Free Solo vs Touching the Void
Free Solo has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.6/10 for Touching the Void). Free Solo is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 46m. Touching the Void is the older of the two (2003 against 2018). Both are adventure, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Free Solo
Touching the Void| Free Solo | Touching the Void | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Adventure, Documentary | Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | Kevin Macdonald |
| Main cast | Tommy Caldwell, Alex Honnold, Jimmy Chin, Sanni McCandless, Mikey Schaefer | Nicholas Aaron, Brendan Mackey, Ollie Ryall, Joe Simpson, Richard Hawking |
Synopsis
Free Solo
Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.
Touching the Void
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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