Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000)

Name: Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2000-10-01

1h 40m

Running Time

Plot.

Forty runners compete in the most gruelling race on earth, the Badwater. The film documents the trials and tribulations of these athletes as they run 135 miles through Death Valley in July and explores the motivations behind this seemingly masochistic contest. A celebration of the perseverance of the human will beyond the limits of the human body

Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Mel Stuart

Director

Kirk Johnson

Self

Michel Colombier

Composer

John Malvino

Cinematographer

Kevin O'Brien

Cinematographer

David E. West

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
October 1, 2000

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 40m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-13

Wiki.

Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 is a 2000 documentary film directed by Mel Stuart. The film follows athletes as they run 135 miles in the 1999 Badwater Ultramarathon, starting in California's Death Valley and ending at Whitney Portal, the trailhead to Mount Whitney.

The winner for the 1999 race was Eric Clifton with a time of 27 hours and 49 minutes, beating the previous year winner, Gabriel Flores.