Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin that profiles rock climber Alex Honnold on his quest to perform a free solo climb of El Capitan in June 2017. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018, and also screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award in the Documentaries category. It was released in the United States on September 28, 2018, where it received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $28 million. The film received numerous accolades, including winning Best Documentary Feature at the 91st Academy Awards.
Directeur | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin |
Produced by | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, Evan Hayes |
Starring | Alex Honnold, Sanni McCandless, Jimmy Chin, Tommy Caldwell |
Music | Marco Beltrami |
Cinematography | Jimmy Chin, Clair Popkin, Mikey Schaefer |
Edited by | Bob Eisenhardt |
Production, company | Little Monster Films, Itinerant Media, Parkes+MacDonald, Image Nation, National Geographic Documentary Films |
Distributed by | National Geographic Documentary Films |
Released | August 31, 2018 (Telluride), September 28, 2018 (United States) |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $28.6 million |
Over Free Solo
Winner of the Best Documentary Feature honor at the 2019 Oscars which follows Alex Honnold on his journey to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 ft high El Capitan wall.
Prestaties van Free Solo
The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2018 and at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award: Documentaries
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