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Free Solo (2018)

September 28, 2018 (US) Documentary, Adventure • 100m

Overview

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

Writer

Top Billed

Alex Honnold

Keywords

Top Billed Cast

Crew
Vicky Du
Vicky Du

Associate Producer

Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami

Original Music Composer

Jimmy Chin
Jimmy Chin

Director of Photography

Filipe Messeder
Filipe Messeder

Sound Editor

Clair Popkin
Clair Popkin

Director of Photography

Mikey Schaefer
Mikey Schaefer

Director of Photography

Mikey Schaefer
Mikey Schaefer

Associate Producer

Matt Renner
Matt Renner

Executive Producer

Tracy McKnight
Tracy McKnight

Music Supervisor

Jay Freund
Jay Freund

Additional Editing

Walter F. Parkes
Walter F. Parkes

Executive Producer

Tim Pastore
Tim Pastore

Executive Producer

Keiko Deguchi
Keiko Deguchi

Additional Editing

Matthew Irving
Matthew Irving

Camera Operator

Cheyne Lempe
Cheyne Lempe

Additional Photography

Laurie MacDonald
Laurie MacDonald

Executive Producer

Brad Fuller
Brad Fuller

Additional Editing

Sarah Regan
Sarah Regan

Line Producer

Aaron Cook
Aaron Cook

Associate Producer

Keetin Mayakara
Keetin Mayakara

Post Producer

Ann Krcik
Ann Krcik

In Memory Of

Ueli Steck
Ueli Steck

In Memory Of

Jim Hurst
Jim Hurst

Sound Mix Technician



Reviews

Luis_989

⭐ 8/10

December 22, 2019

Alex Honnold made a huge feat and this documentary shows it to you in an excellent way.
It never lets you go and at all times I was surprised and excited.
Deserved winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary.

CinemaSerf

⭐ 7/10

February 13, 2026

Did you see “The Alpinist” (2021) with the audacious, and now late, solo climber Marc-André Leclerc? Well in that nerve-wracking feature there is an interview with Alex Honnold, by then an already successful climber for whom fear held no bounds, explaining just how addictive and dangerous this perilous activity is. This film, made three years earlier, reveals to us something of Honnold’s own fearlessness as we watch him set off to scale sheer roc… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

Revenue

$21,790,193

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