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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.
- Mike Eley, Keith Partridge
- Kevin Macdonald
- Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall
- John Smithson
Mar 12, 2004 · Touching the Void: Directed by Kevin Macdonald. With Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Richard Hawking, Joe Simpson. The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
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- Documentary, Adventure, Drama
- Kevin Macdonald
- 2004-03-12
Sep 5, 2003 · Rent Touching the Void on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Gripping even though the outcome is known. In 1985, two young climbers, Joe Simpson (Brendan Mackey) and Simon Yates (Nicholas ...
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- Kevin Macdonald
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- Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron
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Feb 6, 2004 · I didn't take a single note during this film. I simply sat there before the screen, enthralled, fascinated and terrified. Not for me the discussions about the utility of the "pseudo-documentary format," or questions about how the camera happened to be waiting at the bottom of the crevice when Simpson fell in. "Touching the Void" was, for me, more of a horror film than any actual horror film ...
The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. In 1985 two friends, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set out to climb Siula Grande in Peru via the West Face, a hitherto unaccomplished feat by any climber. After a tough ascent they succeed but on the descent they run into ...
This gripping docudrama retells the tragic turn of two climbers' mountaineering trek in the Andes after one of them breaks his leg. Watch trailers & learn more.
