Touching the Void (film)
2003 British film by Kevin Macdonald / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Touching the Void is a 2003 survival documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, and Ollie Ryall. The plot concerns Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' near-fatal descent after making the first successful ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes, in 1985. It is based on Simpson's 1988 book of the same name.
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Touching the Void | |
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Directed by | Kevin Macdonald |
Produced by | John Smithson |
Starring | Brendan Mackey Nicholas Aaron Ollie Ryall |
Cinematography | Mike Eley Keith Partridge |
Edited by | Justine Wright |
Music by | Alex Heffes |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Pathé Distribution |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £2 million |
Box office | $13,885,802 |
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Critically acclaimed, Touching the Void was listed in PBS's "100 Greatest Documentaries of All Time".[1] The Guardian described it as "the most successful documentary in British cinema history".[2]