Unknown to pretty much the rest of the world, had the movie been done the way that they wish they could've done, it would probably been made into a feature film!
For various political reasons and promises made, they had to omit some of the best stories of their true adventure, and release this vastly watered down PC correct version.
We had the incredible opportunity to watch a private screening before officially released, WITH Pasquale actually presenting it to a group at IMax in Sacramento, CA.
He would pause the film at points and talk about events that happened, that for various reasons they could not include in the movie, show personal photos and private video.
But to give you guys a couple of examples;
They couldn't talk about trying to sneak through a section of River going through a heavily civil war torn area at night, leaving film crew behind for their safety and being captured by a local Warlord, whom eventually befriended them and even showed them previously unknown "Black Pyramids" in his area, that he fiercely protected from the world. Pasquale showed a couple photos taken in secret to our group.
They had to leave out being arrested in Egypt while crossing the lake, being jailed for several days until the government could verify their reason for crossing the "protected" waters. Government eventually released them but would not allow them to continue across the lake, so they had to put their raft/kayak back in after the dam.
There were so many great little stories left out of the movie, that had the whole true story been made...wow...
I just rewatched it and realize how boring it is, knowing what the real adventure was like...but we can just say for now, there is VERY good reasons why it took them over 3mths to get through it...someday hope that Pasquale will tell those stories to everyone...