PREVIEW: The Alpinist (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Marc-André Leclerc, Brette Harrington, Peter Mortimer, Alex Honnold, Reinhold Messner, Will Gadd, Michelle Kuipers

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Peter Mortimer (King Lines), director, editor; Nick Rosen (Reel Rock 12), director; Ben Bryan (Any One of Us), producer; Jon Cooper (Any One of Us), composer; Jonathan Griffith (Reel Rock 8), Brett Lowell (The Dawn Wall) and Austin Siadak (Reel Rock 14), cinematographers; Josh Lowell (Valley Uprising), Joshua Steele Minor (Reel Rock 13) and Fernando Villena (The Darkest Hour), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Nomadic and publicity-shy 23-year-old Canadian climber Marc-André Leclerc reluctantly allows a film crew to capture his pure vision of climbing, and soon the filmmakers struggle to even catch up with their elusive subject…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Solo adventurist Marc-André Leclerc allows the world to see his incredible approach to climbing that remains pure and unfiltered, in this breath-taking documentary about the elusive figure.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

THURSDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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