180° South (2010) on Netflix
PG20101h 25mDocumentaryDramaSport
Jeff Johnson retraces a 1968 journey to Patagonia that his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins made. He goes by sea, sailing south along the west coast of Chile.
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Plot summary
Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins drove from California to Patagonia in 1968, aiming to climb Fitz Roy in the Andes. Jeff Johnson finds footage of that expedition and resolves to follow the same path, with the Corcovado volcano as his goal. He speaks with Chouinard and Tompkins, then plans his own journey. Rather than going overland, he travels by water, signing on with a small boat that leaves Mexico and works down the Chilean coast, bringing surfing, sailing and climbing into the trip. The film opens with the home movie footage Chouinard and Tompkins shot on their own voyage decades earlier, then follows Johnson's own record of his.
Cast
- Makoheas Himself
- Alicia Salome Acuna Ikaas Herself
- Tom Frostas Himself
- Jeff Johnsonas Himself
- Kristine McDivitt Tompkinsas Herself
- David McGuireas Himself
- Alejandro Navarro Harrietaas Himself
- Ramon Navarroas Himself
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 180° South (2010)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film's subtitle comes from Lionel Terray's mountaineering autobiography Les Conquérants de l'inutile, or Conquistadors of the Useless, published in 1961. Terray was the first person to summit Fitz Roy, in 1952, and his book was influential with Chouinard and Tompkins.
- Mercer was invited down to Chile while the film was being shot, because the makers thought he might be able to write some music for it. He worked with Isaac Brock, and after coming back they watched footage, got inspired and put some music together.
