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The Journey is a Australien film of genre Documentary directed by Peter Watkins with Peter Watkins

The Journey (1987)

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Length 14h33
Directed by
OriginAustralie
Rating74% 3.7025053.7025053.7025053.7025053.702505

Resan (The Journey) is a 14 ½ hour film by Peter Watkins, made between the years 1983 and 1985 on several continents, and structured around the theme of nuclear weapons, military spending and poverty. Ordinary people are asked about their awareness of these issues. It was screened at the Toronto Film Festival in 1987, but has rarely been seen since.

It was screened at the Mexico City International Festival of Contemporary Cinema (FICCO) in February 2007 as part of a retrospective on Peter Watkins.
Between April 25 and May 1, 2007, all 19 parts of the film were screened at the Austrian Filmmuseum in Vienna, Austria as part of a retrospective on Peter Watkins.

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Peter Watkins

(Narrator / Self)Ronald Reagan

(Self)
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