The Climbers (2019 film)

2019 Chinese film

The Climbers

Theatrical release poster

Chinese| 攀登者
Hanyu Pinyin| Pāndēngzhě
Directed by| Daniel Lee
Written by| Alai
Daniel Lee
Produced by| Tsui Hark
Susanna Tsang
Starring| Wu Jing
Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Yi
Jing Boran
Hu Ge
Cinematography| Tony Cheung
Chow Chi-fai
Sunny Tsang
Mike Lau
Edited by| Li Lin
Jack Tang
Music by| Henry Lai

Production
company

Shanghai Film Group

Distributed by| Shanghai Film Co., Ltd.

Release date

* 30 September 2019 (2019-09-30)

Running time

| 125 minutes
Country| China
Language| Mandarin
Box office| $174 million[1][2]

The Climbers (Chinese: 攀登者) is a 2019 Chinese adventure drama film directed by Daniel Lee and written by Alai.[3] The film stars Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Yi, Jing Boran, and Hu Ge.[4] 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.[5] The film was released in China, the United Kingdom and North America on September 30, 2019.

## Cast

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* 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)[6]
* 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

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Before the film was filmed, actor Wu Jing underwent a half-month cold tolerance training in Mount Gangshka, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province.[7]

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.[8] On March 1, Hu Ge and Jackie Chan joined the cast, and Zhang Ziyi would play a meteorologist.[7]

## Release

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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.[3][9]

## Reception

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The Climbers grossed about 400 million yuan on its third day of screening.[10] The film earned more than 761 million yuan on its opening weekend.[11] The film's overall rating on Douban was a 6.5 out of 10 as of October 2019.[12]

## References

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1. ^ "Official Secrets". The Numbers. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
2. ^ "The Climbers". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
3. ^ a b Xu Wei (28 September 2019). "'The Climbers' premieres at Shanghai Film Art Center". shine.cn. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
4. ^ Alex Billington (26 September 2019). "Jackie Chan & Zhang Ziyi in Epic Everest Film 'The Climbers' Trailer". firstshowing. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
5. ^ ""The Climbers" on recommendation list of key movies for PRC anniversary celebrations". xinhuanet. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on September 29, 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
6. ^ "The Chinese Mountain Climbers". 13 October 2019.
7. ^ a b 吴京珠峰题材电影《攀登者》阵容曝光 成龙章子怡加盟. ifeng (in Chinese). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
8. ^ 章子怡宣布新戏《攀登者》开拍 吴京井柏然等参演. sina (in Chinese). 17 February 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
9. ^ Liz Shackleton (26 September 2019). "Trinity Cineasia acquires 'The Climbers' for multiple territories". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
10. ^ Chen Shaojie (陈少杰) (2 October 2019). 《攀登者》票房破4亿 吴京领衔攀登天团又燃又炸. 163.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 October 2019.陈少杰Category:Articles+containing+Chinese-language+text)&rft_id=http://ent.163.com/19/1002/21/EQH036MH00038FO9.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:The+Climbers+(2019+film)" class="Z3988">
11. ^ 上海电影公布《攀登者》票房 7日累计收入7.61亿元. sina (in Chinese). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
12. ^ Clarence Tsui (2019-10-23). "In China, what people think and what they say can be two different things, as these film figures show". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

## External links

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* The Climbers at IMDb
* The Climbers at Douban (in Chinese)
* The Climbers at rottentomatoes.com

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Films directed by Daniel Lee

* What Price Survival (1994)
* Black Mask (1996)
* ...Till Death Do Us Part (1998)
* Moonlight Express (1999)
* A Fighter's Blues (2000)
* Star Runner (2003)
* Dragon Squad (2005)
* Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)
* 14 Blades (2010)
* White Vengeance (2011)
* Dragon Blade (2015)
* Time Raiders (2016)
* The Climbers (2016)

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* e

Films by Tsui Hark

Films directed|

* The Butterfly Murders (1979)
* We're Going to Eat You (1980, also writer)
* Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980, also writer)
* All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution (1981)
* Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
* Shanghai Blues (1984, also produced)
* Aces Go Places 3 (1984)
* Working Class (1985, also produced)
* Peking Opera Blues (1986, also produced)
* A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989, also produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China (1991, also writer and produced)
* King of Chess (1991, uncredited, also produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China II (1992, also writer and produced)
* The Master (1992, also produced)
* Green Snake (1993, also writer and produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China III (1993, also writer and produced)
* The Lovers (1994, also writer and produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China V (1994, also writer and produced)
* The Blade (1995, also writer and produced)
* The Chinese Feast (1995, also writer and produced)
* Love in the Time of Twilight (1995, also writer and produced)
* Tristar (1996, also writer and produced)
* Double Team (1997)
* Knock Off (1998)
* Time and Tide (2000, also writer and produced)
* The Legend of Zu (2001, also writer and produced)
* Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002, also produced)
* Seven Swords (2005, also writer and produced)
* Missing (2008, also writer and produced)
* All About Women (2008, also writer and produced)
* Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010, also produced)
* Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011, also writer and produced)
* Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013, also writer and produced)
* The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014, also writer)
* Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back (2017, also writer and produced)
* Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018, also produced)

Films written|

* A Better Tomorrow II (1987; also produced)
* A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991, also produced)
* Swordsman II (1992, also produced)
* New Dragon Gate Inn (1992, also produced)
* The Wicked City (1992; also produced)
* The East Is Red (1993; also produced)
* Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993; also produced)
* The Magic Crane (1993, also produced)
* Iron Monkey (1993; also produced)
* Black Mask (1996; also produced)
* The Era of Vampires (2002, also produced)
* Sword Master (2016; also produced)
* The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)

Films produced only|

* A Better Tomorrow (1986)
* A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
* The Big Heat (1988)
* I Love Maria (1988)
* The Killer (1989)
* A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1990)
* The Swordsman (1990)
* A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
* Shanghai Grand (1996)
* Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)
* The Climbers (2019)

Collaborating director|

* The Banquet (1991)
* Twin Dragons (1992)
* Triangle (2007)
* Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)
* The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
* The Battle at Lake Changjin II (2022)

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