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Joe Simpson

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Joe Simpson - what members say

Touching The Void review by A customer from Ipswich, England

Touching The Void 26 March 2004
...Stunningly shot recreation of the story of climber Joe Simpson, left for dead with a broken leg halfway down a 21,000ft mountain. His mate cut the rope; Simpson says he'd ...

The Beckoning Silence review by Northernsky from Halifax ,West Yorks

Mountain men 23 October 2007
...ultimately very moving it’s the eloquent commentary and thoughts of mountaineer Joe Simpson that give this film it’s vital empirical heart. Joe Simpson from the film “Tou...

Joe Simpson - filmography

- our price: £4.93
Touching The Void on DVD (2003)
Starring: Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Joe Simpson
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Certificate:
Bringing to life Joe Simpson's book of the same name, TOUCHING THE VOID details the near-death experience he endured during a 1985 attempt to climb the only mountain in the Peruvian Andes that had not been scaled--the 21,000-foot Siula Grande. With his partner Simon Yates, Simpson successfully ..read more »

Rate this: 75% from 3,276 members

- our price: £8.93
Touching The Void - HD DVD Version (2003)
Starring: Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Joe Simpson
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Certificate:
Bringing to life Joe Simpson's book of the same name, TOUCHING THE VOID details the near-death experience he endured during a 1985 attempt to climb the only mountain in the Peruvian Andes that had not been scaled--the 21,000-foot Siula Grande. With his partner Simon Yates, Simpson successfully ..read more »

Rate this: 76% from 71 members

- our price: £14.93
The Beckoning Silence on DVD
Starring: Joe Simpson
Director: Louise Osmond
Certificate:
Joe Simpson, whose amazing battle for survival featured in the multi-award winning Touching the Void, travels to the treacherous North Face of the Eiger to tell the story of one of mountaineering's most epic tragedies. As a child, it was this story and that of one of the climbers in particular, ..read more »

Rate this: 78% from 206 members

Joe Simpson facts

5 most recent films

Touching The Void - 3.5 stars
Touching The Void - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
The Beckoning Silence - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Beckoning Silence - 4.0 stars
Touching The Void - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Touching The Void - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Touching The Void - 3.5 stars
Touching The Void - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
The Beckoning Silence - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nicholas Aaron - 2 times - show films
Simon Yates - 2 times - show films
Richard Hawkins - 2 times - show films
Brendan Mackey - 2 times - show films
- times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kevin Macdonald - 2 times - show films
Louise Osmond - 1 times - show films