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Mystery of the Nile (2005)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:3
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.2/10
Theatrical Release:Feb 18, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Mystery of the Nile is a breathtaking cinematic adventure that takes audiences on an expedition down the world’s greatest and most deadly river, the Blue Nile. For 114 days, a team of explorers led... Mystery of the Nile is a breathtaking cinematic adventure that takes audiences on an expedition down the world’s greatest and most deadly river, the Blue Nile. For 114 days, a team of explorers led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown face seemingly insurmountable challenges—class VI rapids, dangerous crocodiles and hippos, gunfire from bandits, malaria, sand storms and the fierce desert sun—as they make their way along all 3,250 miles of the river to became the first in history to complete a full descent of the Blue Nile from source to sea. Throughout the journey crossing Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, the beauty and wonder of the magnificent Nile region are revealed as never before. -- © MacGillivray Freeman Films. [More]
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Reviews for Mystery of the Nile
Steeped in important discoveries, yet I never get a clear idea of what these people are up to.
The filmmakers document some of the more-difficult challenges the expedition faced, but they also provide an informative overview of the river's biology and history, as well as introducing some of the people who depend on the river.
Provides a banquet of stunning scenery while making the most of the sweeping, panoramic capabilities of the Imax format.
A lovely but sedate version of Scaturro and Brown's history-making adventure.
By patching together snippets from all these stories, then stitching them together with a cliched, lazily rendered script, this film does nothing but make us wonder what we've missed.
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