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Touching the Void (2003)

106 mins

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ACTION

ADVENTURE

DOCUMENTARY

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.

name	character
Nicholas Aaron	Simon Yates
Richard Hawking	Himself
Brendan Mackey	Joe Simpson
Ollie Ryall	Richard Hawking
Joe Simpson	Himself
Simon Yates	Himself

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Alex Heffes	composer
Kevin Macdonald	director
Joe Simpson	writer (original)
John Smithson	producer

award	category	name	year
BAFTA	Best British Film		2003

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