''The Climbers'' () is a 2019 Chinese adventure

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directed by Daniel Lee and written by Alai. The film stars Wu Jing,

Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi (; ; born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress and model. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. Her first major role was in '' The Road Home'' (1999). She later gained international recognition for her role in ...

, Zhang Yi,

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, and Hu Ge. The film tells the real-life expedition of two generations of Chinese mountaineers to ascend

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from the perilous north side in

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and 1975. The film released in

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, the

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and

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on September 30, 2019.

Cast

* Wu Jing as Fang Wuzhou (based on

Wang Fuzhou Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thaila ...

) *

as Xu Ying * Zhang Yi as Qu Songlin *

as Li Guoliang * Hu Ge as Yang Guang (based on Xia Boyu) **

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

as old Yang Guang * Wang Jingchun as Zhao Chun * Chen Long as Lin Jie * He Lin as Zhao Hong *

Choenyi Tsering Choenyi Tsering (; ; born 15 May 1986) is a Chinese actress and singer of Tibetan descent. She is best known for her roles as Princess Aliya on ''Love Yunge from the Desert'' (2013) and Zhang Lihua/ Zhu Gui'er on ''Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties ...

as Hei Mudan * Liu Xiaofeng as Xu Haotian * Tobgyal as a Tibetan Buddhist monk * Lawang Lop as Jiebu (based on Gongbu)

Production

Before the film was filmed, actor Wu Jing conducted a half-month cold tolerance training in Mount Gangshka, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County,

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. Production started in February 2019 and ended in late April 2019. Most of the film was shot on location in southwest China's

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. On February 16, 2019, actress Zhang Ziyi announced on Sina Weibo that Wu Jing, Zhang Yi,

and He Lin had joined the cast. On March 1, Hu Ge and

joined the cast, and Zhang Ziyi would play a meteorologist.

Release

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

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on May 17, 2019, and it was slated for release in China, the UK and North America on September 30, 2019.

Reception

''The Climbers'' grossed about 400 million yuan on its third day of screening. The film earned more than 761 million yuan on its opening weekend. The film's overall rating on

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was a 6.5 out of 10 as of October 2019.

References

External links

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The Climbers at rottentomatoes.com
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