Monday, October 02, 2006
Mystery of the Nile
Sacramento's IMAX theatre is presenting the Mystery of the Nile on Friday, October 6, 2006. The cinematic adventure down the Nile was directed and written by Jordi Llompart, an award-winning documentary film maker. The large format photography brings this voyage to life with a realism that places the viewer right in the raging rapids.
An international group of adventurers and rafters was led on an 114-day expedition led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown. 3,260 miles down the Blue Nile and Nile River was rafted, and the adventurers traversed three countries and some of the most remote regions in the world. Deadly cocodiles and hippos were just as dangerous as the rapids encountered as they battled whitewater rapids, bandits with guns, malaria and 120 degree temperatures.
Pasquale Scaturro is a river guide and geophysicist in the United States. One of the most experienced river guides in the world, he has led expeditions down the African rivers such as Tekeze, Zambezi, the Omo and others. He also led the National Federation of the Blind Everest Expedition that saw blind climber, Erik Weihenmayer reach the summit. Gordon Brown is a kayaker and cinematographer, also from the United States and lives in the whitewater world of California. He has won five Emmys and his films include projects for network television, National Geographic, Discovery, ESPN, ABC and the Outdoor Life Network. He was also the cinematographer for MacGillivray Freeman's Journey into Amazing Caves. Also, well-known outdoor adventurer, Richard Bangs acted as second unit director in Ethiopia for this project. Bangs is the founding partner and long-time president of Mountain Travel-Sobek, America's oldest and largest adventure travel company. He led first descents of 35 rivers around the world including the Yangtze in China and the Zambezi in Southern Africa.
The film maker and his crew want to encourage the world to focus on the environmental and economic concerns for this magnificent river. This waterway supports the livelihood for the many famers and people who live on its banks and also is a major transportation source.
The adventure locations are as follows: Ethiopia - Lake Tana, Lalibela, and Tissisat Falls which is the Grand Canyon of the Nile; Sudan - Khartoum where the Blue Nile and While Nile merge and Meroe; and Egypt - Lake Nasser, Abu Simbel, Aswan, Luxor, Cairo and Alexadria. The film was produced by Orbita Max and MacGillivray Freeman Films and is 47 minutes long.
Producer/Director/Writer: Jordi Llompart
Producer/Creative Consultant: Greg MacGillivray
Director of Photography: Reed Smoot
Editor/Script Consultant: Stephen Judson
Music Composed/Arranged: David Giro/Steve Wood
An international group of adventurers and rafters was led on an 114-day expedition led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown. 3,260 miles down the Blue Nile and Nile River was rafted, and the adventurers traversed three countries and some of the most remote regions in the world. Deadly cocodiles and hippos were just as dangerous as the rapids encountered as they battled whitewater rapids, bandits with guns, malaria and 120 degree temperatures.
Pasquale Scaturro is a river guide and geophysicist in the United States. One of the most experienced river guides in the world, he has led expeditions down the African rivers such as Tekeze, Zambezi, the Omo and others. He also led the National Federation of the Blind Everest Expedition that saw blind climber, Erik Weihenmayer reach the summit. Gordon Brown is a kayaker and cinematographer, also from the United States and lives in the whitewater world of California. He has won five Emmys and his films include projects for network television, National Geographic, Discovery, ESPN, ABC and the Outdoor Life Network. He was also the cinematographer for MacGillivray Freeman's Journey into Amazing Caves. Also, well-known outdoor adventurer, Richard Bangs acted as second unit director in Ethiopia for this project. Bangs is the founding partner and long-time president of Mountain Travel-Sobek, America's oldest and largest adventure travel company. He led first descents of 35 rivers around the world including the Yangtze in China and the Zambezi in Southern Africa.
The film maker and his crew want to encourage the world to focus on the environmental and economic concerns for this magnificent river. This waterway supports the livelihood for the many famers and people who live on its banks and also is a major transportation source.
The adventure locations are as follows: Ethiopia - Lake Tana, Lalibela, and Tissisat Falls which is the Grand Canyon of the Nile; Sudan - Khartoum where the Blue Nile and While Nile merge and Meroe; and Egypt - Lake Nasser, Abu Simbel, Aswan, Luxor, Cairo and Alexadria. The film was produced by Orbita Max and MacGillivray Freeman Films and is 47 minutes long.
Producer/Director/Writer: Jordi Llompart
Producer/Creative Consultant: Greg MacGillivray
Director of Photography: Reed Smoot
Editor/Script Consultant: Stephen Judson
Music Composed/Arranged: David Giro/Steve Wood
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