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Big River Man - Overview

Genre:   Documentary  
Opened: Aug 07, 2009     Run Time: 1hr 40min  
Cast: Martin Strel                
Director: John Maringouin   
Producer: Molly Lynch   Maria Floria   Kevin Ragsdale   John Maringouin
Executive Producer: Olivia Newton-John   John Easterling    
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Synopsis
Big River Man: In February 2007 Martin Strel began an insane attempt to be the first person to swim the entire length of the world's most dangerous river, the mighty Amazon. Martin is an endurance swimmer from Slovenia, who swims rivers - the Mississippi, the Danube and the Yangtze to date - to highlight their pollution to the world. Martin is also a rather overweight, horseburger loving Slovenian in his fifties who drinks two bottles of red wine a day--even wh... Read More
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Additional Content for Big River Man
Big River Man
Foreign Theatrical Distributor: Revolver Entertainment
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: Self Pictures
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: Earthworks Films
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: Salt Company
Domestic Theatrical Distributor: Knr Productions
Worldwide Distribution Rights: Salt Company
Domestic Video Distributor: Music Video Distribution
Theatrical Distributor: Revolver
Production Company: Self Pictures
Production Company: Earthworks Films
9 star rating 9
Great doc about Martin Strel, an endurance swimmer who attempts to swim the amazon.  Narrated by his son, the film takes an unexpected turn into madness as Mart...


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