Free Solo

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Free Solo is a 2018 documentary film that follows rock climber Alex Honnold’s daring ropeless ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.


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instanceOf American film
documentary film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program
basedOnEvent Alex Honnold's 2017 free solo of El Capitan
cinematographyBy Clair Popkin
Jimmy Chin
Mikey Schaefer
countryOfOrigin United States
director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Jimmy Chin
distributor Greenwich Entertainment
National Geographic Documentary Films
editedBy Bob Eisenhardt
featuresLocation El Capitan
Yosemite Valley
featuresPerson Jimmy Chin
Sanni McCandless
Tommy Caldwell
genre biographical documentary
sports documentary
hasGenreElement adventure
language English
mainCharacter Alex Honnold
musicBy Brandon Roberts
Marco Beltrami
narrativeFocus Alex Honnold's free solo ascent of El Capitan
notableFor depicting the first free solo climb of El Capitan
premiereDate 2018-08-31
premiereEvent Telluride Film Festival
producer Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Evan Hayes
Jimmy Chin
Shannon Dill
productionCompany Little Monster Films
National Geographic Partners
ratingSystem PG-13 (MPAA)
releaseDate 2018-09-28
releaseYear 2018
runtimeMinutes 100
setting Yosemite National Park
starring Alex Honnold
subject El Capitan
free solo climbing
rock climbing

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Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
notableWinner
Alex Honnold ("Free Solo (2018 documentary film)")
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