Free Solo

Showings

The Main 3 Fri, Feb 15, 2019 3:00 PM
The Main 3 Fri, Feb 15, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Sat, Feb 16, 2019 3:00 PM
The Main 3 Sat, Feb 16, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Sun, Feb 17, 2019 3:00 PM
The Main 3 Sun, Feb 17, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Mon, Feb 18, 2019 4:20 PM
The Main 3 Tue, Feb 19, 2019 3:00 PM
The Main 3 Tue, Feb 19, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Wed, Feb 20, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Thu, Feb 21, 2019 4:20 PM
The Main 3 Fri, Feb 22, 2019 3:00 PM
The Main 3 Fri, Feb 22, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Sat, Feb 23, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Sun, Feb 24, 2019 3:00 PM
The Main 3 Sun, Feb 24, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Mon, Feb 25, 2019 3:00 PM
The Main 3 Mon, Feb 25, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Tue, Feb 26, 2019 4:00 PM
The Main 3 Wed, Feb 27, 2019 3:00 PM
The Main 3 Wed, Feb 27, 2019 5:10 PM
The Main 3 Thu, Feb 28, 2019 4:00 PM
The Main 3 Fri, Mar 1, 2019 4:20 PM
The Main 3 Fri, Mar 1, 2019 9:45 PM
The Main 3 Sat, Mar 2, 2019 4:20 PM
The Main 3 Sat, Mar 2, 2019 9:45 PM
The Main 3 Sun, Mar 3, 2019 4:20 PM
The Main 3 Sun, Mar 3, 2019 9:45 PM
The Main 3 Mon, Mar 4, 2019 4:20 PM
The Main 3 Mon, Mar 4, 2019 9:45 PM
The Main 3 Tue, Mar 5, 2019 4:20 PM
The Main 3 Tue, Mar 5, 2019 9:45 PM
The Main 3 Wed, Mar 6, 2019 4:20 PM
The Main 3 Wed, Mar 6, 2019 9:45 PM
The Main 3 Thu, Mar 7, 2019 4:00 PM
Ticket Prices
General Public:$9.50
$6.75 (Before 5PM)
Members:$5.00
Student:$6.00
Film Info
Program:New Releases
Oscar Watch
Tags:Documentary
Sports
Nature
Release Year:2018
Runtime:100 min
Festivals & Awards:BAFTA Best Documentary
American Cinema Editors Best Edited Documentary Feature
Country/Region:USA
Language:English
Print Source:National Geographic
Trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urRVZ4SW7WU
Cast/Crew
Director:Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Jimmy Chin
Producer:Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Jimmy Chin
Evan Hayes
Shannon Dill
Cinematographer:Jimmy Chin
Clair Popkin
Mikey Schaefer
Editor:Bob Eisenhardt
Composer:Marco Beltrami
Filmography:Meru ('15)

Description

Academy Award Winner: Best Documentary Feature.

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 world’s most famous rock ... the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park … without a rope. Celebrated as one of the greatest athletic feats of any kind, Honnold’s climb set the ultimate standard: perfection or death. Succeeding in this challenge places his story in the annals of human achievement.

Free Solo is an edge-of-your seat thriller and an inspiring portrait of an athlete who challenges both his body and his beliefs on a quest to triumph over the impossible, revealing the personal toll of excellence. As the climber begins his training, the armor of invincibility he’s built up over decades unexpectedly breaks apart when Honnold begins to fall in love, threatening his focus and giving way to injury and setbacks. Vasarhelyi and Chin succeed in beautifully capturing deeply human moments with Honnold as well as the death-defying climb with exquisite artistry and masterful, vertigo-inducing camerawork. The result is a triumph of the human spirit that represents what The New York Times calls "a miraculous opportunity for the rest of us to experience the human sublime."

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