Making Of Touching The Void Premiere At Show

A documentary charting the making of the BAFTA-winning film of Touching The Void will be premiered at next month's Outdoor Show at the NEC.

The film is going to be screened in the Berghaus Super Theatre through all three days of the Show between appearances by speakers like legendary mountaineers Sir Chris Bonington and Doug Scott, and two of the very best climbers in the world today, brothers Alex and Thomas Huber, who are flying over especially for the event.

The Making of Touching The Void, curiously enough, charts the making of the film, following the crew and Oscar winning director Kevin Macdonald through the two years it took to produce. OMers will be particularly interested in the sections covering the filming of action sequences on location in the Alps and on Siula Grande itself in the Peruvian Andes.

The acclaimed and highly realistic climbing sequences were recreated by guide and mountain movie specialist Brian Hall and include filming inside a crevasse, in real blizzards and the dramatic cutting of the rope moment described by the Simpson stunt double in the current Berghaus brochure.

There's also an interview with McDonald and voiceovers by both Joe Simpson and Simon Yates. Definitely worth a look.

DVD Launch and Special Offer

The documentary premiere coincides with the launch of the Touching The Void DVD on 5 April. The icing on the cake for show-goers is that a special leaflet giving £2 discount on the DVD at all HMV stores between 5 and 11 April will be available from the Berghaus stand and the Super Theatre. Can't be bad...

The OS Outdoor Show is at the NEC, Birmingham from April 2-4. Full details from the OS Show web site.

To take advantage of our special OM discounted show ticket offer, see this article.