Vertical Limit

Vertical Limit is a 2000 American action thriller film about a rescue party sent to retrieve a lost group of climbers stranded on K2.
 * Directed by Martin Campbell. Written by Robert King and Terry Hayes.

This December. Fear will Fall. Courage will Rise. taglines

Elliot Vaughn

 * Intelligence doesn't threaten me. Stupidity does.

Montgomery Wick

 * [to Peter] You did the right thing in cutting the rope.  Any good climber woud've.  If Royce had had the knife, hed've done it himself.

Others

 * Colonel Amir Salim: National Geographic is always welcome. They're the only Westerners who ever come to Pakistan without wanting to conquer something.
 * Major Rasul: You must try the tea, its very good. Indian of course.  We may be at war with them, but there's no point in overreacting.  Their tea's the best.
 * Kareem Nazir: All men die, my friend. But Allah says its what we do before we die, that counts.

Dialogue

 * Peter: So when are you leaving?
 * Annie: Early tomorrow morning. We want to be summiting by 2 O'Clock Wednesday.
 * Peter: And what does the mountain say about that? I mean I always thought you laid siege to it, kinda made a run at it when you could.  I didn't know you could schedule it.


 * Wick: Who's the leader, Mr. Vaughn? Who makes decisions on the mountain that mean other people live or die?  Who plays God, so to speak?
 * Elliot: There can only be one leader. It's always the best climber.  In this case I've made it clear to everyone Tom McLaren is that man.


 * Elliot: We can't waste resources on a lost cause.
 * Annie: Saving somebody's life is not a lost cause.
 * Elliot: It is if you know they can't be saved. Why should three people die, if two can live?


 * Annie: That was a hell of a thing you did up there. Anybody else would have given up.
 * Peter: Not everybody.
 * Annie: [referring to their father] He'd be proud of you. Angry, but really proud.

Cast

 * Chris O'Donnell – Peter Garrett
 * Bill Paxton – Elliot Vaughn
 * Robin Tunney – Annie Garrett
 * Scott Glenn – Montgomery Wick
 * Izabella Scorupco – Monique Aubertine
 * Temuera Morrison – Major Rasul
 * Stuart Wilson – Royce Garrett
 * Nicholas Lea – Tom McLaren
 * Alexander Siddig – Kareem Nazir
 * Ben Mendelsohn – Malcolm Bench
 * Steve Le Marquand – Cyril Bench
 * Roshan Seth – Colonel Amir Salim

Taglines

 * This December. Fear will Fall. Courage will Rise.
 * Hold Your Breath
 * The Mountain Will Decide