Mystery of the Nile (2005)

Director:

Jordi Llompart

Writers:

Jordi Llompart
Denis Delestrac (contributing writer)

Release Date:

5 April 2006 (France)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

IMAX

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Gordon Brown	...	Himself
Joe Lewis	...	David Giro (voice)

Directed by
Jordi Llompart

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Denis Delestrac		contributing writer
Jordi Llompart

Produced by
Mark Krenzien	....	line producer
Jordi Llompart	....	producer
Greg MacGillivray	....	producer

Original Music by
David Giró

Cinematography by
Reed Smoot

Film Editing by
Stephen Judson

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Denis Delestrac	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Bernat Aragonès	....	supervising sound editor
Marshall Garlington	....	sound re-recording mixer
Martin Schloemer	....	sound recordist
Masakazu Shirane	....	sound effects editor
Ken Teaney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Edgar Vidal	....	foley artist
Kiku Vidal	....	foley artist
David Abrahamsen	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Alan G. Markowitz	....	titles
Craig Edward Rogers Jr.	....	digital compositor
Craig Edward Rogers Jr.	....	film recording

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Kirsch	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Bernat Aragonès	....	associate editor
Ralph Milliken	....	post-production consultant
German Nuñez	....	negative cutter
Nancy Paweski	....	negative cutter
Scott Price	....	post-production consultant
Annie Toth	....	post-production consultant
Ron Wengler	....	color timer
Todd Baillere	....	post-production consultant (uncredited)
Christopher Loucks	....	assistant post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Scott Crafford	....	film recordist
Denis Delestrac	....	researcher
Lorena Mascarell	....	production assistant
Ibon Olaskoaga	....	director: making-of
Daniel Rapo	....	film recordist (as Daniel E. Rapo)
Craig Edward Rogers Jr.	....	film recordist
Ramy Romany	....	location manager
Laura Vidiella	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• MacGillivray Freeman Films
• Orbita Max

Distributors

• La Géode (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• MacGillivray Freeman Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Warner Music (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)

Other Companies

• David Keighley Productions 70MM  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

Runtime:

48 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:All

Filming Locations:

Dumont Dunes, California, USA

Company:

MacGillivray Freeman Films

Not a real expedition

Mystery of the Nile is a great movie, great scenery and beautiful photography. Almost to good to be true...

They claim to be a documentary about a real expedition down the Nile. This is not the case. It is a fake, fictional documentary made by actors and mostly shot in a studio. Saskia Lange for instance is no Spanish journalist, but a minor German actress. That's why you only see 5 or so out of 114 expedition days: there has not been an actual expedition! The 'storm on Lake Nasser' scene is a give-away, made in a studio swimming pool. All local scenes are shot in safe, easy to reach tourist spots.

I really dislike the fact that they pretend to be real. It borders a swindle. 5 points for the pretty pictures.