Touching the void

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Touching the void

Title:

Touching the void

Author:

Simpson, Joe, 1960- Touching the void.

Edition:

[DVD version].

Publication Information:

Santa Monica, CA : Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, [2004]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

After scaling the never-before-climbed 21,000-foot Siula Grande, climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, face their greatest challenge yet: getting back down. Tragedy strikes when Simpson shatters his leg and they are separated by a series of mishaps.

General Note:

Widescreen.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Based on the book by Joe Simpson.

Special features: Making of Touching the void featurette, Return to Siula Grande featurette, What happened next interview with Joe Simpson & Simon Yates, original theatrical trailer.

Special features contain unrated materials.

Language:

English

Reading Level:

MPAA rating: R.

Personal Subject:

Yates, Simon, 1963-

Simpson, Joe.

Subject Term:

Mountaineering -- Peru -- Huayhuash, Cordillera -- Drama.

Mountaineering -- Peru -- Huayhuash, Cordillera -- Search and rescue operations -- Drama.

Mountaineers -- Great Britain -- Drama.