The definitive film on the climb that captured headlines and ignited imaginations worldwide. Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson ascend the hardest big wall of all time: a 19 day ascent of The Dawn Wall, on the 3,000 foot vertical face of El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park. The film travels deeper than the climb, digging into the history of the climbers and painting an intimate portrait of Caldwell's harrowing life experiences that culminated in a single-minded drive to complete this impossible climb. The Dawn Wall is a heart-warming and inspiring movie that celebrates perseverance, camaraderie, and the universal spirit of dreaming big, and never giving up.
Cinematography
Drone shots that'll ruin your fear of heights permanently.
Direction
Seamless weaves of past trauma and present granite.
Practical Effects
Every grip is real. No green screen, just insane humans.
Director
Peter Mortimer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film crew had to learn to climb just to capture certain shots, making them arguably the most stressed crew in documentary history.
The Dawn Wall ascent forced climbing gyms worldwide to add 'crimp' training boards, ruining thousands of casual climbers' fingers.
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