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This info is already included in my post Long Way Round / Long Way Down Documentaries from earlier today but because that post is a little bit long and this event is only a couple of days away, I thought it might be helpful to repost it.

This time Ewan, Charley and crew are headed down from John o' Groats Scotland (at the northern tip of the island) to Cape Town South Africa, a trip of roughly 15,000 miles and 18 countries, including:

Scotland (they count Scotland toward their total of 18), England, France, Italy, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa

The Long Way Down is also showing at movie theaters across the US on Thursday July 31, 2008 (1 night and 1 showing only). There are several theaters carrying the event in the Boston area including the Regal Fenway 13.

Definitely worth checking it out if it's anything like the first one. The running time is listed as 2 hours 5 minutes so obviously this is going to be an abridged version of what you'll see on TV in the coming weeks. This article, Long Way Down - The Big Screen Version!, from the Fathom website provides a little more information about what we might expect to see in the theaters.

American audiences have yet to see the Long Way Down series on television and this exclusive director's cut is a unique prelude to the 10-part TV series, which starts on 2 August on Fox Reality Channel.

You can find a theater carrying the event here.