The Wildest Dream -- Film Review

PALM SPRINGS -- The very name Mount Everest conjures so many images and legends in one's mind that any movie about climbing that mystical, foreboding mountain, even by a dull filmmaker, should catch an audience in its thrall. Fortunately, director Anthony Geffen, maker of "The Wildest Dream," is anything but a dull filmmaker. In fact, he's a little prone to overdramatize and exude unbridled excitement about the historic climb that is the focus of this captivating documentary. But, hey, when a filmmaker -- and inexperienced climber -- manages to get as high as 26,000 feet on Everest, just 3,000 feet from the summit, he's entitled to yodel a bit.