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Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the Sundance Film Festival winner “The Summit”!

The film tells the story of the deadliest day (Aug. 1, 2008) on the world’s most dangerous mountain when 11 climbers mysteriously perished.

“The Summit,” which is rated “R” and opens on Oct. 11, 2013 in Chicago, stars Christine Barnes, Hoselito Bite, Marco Confortola, Niall Foley, Stefan Grossniklaus, Christo Mitzkov, Johannes Moser and Lochlainn O’Mearain from director Nick Ryan and writer Mark Monroe. Note: You must be 17+ to win and attend this “R”-rated screening.

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The Summit Trailer 2. Nick Ryan‘s The Summit (2012) movie trailer 2 for the K2 documentary stars Christine Barnes, Hoselito Bite, Marco Confortola, Pat Falvey, and Niall Foley. The Summit‘s plot synopsis: “In August 2008, twenty-four climbers from several international expeditions converged on High Camp of K2, the last stop before the summit of [...]

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After making its debut at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, The Summit hits theaters on October 4, giving viewers some insight into a tragedy on K2, the Chinese mountain considered to be the most dangerous in the world. Nick Ryan directs this documentary that explores what happened on August 1, 2008, when 11 climbers lost their lives in a single day.

K2, commonly known as Savage Mountain, is an extension of the northwestern Himalayan Mountain range and is located in the remote region between Pakistan and China. With an unprecedented fatality rate of one in four climbers, it has rightfully earned the title of the second most murderous mountain. But with any high risk sport comes the love of the challenge, and in August 2008 22 climbers from several international expeditions converged on High Camp of K2, the last stop before the summit. Forty-eight hours later, 11 had been killed or simply vanished into thin air.

The first poster and new images are in for The Summit which is taglined with "The Deadliest Day on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain." Nick Ryan directs the film which includes Christine Barnes, Hoselito Bite, Marco Confortola, Pat Falvey, Nieall Foley and Stefan Grossniklaus. The Summit is a feature length documentary about the deadliest day in modern mountain climbing history. K2, commonly known as Savage Mountain, is an extension of the northwestern Himalayan Mountain range, and is located in the remote region between Pakistan and China, though most mountaineers won’t risk climbing the more hazardous side of China. With an unprecedented fatality...