Charley and Ewans first adventure.

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

...This is the DVD 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 1, 2 and 3 with the extra features. The second 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...

wildtinsey 30.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Ewan McGregor And Charley Boorman - Long Way Round (Director's Cut) (Special Edition) (DVD)

The trip of a lifetime, for viewers as well as Ewan and Charley

Advantages: Engaging, funny, emotional, exciting, educational
Disadvantages: I want even more footage!!!

...Long Way Round is the epic adventure undertaken by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman in 2004 to travel from London to New York...the long way, through Europe to Far East Russia, and then across to Canada and the USA. It first aired on Sky One, and it was there that I watched it for the first time. I've been a fan of Ewan McGregor for a long time (interesting fact - he went to school with my cousin) and when I saw the adverts the show was promoted more about motorbikes than the journey, but I decided to watch it as I like him. And that, as they say, was that...I was hooked. The original TV release was 7 episodes, each of one hour but with ad breaks, so approximately 43 minutes each in running time. The programme had me addicted right from the start. The first episode dealt mainly with the preparation for the trip, and right from...

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

Follow the Journey

Advantages: Real emotion behind the words
Disadvantages: Not for those not interested in bike trips or the two men

...Long Way Down ? An African Adventure by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman is the companion book to the TV series of the same name, which saw Charley and Ewan travel from John O Groats to Cape Town on motorbikes. I got my dad the book for Christmas after spotting it for a bargain price and he really enjoyed reading it. This combined with how I had enjoyed watching the television series I decided to give it a go myself and I am really pleased that I did because I thoroughly enjoyed every page of it. The book itself is written as a day-by-day account of events on the journey. That doesn?t mean however that the book is written in diary form as this just wouldn?t have suited it. The book actually flows like a complete set of prose yet is broken up into sizeable chapters which are again broken down into different sections written by...

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2 Men, 4 Wheels, 20,000 Miles

Advantages: We get to see some fantastic places
Disadvantages: Some people may not like the perspective given by Ewan and Charley

...?A Long Way Round? was the first long-distance motorbike trip conducted by Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor. Since completing this one, which took them round the world they have done another one taking them around the world the other way ?A Long Way Down?. I personally only really saw the end of this series and then the whole of the Long Way Down series when they were on the television but really enjoyed what I saw. For this reason I decided to purchase this DVD so that I could see the whole story. This DVD includes the complete TV series, 7 hour-long episodes, plus some unseen trip footage, a photo gallery and an exclusive post trip interview. The 7 episodes are spread across two discs and are in my opinion truly brilliant to watch as you feel like you are so much a part of the trip. The episodes chronicle the boys adventure from...

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I'll Tell You All About It, When I Get Home

Advantages: An interesting account of their trip
Disadvantages: The last 5 or 6 Countries felt a little rushed

...Following on from the success that the Long Way Round came to be, Ewan Mcgregor and Charley Boorman decided to set off on another trip on their motorbikes. This time the intention was to ride from John O'Groats in Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa. The trip would cover some 15000 miles, visiting 20 different countries in just under 3 months on the road. This book is the accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name and gives a further insight into the trip and what appears to have been an amazing, eye opening trip for both of them. Now I'd never really paid much attention to the first trip and it wasn't until I started to watch this series on TV that I decided I should read the book. It is written by both of them as they teamed up once again with the team from Long Way Round to create The Long Way Down. It is written in very...

Andy.mack 29.12.2007 · Read review
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A trip of a lifetime.

Advantages: Ewan Mcgregor, amazing scenery
Disadvantages: None.

...I've always been a big fan of Ewan McGregor, and two Christmases I sat down and realised there was nothing on. I started to flick through the channels and found 'Long Way Round'. I wasn't a bit fan of documentaries back then, especially ones about motorbikes and going around the world, they used to bore me silly, but it was Ewan McGregor so I thought I'd give it a chance. It is probably the most fantastic piece of documentary that I've ever seen. The Plot When old friends Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman set out to follow two of their passions they never imagined what an experience it would be. Both had a love of motorbikes and they both wanted to see the world, a way that not a lot of other people have really seen it before. They teamed up with David Alexainian & Russ Malkin, two well known creative directors and the four...

DixieChick10 15.08.2007 (30.10.2007) · Read review
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What next - Long Way Up?!

Advantages: Enjoyable adventure
Disadvantages: Made me want to learn to ride a motorbike!

...This was a book I bought my husband for christmas, which he really wanted to read after seeing the TV series. It is written by actors Ewan McGregor (Star wars, Miss Potter, Moulin Rouge....) and his best friend, Charley Boorman (Hope and Glory, The Bunker...), who met on a film set and discovered a shared love of motorbikes. In 2004, the two set off on their first motorbike adventure, Long Way Round, where they traveled east around the globe. After the success of that journey, thy soon decided to start planning their next adventure, and that is where Long Way Down fits in. A three month journey from the northerly tip of Scotland to the very south of Africa, covering nearly 15, 000 miles on the bikes and nearly 20, 000 miles all together. The journey was intended to raise funds and awareness for several charities which the two are...

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"Ah tell you all about it-when I get home"

Advantages: Nice and simple DVD to use and watch
Disadvantages: Over all too soon! More episodes needed

...Just so you know, my title is part of the song lyrics from the opening titles and I thought it was rather appropriate! 2 men?2 bikes?20,000 miles. This is the story of 2 talented actors and best friends, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman who share a passion for motorbikes, and decided to bike across the world- the long way round in 115 days. They originally set out to make the journey just as something to do; a personal challenge to each of them, and just to see if they could do it. It was also a chance for Ewan to take a break from acting. Then they decided that they may as well document it! They had cameras on their bikes and helmets, and they also rode with a third cameraman, Claudio, filming wherever they rode and also doing their video diaries. All their footage was edited into a 7 programme series which I watched on Sky One...

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Review of Ewan McGregor And Charley Boorman - Long Way Round (DVD)

FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

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Catcher man - but Ewan McGregor?

Advantages: Looks great, the fashions are spot on
Disadvantages: Sugary sweet, and not as funny as it could have been

...I went to see "Down with love" with someone who swore it was a remake of an old Doris Day and Rock Hudson movie. It isn’t, though. "Down with love" is either a homage to those Hudson/Day films, or a parody of them. Or... more likely, on thinking about it, it’s a mixture of both of those things. Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor are the lead characters, and there’s no question that Zellweger plays the Doris Day role to a tee. McGregor is less easy to categorise, partly because his role is a cross between Cary Grant and Rock Hudson, and partly because he’s less convincing in his role than she is in hers. Zellweger seems like a hard-working sort of actress, and does well here. She did really well with “Bridget Jones’s Diary”, “Me myself and Irene” was a low spot, “...

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