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The Mountain

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Directed by Rick Alverson
Produced by Sara Murphy, Allison Rose Carter, Eddy Moretti, and Ryan Zacarias
Written by Rick Alverson, Dustin Guy Defa, and Colm O'Leary
With: Tye Sheridan, Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Denis Lavant, Udo Kier, Annemarie Lawless, Eleonore Hendricks, Margot Klein, and Amy Stiller
Cinematography: Lorenzo Hagerman
Editing: Michael Taylor and Rick Alverson
Music: Robert Donne
Runtime: 106 min
Release Date: 26 July 2019
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Color: Color
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After his mother is institutionalized an introverted young man is invited by a lobotomy specialist on a teaching tour of asylums. Alverson's style is so intentionally cold, flat, and sterile that even a nuanced performance from Goldblum and a bonker turn by Lavant can't sustain interest for the full running time.