| 180 South |  | Director: Chris Malloy
Actors: Yvon Chouinard, Doug Tomkins
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 3,546
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 876964002981
UPC: 876964002981
EAN: 0876964002981
ASIN: B003DNLLN6
Theatrical Release Date: 2010
Release Date: June 8, 2010
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Product Description
Follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he sets out to retrace the 1968 journey of Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.
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Director Chris Malloy has struck gold with the powerful, multigenerational environmental documentary 180 Degrees South. This is a well-crafted film filled with a charismatic cast of outdoorsmen. It's artfully edited and has a pleasant soundtrack, making it one of the finest and most progressive documentaries on wilderness ethics yet. In this feature-length film, shot almost entirely on route to and in Patagonia, Malloy follows mountain climber Jeff Johnson as he attempts to live out an adventure modeled after his heroes, Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins, who traveled to Patagonia in 1968 and fell in love with the rugged country there. While the film opens with vintage footage of the Chouinard-Tompkins expedition rolling under Johnson's narration, one at first may expect 180 Degrees South to be a retread of their famous trek, which resulted in the formation of a nonprofit foundation dedicated to preserving South American wilderness. However, the viewer quickly learns that this film mainly stars Johnson, intimately narrating his thoughts about the good deeds Chouinard and Tompkins have done to promote wilderness ethics. Johnson also sincerely wonders who among new climbers and nature lovers have taken action to protect the lands they love. As Johnson sails his way down the Pacific Coast, he stops on Easter Island, which makes for gorgeous, scenic surfing footage. When he finally reaches his destination, Cerro Corcovado, Johnson meets Chouinard and Tompkins and their climbing begins. 180 Degrees South works as sheer travel documentary, but it is clearly a call to arms about protecting wild lands. Because Malloy treats this left-wing political stance delicately, commingling environmental message in with awesome climbing, sailing, and surfing footage, the film does not feel didactic. On the contrary, while it educates according to Chouinard and Tompkins's radical approach, its message feels mainstream enough to appeal to viewers who may not be converted before they see it. Because the director and the stars have taken this low-key tack, 180 Degrees South is all the more convincing as an educational tool. If you're craving inspiration or a call to action, this is your film. --Trinie Dalton
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 My Favorite Film of the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride June 3, 2010
Jeff Reynolds (SHELL BEACH, CA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just got home from the MountainFilm Festival in Telluride where my daughter and I raced around on our mountain bikes from one theater to another where we enjoyed 20 films in four days. There were many good films but my personal favorite was 180 Degrees South. I have seen thousands of films in the last 20 years since I was in the Outdoor film industry and it was so rewarding to see this particular film. The high production value was obvious as well as the effort the producers and camera men put into keeping the perspective personal. I felt like part of the trip, and what a trip it was, six months on the road, on the ocean, on the wave, and on the mountain. They were never in a rush and took the time to tell the story. In the film, when Yvon Chouinard spontaneously decided to... (I can't spoil it for you), I got goosebumps it was so cool. Jimmy Chin did the climbing film work which was also another highlight for me. If you can't sail and surf your way to Easter Island and climb in Patagonia, at least see this film. Fantastic!
Great Film June 7, 2010
J. Gibson (Colorado)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
After waiting what seemed like an eternity waiting for this film to come out (I must have watched the trailer 100 times), I finally saw this film with my dad in Denver and it was completely worth the wait. The scope of the film is both grand and personal. It has funny, sad and awe inspiring moments. I would recommend this film to anyone. I thought it was cool that Geoff McFetridge's art made a cameo and the music of course was great.
Once you see this check out Jeff Johnson's other project "Bend to Baja". It features a lot of the same crew.
Inspirational adventure film June 11, 2010
C. Aedo (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent film, great adventure, and highly inspirational. Get out there, see the world before it's destroyed, and do something to save it if you can.
Great Movie! June 12, 2010
applewood (everywhere and nowhere)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I won't rehash the details (even the one star review lays them out pretty well) - but just want to say this is a great movie - moving, inspiring, hopeful and sobering - something beyond the limits of our little world of the 21st century... a mix of climbing, sailing, surfing and deep ecology, all with a great and surprisingly fresh soundtrack... it's where I want to go. Right here and now - it's where I want to be.
180 South July 18, 2010
Jimybob
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
180 South is an absolutely incredible movie. A true life movie about a small group of adventurers and basically two entrepenuers who are putting their money where their mouths are in the interest of helping to secure a relatively small portion of the planet to remain as one, or the only, undeveloped area on earth. It relives a 1968 excursion to southern Chile, and the area of Patagonia, from Ventura, Ca. by four surfer/rock climbers, via the Pan american Highway, by a small group of surfer/rock climbers of this age who recreated the trip for the same reason, only travelling by sail boat. Terrific movie.
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