touching the void DVD

pmckeealaska
pmckeealaska Posts: 808
edited October 2004 in Music & Movies
I bought the documentary movie "Touching the Void". Wow!! The visuals are amazing and the story itself seems unreal. The most amazing story of survival I've ever heard. A must see. Has anyone else had a chance to see this??
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited October 2004
    Yep - awesome docu-drama. I posted an earlier thread on this one some time ago but as I recall not too many folks responded, and my bet is that anyone who decides to watch this one will regret not having seen it much sooner.

    IMO, this DVD would be an EXCELLENT blind buy!

    Doc, did you get a chance to see this one yet? For some reason, this is one I think you'd especially appreciate.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited October 2004
    A description of what this is about would help those who don't know :)
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  • kberg
    kberg Posts: 974
    edited October 2004
    Sure, Ron (and others). Here ya go...

    In 1985, two British mountaineers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, embarked on a daring--arguably reckless in the extreme--attempt to climb the previously unconquered mountain Siula Grande. A mixture of overconfidence in their own abilities and underestimation of the climb's difficulties brought them to grief after the successful slog to the summit. What follows is an often harrowing account of their perilous descent.

    Based on Joe Simpson's gripping book, the film boasts glorious widescreen photography of Siula Grande and its notorious glacier. Actors take the place of the two climbers for close-ups, though Simpson did return to Peru in order to reenact parts of his dreadful crawl back down the ice. The story of Simpson's almost-superhuman fortitude has become legendary in climbing circles, and even for viewers uninterested in mountaineering, Touching the Void is an astonishing slice of real-life drama, magnificently retold.
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