Rob Hall was played by Jason Clarke and Scott Fischer by Jake Gyllenhaal .
It is based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster , and focuses on the survival attempts of two expedition groups , one led by Rob Hall ( Clarke ) and the other by Scott Fischer ( Gyllenhaal ) .The film was first released in IMAX 3D on September 11 , 2015 , in the UK and in IMAX 3D , RealD 3D , and 2D internationally , and exclusively in IMAX 3D , September 18 , 2015 , across 545 theaters in the United States and Canada , and along 36 other countries .
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