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Into Thin Air (1985)
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Robert Prosky, Sam Robards, Nicholas Pryor
6.9Runtime97 min
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Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to investigate, Walker takes matters into her own hands. She and her ex-husband begin a search, but when their son's van is found in Maine brandishing stolen plates, they fear the worst. Now, it's up to a private detective to uncover the chilling truth in this absorbing drama based on a true story.
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Into Thin Air, a 1985 TV movie directed by Roger Young, is a well-received drama about a mother's search for her missing college-aged son. While it received a solid 6.9/10 rating on IMDb, the film has not been widely recognized with major awards.
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Fans of 1980s TV movies and dramatic thrillers will find much to appreciate in this captivating 1985 film directed by Roger Young, starring the acclaimed Ellen Burstyn as a determined mother searching for her missing son, with a plot inspired by true events.
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm. Krakauer's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall. Other groups were trying to summit on the same day, including one led by Scott Fischer, whose guiding agency, Mountain Madness, was perceived as a competitor to Hall's agency, Adventure Consultants.
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