They were criticized for not facing the same challenges as regular bike travellers, thanks to their support crew and generous budget, but they single-handedly made the big GS into BMW’s best-selling motorcycle. Like most of us, I loved the first journey they made together back in 2004 for Long Way Round, when they rode BMW 1150 GS adventure tourers from London to New York via Siberia. I just bought myself a new iPhone that came complete with a year’s free subscription to the streaming service, which is why I caught up with them now. They completed the journey in late 2019 and the series was released last fall on Apple TV. And to make it interesting, they’re riding electric Harley-Davidson Livewires.
For this trip, they’re riding from Ushuaia at the tip of South America to Los Angeles, some 20,000 kilometres. Watch the first two-thirds because it’s good entertainment with stunning scenery, as actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman reunite for the third time to ride motorcycles across the globe. Save yourself 11 hours of your life.Īctually, scratch that. That trip was captured in the documentary “Long Way Round.Have you seen Long Way Up yet? If not, take my advice and don’t bother. On that trip, they passed through Europe, Asia and North America.
Shot in 2007, “Long Way Down” is a follow-on to McGregor and Boorman’s 2004 journey from London eastward to New York. “We are bombarded with two things, images of famine and wildlife, and we (McGregor and Boorman) always felt that there’s a lot of other sides to that continent and I hope that we showed that,” he told Reuters. McGregor, 37, star of the recent “Star Wars” movies, said the documentary of his three-month trek from Scotland to South Africa upends many past portrayals of Africa. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniĪ documentary film, “Long Way Down,” which shows just how peaceful their journey was, will enjoy a brief run in theaters starting on Thursday, then appear on television on the Fox Reality Channel beginning on Saturday. Actor Ewan McGregor ponders on a question during a panel for the Fox Reality series "Long Way Down" at the Television Critics Association 2008 summer press tour in Beverly Hills, July 11, 2008.
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