The Climbers (2019 film)

The Climbers is a 2019 Chinese adventure drama film directed by Daniel Lee and written by Alai. The film stars Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Yi, Jing Boran, and Hu Ge. The film tells the real-life expedition of two generations of Chinese mountaineers to ascend Mount Everest from the perilous north side in 1960 and 1975. The film released in China, the United Kingdom and North America on September 30, 2019.

Cast

 * Wu Jing as Fang Wuzhou (based on Wang Fuzhou)
 * Zhang Ziyi as Xu Ying
 * Zhang Yi as Qu Songlin
 * Jing Boran as Li Guoliang
 * Hu Ge as Yang Guang (based on Xia Boyu)
 * Jackie Chan as old Yang Guang
 * Wang Jingchun as Zhao Chun
 * Chen Long as Lin Jie
 * He Lin as Zhao Hong
 * Choenyi Tsering as Hei Mudan
 * Liu Xiaofeng as Xu Haotian
 * Tobgyal as a Tibetan Buddhist monk
 * Lawang Lop as Jiebu (based on Gongbu)

Production
Before the film was filmed, actor Wu Jing underwent a half-month cold tolerance training in Mount Gangshka, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province.

Production started in February 2019 and ended in late April 2019. Most of the film was shot on location in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

On February 16, 2019, actress Zhang Ziyi announced on Sina Weibo that Wu Jing, Zhang Yi, Jing Boran and He Lin had joined the cast. On March 1, Hu Ge and Jackie Chan joined the cast, and Zhang Ziyi would play a meteorologist.

Release
The first poster was released on August 29, 2019, and the first official trailer was released on September 10, 2019. The film premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2019, and it was slated for release in China, the UK and North America on September 30, 2019.

Reception
The Climbers grossed about 400 million yuan on its third day of screening. The film earned more than 761 million yuan on its opening weekend. The film's overall rating on Douban was a 6.5 out of 10 as of October 2019.