Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu
World Premiere

Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu

Spotlight Documentary
Feature Documentary | United States | 80 MINUTES | English
Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Nature, Road Movie
Comedy legends Bob Odenkirk and David Cross tackle one of the world's toughest hikes — and each other — in this high-altitude, coca-fueled meditation on friendship, mortality, and profoundly absurd comedy from two icons still magnificently in sync.

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross have been friends, collaborators and comedy legends for decades. When David pitched a bucket-list hike to Machu Picchu, Bob said yes on the spot, his recent heart attack perhaps making the idea feel more urgent than crazy. What follows is a weeks-long, high-altitude journey along one of the world's most grueling trails, scored by gorgeous Andean scenery, fueled by coca leaves and the kind of humor only these two could generate. As they climb higher, the comedy gives way to something deeper: candid conversations about their partnership, their careers, the feast-and-famine of show business and the fragility of life itself.

It's been compared to My Dinner with Andre, except with two guys who are sillier and significantly more winded. What makes the film so disarming is how the physical challenge strips away performance and gets at something real. Their rapport has deepened with age, and Bob's brush with death gives their journey a weight that earns every laugh. Endearing, surprisingly moving and thoroughly in sync, Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu is a comedy road movie about friendship, mortality and the enduring magic of two people who still crack each other up after all these years.—Jarod Neece




Cast & Credits
Directed by
Michael LaHaie
Producer
Bob Odenkirk
David Cross
Naomi Odenkirk
Ken Druckerman
Banks Tarver
Executive Producer
Bob Odenkirk
David Cross
Naomi Odenkirk
Ken Druckerman
Banks Tarver
Production Company
OPE Partners
Left/Right
Executive in Charge of Production
Stuart Fero
Cast
Bob Odenkirk
David Cross
Cinematographer
Jeremy Gould
Jeremy Schneider
Editor
Joe Beshenkovsky
Co-Producer
Joe Beshenkovsky
Music
Yo La Tengo

Contacts
International Sales
Josh Braun
info@submarine.com
US Sales
Josh Braun
info@submarine.com
Press Contact
Annelise Hackett
BobAndDavid@ssmandl.com
Print Source
Mike Mezaros
Left/Right
mmezaros@leftright.tv
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