In reply to Ben_SteepEdge:
> although you never know what will finally be edited together..
Indeed. A lot of such films include hugely experienced mountaineers and mountaineering videographers etc. on their crew, and you still end up with daft scenes in yer Vertical Limits etc (and moronic posts on here asking "why didn't they have any experts on hand to make it realistic")
Into Thin Air has been dramatised before as a made-for-TV movie called "Into Thin Air". Interesting that it's come round again 18 years after "the event" as a bigger production. Looks like this one is not based only on Krakauer's account though, but a "blend".
I say "shush with the nay-saying until the film is seen". That cast really is solid.