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| | Description | Collectors Edition Box Set contains Long Way Round, Race To Dakar & Long Way Down. 8 DVD set containing a massive 24 1/2 hours! Take three trips of a lifetime in the company of best friends Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, as they straddle their beloved motorbikes and cross unlikely terrain to reach some of the world's most far-flung corners. Powering through notoriously desolate countryside, they ride from London to New York via Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia and Canada In Long Way 'Round, and from the northernmost tip of Scotland descending through Western Europe and Africa to South Africa's southernmost point in Long Way Down. These DVD stories cover their adventures and misadventures while they soak up the most incredible natural and cultural wonders. In Race to Dakar, Boorman recounts his extraordinary experience as he tackles the toughest race on earth - The Dakar Rally. | |
| | Product Details | | Actors: | Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman | | Director: | Ewan McGregor | | Format: | Box set, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Import | | Language: | English | | Subtitle: | English | | Number of Discs: | 8 | | Studio: | MSI:EMI/CAPITOL | | Run Time: | 600 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | December 08, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 92 reviews |
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Great, inspiring story Aug 04, 2010
These DVD's are awesome and inspirational. What an amazing journey (3 journeys actually - one through Asia, one through Africa, and then Charley Boorman does the Race to Dakar). Highly Recommended.
Long Way Round; Down and Race to Dakar Aug 04, 2010
We had already watched them on Netflix and enjoyed them. I bought the set for a birthday present and he has already watched all of it again. The Race to Dakar was new to us and presented some really grueling action and showed the human sides of people we really like from the previous trips. It is really good Motorcyce action under less than ideal conditions. A good show all around.
 Not quite perfect, but great TV! Jul 10, 2010
As a motorcyclist and BMW owner, it was very easy to fall totally into the three adventures portrayed by these DVDs. Most of us only dream about such bike trips and thanks to Charley and Ewen, we're very thoroughly taken along for the ride. Quite frankly, my DVD player got quite the workout once the box set arrived.
That said, a couple aspects of the series could have been better. First on most everyone's list would be the language. With the exception of the KTM rejection and Charley's crash in the Dakar race, the bad language was unnecessary, gratuitous, and only served as conversation fillers as we would use the sounds "um" and "uh". When I first saw "Long Way Round" via Netflix, it was at a friend's house full of kids and the host embarrassingly stopped the show to shoe the youngsters from the room. At least our two protagonists seemed to get the hint during the last half of "Long Way Down" which is far more watchable from a parent's standpoint.
The series left the thrill-seeker in me thoroughly happy, but the other shortcoming came purely from my inner motorcyclist. My biker side had dozens of questions the DVDs just didn't answer: Did they pick their gear because it was the best available or was it because it was free? Were they happy with all the gear they took or did some of it fall short? With support vehicles usually nearby, were their panniers full all the time? Where did they get their fixers and how much did they cost? Have you heard if KTM regrets their decision? Clearly, as a motorcyclist, I would appreciate an extra DVD with some honest answers to these questions, or did you leave them out because the answers would be embarrassing?
Despite these two minor complaints, the box set is truly remarkable and I'm left envisioning their next great adventure. It would start in Inuvik up in the Yukon and end at Rio Gallegos in Patagonia. It would start in the late summer and the incentive for fast pace would be racing against the coming of the snow and closing of the roads. Along the way they would swing by the Victory plant in Iowa and maybe pick up a few tar-balls on the shore of Louisiana. Then we watch our heroes eschew most of the Pan American Highway for lesser known back roads and dirt tracks as they wind their way southward, dodging drug cartels and right-wing militias. I can't wait!
What about it Ewen and Charley? Wanna go for another ride?
Watch this! Jun 29, 2010
If you like traveling or event the idea of traveling but have not found the courage to do it you have to watch this. We watched from beginning to end (all 3 disks) with out missing an episode. And just incase we missed something we started it over. This is completely worth every penny. I highly recommend it.
Must Own!!! Jun 23, 2010
If you love bikes, you will love this set. Long Way Round is by far my favorite. These guys lived the dream, and had the bucks to share it with all of us. Long Way Down was good, but their was a lot more support, and this took a little bit away from it. Race to Dakar was really good, especially the 1st disc. After I finished watching Long Way Round, I actually could feel their pain and frustrations. I will end up watching this as many times as I have ON Any Sunday. Very well put together, and tough not to watch all at once. Thanks Charlie and Ewan!!!!
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