The Wildest Dream

In 1999, American mountaineer Conrad Anker discovered the body of George Mallory, the British climber who 75 years earlier failed to return from his third assault on Everest. Geffen reconstructs the tragic assault on Everest by Mallory and Irvine while observing Anker's and Leo Houlding's attempt to repeat the earlier expedition using the primitive equipment of 1924. It's a handsome, deeply affecting picture, narrated by Liam Neeson and making excellent use of the correspondence between Mallory and his wife, Ruth. Ruth's letters were recorded by Neeson's wife, Natasha Richardson, six weeks before her death.