• Touching the Void


Touching the Void
Description: 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 reenacted on Siula Grande. McDonald's reenactment 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. Reviews Uncut 01/01/2004 "The real-life Simpson and Yates narrate in straight-to-camera close-up, lending an edge of docu-realism..."Box Office 03/01/2004 "The result is not only stunning imagery but a sense of actually being there, experiencing the horrific journey with Simpson and Yates."Los Angeles Times 02/06/2004 "[T]he film manages a very convincing replication of climbing under adverse conditions."New York Times 01/23/2004 "This is compelling stuff."Total Film 01/01/2004 "[A] rousing tribute to the human survival instinct."USA Today 01/23/2004 "[S]killfully conceived and assembled documentary that comes to the screen with a double pedigree."Entertainment Weekly 01/23/2004 "[D]aring, Articulate, intense, and framed in talking-head intimacy, Simpson and Yates vividly describe the accumulating horrors."

Title: Touching the Void
Category: Action/Adventure
Directors: Kevin MacDonald UPC: 02761690526
Released: 06 15 2004
Original Release: 2004
Studio: MGM Home Entertainment
Catalog #: 1006298
Language: SpanishSubtitled
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD Color
Runtime: 6360
Region: 1 -- $7.99

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