Director
• Deleted Scenes/Outtakes with Director's Commentary
• Behind The Scenes Footage
• Film-to-Storyboard Comparison
• Full-Motion Menus
• Trailers - Original Theatrical:

 1. THE TRAILER: HOW IT WAS PRODUCED
 2. CLIFFHANGER
 3. THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Stills/Photos - 1. Special Effects
                       2. On Location
• Production Notes
• Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew

DVD-ROM Features:

• Web Links

Disc 3: INTO THIN AIR: DEATH ON EVEREST

Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
• Dolby Digital 2.0 - French
• Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish
• Dolby Digital 2.0 - Portuguese
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai

Additional Release Material:

• Original Theatrical Trailers:


1. VERTICAL LIMIT
2. CLIFFHANGER

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Filmographies

Product Description:

A three-pack collection that combines the titles VERTICAL LIMIT, INTO THIN AIR: DEATH ON EVEREST and CLIFFHANGER.

VERTICAL LIMIT (PG-13): As action-director Martin Campbell's heart-pumping new thriller VERTICAL LIMIT begins, an eagle glides gracefully over the stunningly filmed mesas of Utah. Its shadow falls on a vertical rock face being climbed by Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell), his father (Stuart Wilson), and sister Annie (Robin Tunney). Suddenly, a backpack hurtles by, followed rapidly by two climbers, whose ropes tear the male Garretts from the rock face. The excruciatingly tense sequence ends in tragedy.

After this stunning opening, the action switches to the Himalayas, where tycoon Elliott Vaughn (Bill Paxton) has financed an expedition that will take him to the summit of K2--the world's second highest mountain. Annie is one of Elliott's party. In the face of a threatening storm, Elliott recklessly insists the climb should continue. The storm duly arrives and decimates the expedition, leaving Elliott and Annie stranded. Peter leads a group of climbers--including the grizzled Montgomery Wick (Scott Glenn) and a French-Canadian nurse (Izabella Scorupco)--in a rescue attempt.
Director Martin Campbell, director of photography Derek Tattersall, many daring cameramen, mountain climbers, avalanche specialists, and special effects technicians, along with veteran editor Thom Noble, deliver a beautifully filmed mountaineering thriller with even more heart-stopping moments than JAWS.

CLIFFHANGER (R): After a ranger (Sylvester Stallone)fails to rescue his partner's girlfriend from a tragic death in the Rocky Mountains, he leaves the rescue team to wrestle with his guilt. When he returns to reconcile his relationship with his own girlfriend, also a rescue ranger, he is drawn into one last mission. This time, the victims they are rescuing turn out to be deadly criminals. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Visual Effects.

INTO THIN AIR: DEATH ON EVEREST (Not Rated): Based on Jon Krakauer's phenomenal #1 best-seller, chronicling the true-life suspenseful struggle for survival on the peaks of the world's highest mountain. This is what happens when a group of people, both amateurs and professionals, attempt to climb the Himalayas and find that despite their money and preparations, one can never underestimate the power of nature at it's fiercest.

Plot Keywords:

Action | Mountains | Terrorists | Theatrical Release

Cast and Crew: