VERTICAL LIMIT (2000)***

(focus on high altitude mountain climbing)

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Contains 9 movie quotes & 23 Academic Words (AWL*).
After a mountain climbing accident, Annie (Robin Tunney) is unable to forgive Peter (Chris O'Donnell), her brother for cutting the rope that saved them but killed their father.  Three years later they meet by accident at the base of K2, second highest mountain in the world.  Annie is to climb K2 with Elliot Vaughn (Tom Paxton) , billionaire businessman, who is determined to reach the top.  When Annie and Vaughn get trapped on the mountain, her brother Peter decides that nothing is going to stop him from rescuing her and proving his love for both her and their father.  Rated PG-13 (124 min.) mike laib 2012.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190865/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_Limit

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