Escape to the Legion

Escape to the Legion (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
200 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Rupert Smith

Written By:
Rupert Smith

Actors:
Bear Grylls

Synopsis:

Bear filmed a four-part TV show in 2005, called Escape to the Legion, which followed Grylls and eleven other 'recruits' as they took part in a shortened re-creation of the French Foreign Legion's basic desert training in the Sahara. The show was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4, and in the USA on the Military Channel. In 2008, it was repeated in the UK on the History Channel For generations, the French Foreign Legion has been romanticized as a refuge for men seeking a second chance in life. But what is it really like? In Escape to the Legion, adventurer and explorer Bear Grylls sets off to find out with 11 other recruits who come from all walks of life. A disorderly band of men arrive at an ex-Legion fort in the Sahara Desert to attempt a month's brutal training that promises to turn them in honorary members of the world's toughest fighting force. Their journey will reveal as much about the men themselves as it does about the Foreign Legion. Find out where Bear Grylls got his inspiration from, hear from the recruits in their own words, and read what a psychologist has to say about their teamwork.

What is the French Foreign Legion really like Adventurer and explorer Bear Grylls sets off for the Sahara desert to find out. Along with 11 other volunteers, Bear puts himself through a month's brutal training at an ex-Legion fort in the Western Sahara that is designed to replicate the rigours of the Legion's own basic training, one of the most hardcore and agonising physical and mental challenges known to man.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 22 February, 2012.