Touching the Void

On Tuesday, September 27th, at 7:00pm, Pearl Movie Nights brings you the gripping documentary film, Touching the Void.

Two twenty-something mountain climbers descending one of the world's highest peaks face the ultimate tragedy in this stunning true story from Oscar®-winning director Kevin MacDonald.
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb the west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. It was 1985 and the men were young, fit, skilled climbers. The west face, remote and treacherous, had not been climbed before. Following a successful 3-day ascent, disaster struck. Simpson fell a short distance and broke several bones in his leg. With no hope of rescue, the men decided to attempt descent together with Yates lowering Simpson 300 feet at a time in a slow, painful process that could have potentially been deadly for both. One further misstep led to Yates unknowingly lowering his injured partner over the lip of a crevasse. With the gradient having gone from steep to vertical, he was no longer able to hold on. Certain they were about to be pulled jointly to their deaths -- the only choice was to cut the rope. Based on the international bestseller, "Touching the Void," which combines dramatic and documentary techniques, is directed by Kevin Macdonald, the Academy Award-winning director of "One Day in September."

You can view the Trailer here.

Crash

Thanks to all of you who came out for Crash in spite of the fact that we were unable to show It's All Gone Pete Tong as we'd hoped. I think a large majority of those who came out really enjoyed this thought-provoking and entertaining film and we even received some requests to show it again. Although it is currently available at your local video store, it's always a pleasure to view something with such great cinematography on the big screen.

Rest assured, Pete Tong will be coming soon!