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Touching The Void
Touching The Void
Stars: Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Joe Simpson, Simon Yates, Richard HawkinsDirector: Kevin Macdonald
Summary: The story of British mountain climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates as they climb the Siula Grande in the Andes. Simpson takes a fall and breaks his leg and Yates attempts to lower him down by a support rope. When the weight becomes too much, Yates is forced to cut the rope and Simpson falls one hundred feet down the side of the mountain.
Bringing to life Joe Simpson's book of the same name, TOUCHING THE VOID details the near-death experience he endured during a 1985 attempt to climb the only mountain in the Peruvian Andes that had not been scaled--the 21,000-foot Siula Grande. With his partner Simon Yates, Simpson successfully reached the peak after a three-day climb. During the descent, however, he fell and shattered several bones in his right leg. Yates attempted to lower Simpson down the mountain 300 feet at a time, but the process was slow and painful for both men. With no food or water, they would both surely die--which left Yates with a painful choice to make--cutting Simpson loose, thus ensuring at least his own survival. This was only the beginning of Simpson's mind-boggling odyssey.
Director Kevin McDonald (ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER) tells this compelling story by combining talking-head interviews with Simpson and Yates and stunningly photographed narrative footage--in which Simpson and Yates' ordeal is actually re-enacted on Siula Grande. McDonald's re-enactment footage is both engrossing and eye-popping and it could easily stand alone as its own one-of-a-kind adventure film. The interviews, however, add depth that make this a unique, thrilling, and emotional piece of cinema.
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| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen |
| Main Language: | English |
| Region: | Region B |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Release Date: | June 15, 2009 |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Certification: | |
| Catalogue Number: | F4 B D 50010 |
| Keywords: | General, Documentaries, Biographies, Touching, Void |
| Genre: | Documentaries & Biographies |
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