TOUCHING THE VOID (cert 15)
Deeply affecting and cinematically stunning, this dramatic documentary, from the Oscar-winning director of One Day in September, recounts the story of a remarkable endurance that has become mountaineering legend, based on Joe Simpson’s account of his own near-death experience on the slopes of the Peruvian Andes.
Dir. Kevin MacDonald, adapted from the novel by Joe Simpson
UK 2003, 106 mins
For Choice Brits, Touching The Void is introduced by Danny Boyle
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Touching the Void
Directed by
Kevin Macdonald
Written by
Joe Simpson from his own novel
Produced by
Charles Furneaux Executive producer
Robin Gutch Executive producer
John Smithson Producer
Paul Trijbits Executive producer
Original Music by
Alex Heffes
Cinematography by
Mike Eley
Film Editing by
Justine Wright
Production Design by
Patrick Bill
Sound Department
Andy Richards Score mixer
Joakim Sundström Supervising sound editor
Production Companies
* Darlow Smithson Productions
Cast
Nicholas Aaron - Simon Yates
Brendan Mackey - Joe Simpson
Simon Yates - As himself
Joe Simpson - As himself
106 minutes
UK 2003
Certificate 15
Touching the Void will be released by Pathe across the UK
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16 YEARS OF ALCOHOL
AMERICAN COUSINS
BLACKBALL
BODYSONG
BOLLYWOOD QUEEN
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
CALENDAR GIRLS
COLD MOUNTAIN
DEVIL'S GATE
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
HEARTLANDS
HOOVER STREET REVIVAL
HOPE SPRINGS
IN AMERICA
IN THIS WORLD
INTERMISSION
JOHNNY ENGLISH
KISS OF LIFE
L'HOMME DU TRAIN
LIVE FOREVER
LOVE ACTUALLY
MAX
MIRANDA
MR IN-BETWEEN
MRS CALDICOT'S CABBAGE WAR
NED KELLY
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
NINE DEAD GAY GUYS
OCTANE
OTHERWORLD
PUCKOON
PURE
REVENGERS TRAGEDY
RIVERS AND TIDES
SUZIE GOLD
THE ACTORS
THE CALCIUM KID
THE FOUR FEATHERS
THE GATHERING
THE HEART OF ME
THE HEIST
(aka $teal / Riders)
THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS
THE MOTHER
THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
TO KILL A KING
TOUCHING THE VOID
WILBUR (WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF)
WONDROUS OBLIVION
YOUNG ADAM
