Big River Man (2009)

Big River Man (2009) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
98 min + 25 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Maringouin

Written By:
John Maringouin

Actors:
Matthew Mohlke ..... Himself
Borut Strel ..... Himself
Martin Strel

Synopsis:

Screened to sold out audiences at this years Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals. Limited theatrical release from Aug 09 covering all capital cities and larger regional centres. In February 2007 Martin Strel began an insane attempt to be the first person to swim the entire length of the world's most dangerous river, the Mighty Amazon - and to drink two bottles of red wine a day...even when swimming. Director John Maringouin set out to make an environmentally aware documentary about this eccentric, larger-than-life swimmer. He ended up journeying deep into the oppressively remote Amazon, following Martin and his team into their own Heart of Darkness as they descend into a nightmare of illness and insanity.

Four time world record holding endurance swimmer Martin Strel attempts to swim all 3,375 miles of the mighty Amazon River as filmmaker John Maringoin follows him on every stroke of his treacherous and fantastic journey. Over the course of sixty-six grueling days, the hard-drinking, overweight, fifty-two year old Strel would draw on sheer willpower to accomplish his lofty goal as a hand-picked group of faith-healers, outsiders, and drunks cheered him along from the shoreline. The resulting is a film that not only focuses on the trials that Strel endured on his record-breaking swim, but also draws much-needed attention to the Amazonian Rain Forest - a landscape that faces an uncertain future due to the combined stresses of progress and pollution.

Follows Martin Strel as he attempts to cover 3,375 miles of the Amazon River in what is being billed as the world's longest swim.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 18 December, 2009.

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