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Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu Debuts at Tribeca

The film turns a grueling, high‑altitude hike into a candid meditation on friendship, legacy, and mortality shaped by Bob Odenkirk’s 2021 heart attack.

Overview

  • The documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday and follows Bob Odenkirk and David Cross as they complete a multi‑day trek to Machu Picchu while the cameras roll.
  • The film records the physical toll of the route, showing altitude effects, exhaustion, the use of coca leaves for relief, and moments when fans stop Odenkirk on the trail.
  • Directly framed by decades of shared work, the film foregrounds the duo’s long friendship and uses archival footage and on‑trail conversation to probe career legacies.
  • Odenkirk’s near‑fatal 2021 heart attack is presented as a turning point in the film, with the actor recounting how the episode — which briefly stopped his breathing — pushed him to pursue the trip.
  • Reviewers praised Michael LaHaie’s unobtrusive, ride‑along direction, noted producer credits that include Naomi Odenkirk, and described the film as a warm, loose portrait rather than a tightly constructed essay.