Quick Facts
DirectorKevin Macdonald
Runtime1h 46m · R
GenresAction · Adventure · Documentary · Drama
Release2003-09-05
Film
Touching the Void
2003· R· 1h 46m· Action· Adventure· Documentary· Drama
“The closer you are to death. The more you realize you are alive.”
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
2003-09-05
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Key Crew
DirectorKevin Macdonald
ProducerJohn Smithson
Director of PhotographyKeith Partridge
Original Music ComposerAlex Heffes
EditorJustine Wright
Full cast & crew (6 cast · 15 crew)
Details
Released2003-09-05
Runtime1h 46m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosUK Film Council · DSP · Film4 Productions
Box office$14M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Rating7.6/10 · 459 votes
Original languageen
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