- Alone across Australia
Infobox Film
name = Alone Across Australia
caption = DVD cover showing Jon Muir.
director =Ian Darling Jon Muir
producer =Philippa Bateman Mitchell Block Ian Darling Jon Muir
writer =
narrator =
starring =Jon Muir
music = Kim Green
cinematography =
editing =Sally Fryer
distributor =
released = flagicon|France October 22, 2004
flagicon|UK April 30, 2005
runtime = 52 min
country =Australia
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
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imdb_id = 0428215"Alone Across Australia" is a 2003
Australian documentary starring adventurerJon Muir .Subject
Jon Muir, whose adventures include climbing
Mt. Everest , trekking the North and South poles, and remote sea kayaking, challenges himself to complete the first unsupported crossing of Australia. This trip stretches 1600 miles (South to North) and 128 days without navigational technology or stopping to resupply. [ [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117924038.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 Variety.com review] Accessed February 8th, 2007]Awards and Nominations
* Won "The Crystal Heart Award" at the
Heartland Film Festival .Production
Much of the entire movie was filmed by Muir during the trek. This was not Muir's first attempt, earlier ones were ended by injury or weather. [ [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117924038.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 Variety.com review] Accessed February 8th, 2007]
External links
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=602500;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Alone Across Australia at the National Film and Sound Archive]
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