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Farther Than the Eye Can See (2003) -- One of the top adventure films of all time -- blind climber Eric Weihenmayer's renowned summit of Mt. Everest
Farther Than the Eye Can See (2003) -- An intimate look inside one of the most successful Mount Everest expeditions ever. The film beautifully captures the emotion, humor, and drama of blind climber, Erik Weihenmayer's, historic ascent, as well as four other remarkable Everest 'firsts.'

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9.1/10   23 votes
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Director:
Michael Brown
Writers:
Michael Brown (writer)
Josh Colover (writer)
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Release Date:
5 May 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
Film follows blind climber Erik Weihenmayer's successful climb of Mount Everest. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Minor flaws but is a visually impressive account of Weihenmayer's achievement more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
75 min | USA:76 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Boulder, Colorado, USA more
Company:
Aperture Films more

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Trivia:
Seventeen international film festival awards more
Movie Connections:
Featured in America's Heart and Soul (2004) more

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Minor flaws but is a visually impressive account of Weihenmayer's achievement, 28 October 2007
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

Erik Weihenmayer was diagnosed with a rare and untreatable disease at age three that saw him gradual lose his eyesight until the point of total blindness at age thirteen. Introduced to climbing early on by his father, Erik decides to join a group of other Americans and achieve what no other blind person has ever achieved by ascending to the summit of the world's highest mountain.

As others have already said, there is an inspirational tale in here about overcoming disability but I'm afraid I must disagree about how well the film brings it out. We have many "perfect" votes for this film and the reviews on this site have hardly a critical word for it and I suspect the reason for this is that they are reviewing the achievement of Weihenmayer more than they are the film itself. The issue I had with it was that the film didn't seem able to bring the theme out at all other than filming the journey to the top itself, there wasn't much more than platitudes about overcoming etc and I didn't think that the design and structure of Brown's film did this side of it justice.

However it is hard to make too big a deal out of this when you watch the film because it is still impressive on many levels. Of course the most obvious thing about the film is the achievement itself, which is amazing for a person with eyesight, far less someone unable to see. The footage is impressive across the whole journey and is amazingly clear and steady at every stage – with some specific shots looking great. For me though Brown should have let the spectacle speak for itself rather than using the climbers as much as he did; yes it is emotional for the people doing it but it is difficult for them to put it into words that the viewer sitting at home can appreciate – instead they too often come over a bit clichéd.

Overall though, for its minor faults it is still an impressive film that has great footage of a unique journey that is not really about "overcoming" disability so much as just not letting it stand in the way. Having said that though – what on earth was achieved by using the dread David Gray so many times during the film?

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