The Wildest Dream

In 1999, Conrad Anker was part of an expedition to the Northeast Ridge of Mt. Everest to search for the remains of George Mallory, the great British mountaineer known as the source of three famous words in mountaineering: “Because it’s there.” Mallory’s attempt to climb the world’s tallest mountain had been shrouded in mystery for 75 years because his body was never found until Conrad—a longtime Mountainfilm guest—came across it on this expedition. The discovery sparked a deep need in Conrad to better understand what had happened to Mallory. The Wildest Dream is the tale of Mallory’s obsession with Everest and, in turn, Conrad’s obsession with Mallory. Liam Neeson represents Mallory’s voice, and his late wife, Natasha Richardson, in her last role, reads the letters of Mallory’s wife, Ruth.
—DH