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.

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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.

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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?

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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

External links

• Vertical limit quotes at the Internet Movie Database