Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (2002)
National Geographic Television

Description

Relive one of the greatest tales of adventure and exploration in history, as National Geographic brings to life the epic journey of Lewis, Clark, their guide Sacagawea and the brave Corps of Discovery across the land that would become the United States. Now, two hundred years after the launch of this ambitious expedition, experience first-hand the danger and breathtaking beauty of the unknown West as it unfolded before the eyes of Lewis & Clark.

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IMAX

Collected reviews and ratings

10 TV Guide | Steve Simels

Director Bruce Neibaur's dramatic recreation of the epochal Lewis and Clark expedition — an undertaking that was in its day (1803-1806) equivalent in difficulty and danger to a trip to the moon — represents a truly spectacular use of the IMAX format. All history lessons should be as enthralling.
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8.8 Desert News, Salt Lake City | Diane Urbani

"Great Journey's" narrator is Jeff Bridges, who gives the film a thoughtful tone far from the grandiosity of so many large-format features.
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8.0 Amazon user reviews

It is authentic down to the last detail, including such remarkable scenes as the expedition shooting rapids in canoes made from burn-out trees, and pulling their boats by rope over the mountains of Montana.
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5.0 Boxoffice Magazine | Annlee Ellingson

... while the scenery is gorgeously photographed and a thundering buffalo herd fully utilizes the powerful sound of a large-format theatre, the storytelling is not particularly compelling: As Jeff Bridges narrates, the men and women portraying the historic character merely act out what he's saying, doing little to engage viewers in the story.
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