had to say about this film ? I happen to know Bob and it seems like they didnt quite tell this exactly like it went down. Hummm I guess she was relieved with this depiction
shareThis article from the UK p[partially answers the question (though Sandy Hill Pittman had not seen the film when the interview took place).
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3239442/I-easy-target-Socialite-mountaineer-villainized-John-Krakauer-breaks-silence-ahead-Everest-blockbuster-based-1996-mountain-tragedy.html
Among other reasons, this film was based on Beck Weathers' book, not Krakauer's, so Sandy is not demonized to the same extent. Beck had been on climbing expeditions with Sandy before (both were attempting to climb the Seven Summits and both had successfully completed six of the seven before the 1996 Everest expedition). Beck reminisces in one of his interviews how Sandy showed up in Antarctica with various luxury items that amused them all, but he speaks of her with fondness, not scorn. She was an accomplished adventuress.
@palisade-1,
I'd respectfully disagree with your choice of words about Krakauer's depiction of Hill-Pittman. He didn't demonize her, and avoids personal assessment of her (and others); he talks about people's actions, in the context of their impact on events of the day, and if Hill-Pittman bears some responsibility in that respect for things like the impact of her demands (such as wanting a cappuccino machine hauled to the summit for her, or wearing some of the Sherpa out running tasks for her to the extent that they were then too exhausted to reach Rob Hall through the storm the next day and perhaps bring him back to safety), then she should just shoulder it and accept the consequences of her actions.
Krakauer was there specifically to write about the risks and advisability of the whole concept of having tourist climbers, so mentioning how ludicrous it was for people to be expecting to be towed up the mountain, or have multimedia equipment lugged up there for them, is pertinent to what he was there to write. But interestingly, he doesn't pass his own judgement, so the "scorn" you allege is not his; he quotes from other people's published comments, including Beck Weathers'.