Jean-Jacques Annaud's true-life odyssey of a self-centered mountaineering glory-seeker and uncommitted Nazi Party member who becomes a better person in the aura of the juvenile Dalai Lama. Mostly a big drag unless your pulse uncontrollably quickens at the sight of the bleached-blond Brad Pitt or the snowy Himalayas. The sound of the former's Austrian accent and the knowledge that the latter are actually the Andes may help to moderate your heartbeat. With David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako. (1997) — Duncan Shepherd
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