There’s nothing like a great adventure, especially when it comes with a cold soda, cool A/C, and popcorn. Join ϳԹ‘s armchair summer 2005 expedition through Hollywood’s most exciting tales, from sea to summit and back.
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to join the discussion on ϳԹ‘s top ten picks for Hollywood’s greatest celluloid joyrides.
Touching the Void
THE TOP 10 LIST
- Jaws (1975)
- Breaking Away (1979)
- Touching the Void (2003)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- The African Queen (1951)
- Aliens (1986)
- Point Break (1991)
- The Black Stallion (1979)
- Blazing Saddles (1974)
More movie mania from the pages of ϳԹ:
Will Dirk Pitt’s creator sink the fictional adventurer’s Hollywood career? ϳԹ zooms in on the Matthew McConaughey-Penelope Cruz sand epic, Sahara, in “” (March ’05).
Forget space aliens and serial killers—last year’s movie monster was global warming and the everything-that-can-go-wrong-will-go-wrong (May ’05).
Touching the Void: Probably the most gripping and realistic climbing flick of all time. and read about the making of the movie in “” (February ’04).
Viggo Mortenson’s Hidalgo tells the true story of hero Frank Hopkins. Too bad it’s all hogwash. ϳԹ investigates in “” (March ’04)
Books on film:
Open Water was the sleeper indie hit of 2003. Not that there was anything sleepy about the ordeal of two divers left stranded by their dive boat. Based on a true story, read ϳԹ‘s profile of the day the Lonergans went AWOL in the Aussie drink in “” (October ’03).
To be a surfer girl in Maui is to be the luckiest of creatures. It means you’re beautiful and tan and ready to rip. It means you’ve caught the perfect dappled wave and are on a ride that can’t possibly end. Here’s the 1998 article by Susan Orlean, ““, that inspired the 2002 surf classic, Blue Crush.
More artistic must-reads:
: The 25 (essential) books for the well-read explorer (January ’03).
: Dusted off archives of ϳԹ‘s best writing, including Bruce Barcott, Mark Jenkins, Jon Krakauer, Peter Matthiesson, and more