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.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and intimate.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Brendan MackeyJoe Simpson
- Nicholas AaronSimon Yates
- Ollie RyallRichard Hawking
- Joe SimpsonHimself
- Richard HawkingHimself
- Simon YatesHimself
Crew
- Kevin MacdonaldDirector
- Mike EleyDirector of Photography
- Keith PartridgeDirector of Photography
- Alex HeffesOriginal Music Composer
- Justine WrightEditor
- John SmithsonProducer
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