type: 

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

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

year	award	category	name
2003	BAFTA	Best British Film