THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US Featurettes and More Promotional Videos Experience the new THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US featurettes and more promotional videos! The film, directed by Hany Abu-Assad (The Idol, Omar), stars Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Dermot Mulroney, and Beau Bridges. THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US will be released in theaters on October 20. Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing one another to endure and discovering strength they never knew possible.