Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West
2002, NR, 40 min.
Directed by Bruce Neibaur, Narrated by Jeff Bridges, Voices by , Starring .

The danger of the uncharted West comes to life in this large-format film produced by National Geographic in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Lewis & Clark expedition. Actors inhabit the roles of Merriwether Lewis and William Clark as they lead 31 people on a 4,000-mile trek to the Pacific Ocean and back on a journey that opened the frontier for the expansion of America.

This article appears in April 12 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.