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Free Solo

  • 2018
  • PG-13
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
79K
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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 faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.

  • Directors
    • Jimmy Chin
    • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
  • Stars
    • Alex Honnold
    • Tommy Caldwell
    • Jimmy Chin
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    79K
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    • Directors
      • Jimmy Chin
      • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
    • Stars
      • Alex Honnold
      • Tommy Caldwell
      • Jimmy Chin
    • 345User reviews
    • 145Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 31 wins & 54 nominations total

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    Alex Honnold
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    Sanni McCandless
    Sanni McCandless
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    Dierdre Wolownick
    Dierdre Wolownick
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    Peter Croft
    Peter Croft
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    John Bachar
    John Bachar
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    Derek Hersey
    Derek Hersey
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    • (archive footage)
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    Sean Leary
    Sean Leary
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Dan Osman
    Dan Osman
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Dean Potter
    Dean Potter
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      • 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

      Mikey Schaefer: Let's hope for a low-gravity day.

    • 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 reviews345

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    10/10
    The most amazing Human achievement I've ever witnessed
    This movie shows the humanity, insanity, and personal struggle for perfection it takes to do things that no one else has done and few to none have tried to accomplish. Possible the best movie I have ever seen in terms of drawing you in, keeping a strangle hold on your attention, and not just rushing to the juicy parts but letting you savor the journey. Alex Honnold you are an inspiration to the world. Never stop. "What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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    • Oct 6, 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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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $17,541,090
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $294,288
      • Sep 30, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $29,390,279
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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