SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET

Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong

TriStar Pictures; Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

Rated PG-13; 131 minutes; 1997

In the autumn of 1939, Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer attempts to climb one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas. He and fellow mountaineer Peter Aufschnaiter are captured by allied forces at the outbreak of World War II and imprisoned in a British camp. They manage to escape and find refuge in the sacred land of Tibet, as they set out on foot across the Himalayas to a land forbidden to foreigners in this epic adventure based on a true story.

REVIEWS

"An epic masterpiece!"

- Neil Rosen, NY 1 NEWS

"SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET has it all."

- Richard Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE

"****!"

- Bill Diehl, ABC RADIO

"A mesmerizing motion picture epic! Important, moving and visually stunning."

- Paul Wunder, WBAI RADIO

"Spectacular! Brad Pitt delivers an Oscar®-caliber performance."

- Susan Granger, SSG SYNDICATE

"Exhilarating, gorgeous, important—film making at its very best! This magnificently told story will be remembered and loved forever."

- Anne Brodie, BBC/CTV

"A film of grand proportions! The kind of movie you can’t wait to see again."

- Bobbie Wygant, KXAS-TV NBC, DALLAS / FORT WORTH

"Exquisite! Jean-Jaccques Annaud delivers a beautiful film."

- Steve Oldfield, FOX-TV

"Astonishing! An unforgettable, sweeping epic."

- Jeffrey Lons, NBC-TV

"An epic adventure on a grand scale. Annaud steps into David Lean territory with this one."

- Bob Healy, SATELLITE NEWS NETWORK

"Lushly evocative!"

- NEWSWEEK