《触及巅峰》根据1988年辛普森的同名回忆录改编,讲述了登山者与死神和恐惧搏斗,最后用勇气和毅力战胜死亡的精彩过程。该片由曾执导奥斯卡最佳记录片《九月的一天》(1999)的Kevin MacDonald导演,由登山亲历者辛普森和耶茨讲述,并由演员Brendan Mackey和 Nicholas Aaron重现当时惊险情景,故事极其震撼人心,情节紧张令人难以置信,是一部媲美惊险故事片的记录片。该片与《冷山》、《戴珠耳环的女孩》、《尘世之间》和《真爱至上》同获2003英国电影学院奖(BAFTA)年度最佳英国电影提名。
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In the mid-80‘s two young climbers attempted to reach the summit of Siula Grande in Peru; a feat that had previously been attempted but never achieved. With an extra man looking after base camp, Simon and Joe set off to scale the mount in one long push over several days. The peak is reached, however on the descent Joe falls and breaks his leg. Despite what it means, the two continue with Simon letting Joe out on a rope for 300 meters, then descending to join him and so on. However when Joe goes out over an overhang with no way of climbing back up, Simon makes the decision to cut the rope. Joe falls into a crevasse and Simon, assuming him dead, continues back down. Joe however survives the fall and was lucky to hit a ledge in the crevasse. This is the story of how he got back down.
TAGLINE...................: Touching.the.Void
GENRE.....................: Documentary | Adventure | Drama | Sport
IMDb RATING...............: 8.0/10 (15,907 votes)
IMDb LINK.................: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379557/