Exclusive: The Orchard has acquired U.S. rights to Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer’s rock-climbing spectacle The Dawn Wall with an eye on a theatrical release this fall. The deal was negotiated by The Orchard’s VP of Sports Acquisitions Danny Grant and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers. The Dawn Wall won the Audience Awards at SXSW this year in the Documentary Spotlight category.
Produced by Red Bull Media House in association with Sender Films, the documentary follows Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s January 2015 attempt to scale the historic 3,000 foot climb in Yosemite National Park. The pair lived on the sheer vertical cliff for weeks, igniting a frenzy of global media attention. But for Caldwell, the Dawn Wall was the culmination of a lifetime defined by overcoming obstacles. At the age of 22, the climbing prodigy was taken hostage by rebels in Kyrgyzstan. Shortly after, he...
Produced by Red Bull Media House in association with Sender Films, the documentary follows Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s January 2015 attempt to scale the historic 3,000 foot climb in Yosemite National Park. The pair lived on the sheer vertical cliff for weeks, igniting a frenzy of global media attention. But for Caldwell, the Dawn Wall was the culmination of a lifetime defined by overcoming obstacles. At the age of 22, the climbing prodigy was taken hostage by rebels in Kyrgyzstan. Shortly after, he...
- 5/18/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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