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Free Solo

  • 2018
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  • 1h 40m
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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
    75K
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    • Directors
      • Jimmy Chin
      • Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
    • Stars
      • Alex Honnold
      • Tommy Caldwell
      • Jimmy Chin
    • 339User reviews
    • 144Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 30 wins & 54 nominations total

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    Sanni McCandless
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    Dierdre Wolownick
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    Peter Croft
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    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
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    • 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)

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    • Release date
      • April 7, 2020 (France)
    • 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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