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Free Solo

  • 20182018
  • K-7K-7
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
68K
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Alex Honnold in Free Solo (2018)
From award-winning documentary filmmaker E. Chai Vasarhelyi and world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, the directors of MERU, comes FREE SOLO, a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the worlds most famous rock ... the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without a rope.
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Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.

IMDb RATING
8.1/10
68K
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POPULARITY
4,001
495
  • Directors
    • Jimmy Chin
    • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
  • Stars
    • Alex Honnold
    • Tommy Caldwell
    • Jimmy Chin
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  • Directors
    • Jimmy Chin
    • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
  • Stars
    • Alex Honnold
    • Tommy Caldwell
    • Jimmy Chin
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    • 331User reviews
    • 139Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 30 wins & 55 nominations total

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    Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin in Three Films
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    Alex Honnold
    Alex Honnold
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    Tommy Caldwell
    Tommy Caldwell
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    Jimmy Chin
    Jimmy Chin
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    Cheyne Lempe
    Cheyne Lempe
    • Self
    Mikey Schaefer
    Mikey Schaefer
    • Self
    Sanni McCandless
    Sanni McCandless
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    Dierdre Wolownick
    Dierdre Wolownick
    • Self
    Peter Croft
    Peter Croft
    • Self
    John Bachar
    John Bachar
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    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Derek Hersey
    Derek Hersey
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Sean Leary
    Sean Leary
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Dan Osman
    Dan Osman
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Dean Potter
    Dean Potter
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Jimmy Chin
      • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
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    • Trivia
      Alex Honnold has done the triple crown of climbing in Yosemite. El Cap, Half Dome and the Mt. Watkins.
    • Quotes

      Alex Honnold: Anyone can be happy and cosy. Nothing good happens in the world by being happy and cosy.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Oscars (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Hyde & Pine
      Written by Aaron Mort, Avi Vinocur, Shannon Koehler, Spence Koehler
      Performed by The Stone Foxes
      Published by Embassy Music Corporation (BMI), Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP)
      Courtesy of Embassy Music Corporation

    User reviews331

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    10/10
    Does not disappoint - and I was expecting a lot
    Coincidentally, our family did a hiking vacation in Yosemite a week after Alex Honnald did this climb. I knew nothing about climbing but our guided hike took us to the top of El Capitan. I was unable or unwilling to get within 100 yards of the edge - since at 101 yards there was a 3000 foot cliff.

    That someone climbed this face without ropes (Ok, or with ropes) amazes me and I have been waiting for this movie since I heard about its production. It is a documentary and while you know the end before it starts, it is still one of the more suspenseful movies I've seen.
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    • gnelson36
    • Oct 4, 2018

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    • Release date
      • December 13, 2018 (New Zealand)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Фрі-соло
    • Filming locations
      • Morocco
    • Production companies
      • Little Monster Films
      • Itinerant Films
      • Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $17,541,090
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $294,288
      • Sep 30, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $29,390,279
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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