ENTERTAINMENT
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's Ultimate Motorcycle Adventure Long Way Down
July 2nd, 2008
Centennial, Colo. – July 2, 2008 – Join Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman as they embark on the motorcycle adventure of a lifetime, riding 15,000 miles through 20 countries from Scotland to South Africa in Long Way Down, created from more than 1,200 hours of footage for a one-night-only event shown in select movie theatres nationwide. Exclusively cut for NCM Fathom, Long Way Down delivers a unique theatre experiencefollowing McGregor and Boorman as they face many challenges from the unknown and unforgiving terrain that test their endurance, driving skills and push their friendship to the limit.
Long Way Down is the highly anticipated follow-up to Long Way Round, an epic journey the duo took in 2004 circumnavigating the world from London to New York, riding East, via Eurasia and North America. It became an instant television series hit in Europe and the United States and has since sold over one million DVDs and 900,000 books worldwide. McGregor and Boorman returned to the open road in May 2007 for the making of Long Way Down, an amazing journey through Western Europe and Africa.
Exclusively edited by directors David Alexanian and Russ Malkin for this one-night special event, the Elixir Films and Big Earth production of Long Way Down is presented in High Definition by NCM Fathom and Wasserman Media Group, in association with Fox Reality Channel, BMW and the American Motorcycle Association on Thursday, July 31st at 7:30 p.m. local time. Tickets are available at presenting theatre box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of presenting theatre locations and prices please visit the website (theatres are subject to change).
“There is something liberating about just having what you need, on your bike,” said McGregor. “A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you’re going and that’s all you need. There is something beautiful about that.”
Directed and produced by Alexanian and Malkin, Long Way Down will take viewers along for the 15,000 mile ride across two continents starting at John O’Groats in Scotland, through Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Botswana and finishing at the most southern post of South Africa – Cape Agulhas. Riding BMW R 1200 GS Adventures, the friends experience some of the most incredible natural and cultural wonders the world has to offer, including the African wildlife. In addition, the duo partnered with UNICEF to lend a hand to the charity bringing health care and mine awareness to the children in Northern Uganda and Ethiopia and child care to orphans in Malawi.
“It was truly a privilege for our team to travel through 15 African countries and shoot 1,200 hours of High Definition footage,” said Alexanian, Long Way Down director. “Not a day went by when we weren’t thinking how breathtaking it would be to blow it up for the big screen and give audiences a unique uninterrupted version of Ewan and Charley’s adventure.”
Long Way Down can be seen in more than 430 participating AMC, Celebration! Cinema, Cinemark USA Inc., Clearview Cinemas, Goodrich Quality Theaters, Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres, National Amusements and Regal Entertainment Group movie theatres, as well as the Penn Cinema (Lititz, PA) through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network – North America’s largest cinema broadcast network. The entire original television series can be seen on Fox Reality Channel, which is carried on satellite and cable networks.
“NCM Fathom is proud to again team up with Wasserman Media Group to bring Long Way Down to theatres in an incredible story that follows the motorcycle adventures of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman through Africa,” said Dan Diamond, vice president of NCM Fathom. “This is truly the ultimate motorcycle adventure and should be experienced in High Definition on the big screen.”
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