A multi international award winning Australian Adventure film
is being shown at various Hoyts theatres around Australia next Monday July 5th.
HILLARY-OCEAN TO SKY
In 1953, the same year Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Everest, a new kind of boat was invented in his homeland New Zealand. The jetboat In these boats, Hillary, the first man to climb the Himalayas greatest mountain, would also try to be the first to climb the Himalayas greatest river, the Ganges.
It was soon after the tragic death of his wife and youngest daughter in a plane crash. And Hillary, deeply depressed, hoped this would be a healing journey. But just when India had woven its healing magic, Hillary’s own life becomes in deep peril, and his son and his best friends try desperately to save him.
AWARDS INCLUDE
Grand Prize Mendi Film Festival, Bilbao, Spain 2020 Winner International Travel Film Festival, Moscow,2020 Best Australian Documentary. Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020 Best Australian Director, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020. The film had a successful cinema run in New Zealand just before Covid-19, including a five star review. Ten gripping storytellers, all expedition members, tell this tale of laughter and tears, and Sir Peter Jackson’s magical transformation of old footage to the big screen, makes us feel we are actually there with Sir Edmund Hillary on his favourite and most action packed adventure.
MICHAEL DILLON AM
Michael’s filmmaking career began at the age of twelve when he made his first film “The history of the earth”. Hampered by the lack of a camera he made the whole film using his derwent pencils on a long strip of paper which he ran frame by frame through a cinema he made from his meccano set.A decade later he bought a real camera from Skippy the bush Kangaroo ( from the Production Company, not the kangaroo) and went to the Himalayas to make a film. That film got him chosen to film Hillary’s Ocean to Sky expedition. He became Sir Edmund Hillary’s long time filmmaker, Making six documentaries with him including the National Geographic Special “Return to Everest”. Michael has been filming adventures for fifty years. He has filmed three Australian Everest expeditions including the only climb of Everest that began at Sea level. This film “Everest Sea to Summit” was awarded the Grand Prize at seven International Mountain Film Festivals.
WHERE IT CAN BE SEEN
Sydney screenings have been deferred to an unknown date but all other screenings are going ahead. Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Fremantle, Tweed City, Newcastle.
7.00pm Mon 5th July
SELECTED HOYTS CINEMAS
Click to find cinema and book seats https://www.adventureentertainment.com/ots-aus?mc_cid=7707816590&mc_eid=UNIQID
View the trailer at https://vimeo.com/359192131?mc_cid=7707816590&mc_eid=UNIQID
For any other information please contact Michael Dillon mcdillon@ozemail.com.au 0419 249 582