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Ultimately, though, the filmmakers overcame their misgivings . After Doug died in a tragic kayaking accident in 2015, his wife, Kris, “picked herself up for the second time, reinvented herself once,” says Vasarhelyi, “it became one of those things you can’t ignore.” The final film, which releases in theaters in Los Angeles on Friday and on Disney+ on May 26, focuses on Kris’ quest to realize her and Doug’s shared dream of creating multiple national parks in Chile and Argentina. Starting in the 1990s, the couple began purchasing millions of acres in the region for the purposes of conservation and, ultimately, national parks.
Prior to the film’s theatrical release, Chin and Vasarhelyi discussed making a film about “icons of the outdoor industry,” tackling the controversies that the Tompkinses sparked in Chile and how the directors are experiencing the current “profound contraction” in the