They spend some time talking to each other to ease their minds over their situation.īen sees a plane flying overhead and tries to get its attention by shooting a flare, but it doesn't work. They figure they have a limited food supply and must do what they can to flag someone down to rescue them. He pulls Walter's body out and buries him in the snow. In the morning, Ben walks out of the wreckage. He treats it and wraps it up before he passes out.

Alex is unconscious and has a severely broken leg. He finds that Walter is dead, but the dog survived. Ben goes over to help, but Walter loses motor function and the plane goes crashing down into the mountains.īen wakes up at night. As Walter is contacting someone over the radio, he begins to suffer a stroke. Alex then notices the storm clouds appearing overhead.

On the flight, Alex tells Ben that she's a photographer who was in the area photographing neo-nazis. Walter brings his dog along, and the dog doesn't immediately take too kindly to Ben. The two walk over to meet Walter (Beau Bridges), a man owning a charter plane that can get them to their destination. Alex approaches Ben and offers a solution to their problem. At the same time, Ben Bass (Idris Elba) is attempting to fly in order to perform heart surgery on a 10-year-old boy, but his flight has also been cancelled. Alex Martin (Kate Winslet) is trying to fly to Denver for her wedding, only to be told that her flight has been cancelled due to an impending storm. How will they make it out of the wilderness and if they do, how will this experience change them forever? Heart-wrenching and unputdownable, The Mountain Between Us will reaffirm your belief in the power of love to sustain us.The film starts at an airport. Without food or shelter, and only Ben’s mountain climbing gear to protect themselves, Ashley and Ben’s chances for survival look bleak, but their reliance on each other sparks an immediate connection, which soon evolves into something more.ĭays in the mountains become weeks, as their hope for rescue dwindles. But when unthinkable tragedy strikes, the pair find themselves stranded in Utah’s most remote wilderness in the dead of winter, badly injured and miles from civilization. When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a magazine writer, is en route to her wedding. An atmospheric, suspenseful and gripping story of two people finding love while fighting to survive.

Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba.

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