Ewan McGregor And Charley Boorman - Long Way Round (Director's Cut) (Special Edition)

Advantages: Extremely funny, entertaining and touching in places
Disadvantages: None really worth mentioning

...the adventures of best friends Ewan McGregor (Star Wars, Trainspotting) and Charley Boorman (On Edge, The Bunker) as they travel from London to New York via Europe, Russia, Mongolia and other countries with nothing but themselves, their motorbikes and their camera man Claudio, (plus a small support crew following behind, but rarely interfering with their journey). They get themselves in some very peculiar situations, have a few near-death experiences, ...
...The friendship between Ewan and Charley is obvious for all to see and the shows themselves are both entertaining and, in places, touching. They decided to work with Unicef and throughout their travels they go to various Unicef hostels around the globe to see the work Unicef do, meet the children and try and help out anyway they can. I think the significant thing about the show is, certainly for me, it raised my awareness of Unicef's work - I hadn't ... Read review

Advantages: More detailed than the TV series
Disadvantages: Not everyones taste

...of the first trip that Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman made together on motorbikes. The DVD i am reviewing is the 2 disc set which contains both unseen and extended footage. The trip took a long time to play and ultimately was a journey from London to New York via Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, USA and Canada. The DVD covers the entire television series. The way the two discs are split is disc one conatins episodes ...
...disc has the remaining episodes on , namely 4, 5, 6 and 7. The total running time is about 6 hours so ideally you wont want to watch them in one sitting. The extras are the unseen material, the photo gallery and the exclusive post trip interview. The DVD's start with the planning stage where they have to trial possible motobikes that may be suitabel for a trip like this, they settle on either a KTM or BMW. Those that have watched the series will ... Read review

I liked the sound of this documentary, purchased it and watched the whole thing through in one evening (was up till 2:30am). It is absolutely excellent, the two leads have a brilliant relationship, and it is the relationship between them that makes the film. Loved the "you don't need to see our identification, move along" quote when they were at a border crossing. A great "blokes" movie. ps. You don't have to like motorbikes, but it'll help.

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...pride for them and a massively strong desire to apply everything they gave to achieving it to your own daily life. and surprisingly it didn't give me any sense of resentment for to people being given there dream because both Ewan McGregor and Charley Boreman are completely honest and genuine. ... Read review