Touching the Void
“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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Cast
6 people
Kevin Macdonald Director · Joe Simpson Author Alex Heffes Composer
Worldwide gross $14M · United States release September 5, 2003 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$13,885,802
Production
UK Film Council
Production
DSP
Production
Film4 Productions
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IFC Films
Studio
Darlow Smithson Productions
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 5, 2003
Theatrical
United Kingdom · December 12, 2003
Theatrical
Belgium
June 16, 2004 · Theatrical
France
February 11, 2004 · Theatrical
September 23, 2004 · Physical
Greece
February 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 30, 2004 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 6, 2004 · Theatrical
April 15, 2008 · TV · RTL 7
Portugal
May 20, 2004 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 24, 2020 · Theatrical
Spain
July 30, 2004 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 6, 2020 · Physical
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