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Created on Monday, 23 August 2010 17:25

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The River is Life Tour will be the second trip down the entire length of the Mississippi River by movie makers Ryan Jeanes and Phillip Hullquist.  The creative pair is “taking their show on the road” showing their epic documentary "The River is Life" to audiences north and south along America’s Great River.  The movie will be shown in Fulton, IL, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, near the windmill area from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.  The event is free, but movie-goers are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and snacks.

The film is a fun-filled feature of their real-life adventure down the Mighty Mississippi.  Jeanes and Hullquist departed in two inflatable Sea Eagle kayaks from Lake Itasca, MN, the source of the Mississippi, in June 2009.  The men filmed their exploits for the entertainment of adventure-lovers and -seekers everywhere, including:

• staying in people’s homes
• camping along the riverbanks
• wind-swollen lakes
• barge traffic
• massive boat wakes.

Their 90-minute film is full of surprises.

“A lot of people were amazed at how many people we met,” Jeanes says.  “We couldn’t go a week without someone calling us over for a beer, or for dinner or, (with luck) a warm bed.”

“You’ll meet quite a funny cast of characters in this movie,” Hullquist adds, “from an over-size Kentuckian sporting his duck call to a racy Minnesota woman threatening to kill us in our sleep.  Boats and barges weren’t the only things we had to defend against,” he laughs.

Jeanes and Hullquist plan to bring the same sense of fun and adventure they relished on the river to their 42-stop movie tour, where they will present their film in many of the same cities and towns they stayed in, almost a year ago.

”The shows will also be outdoors!” Jeanes explains.  “This is a first for independent movies.  We want to give people a real-life Mississippi experience, so we’ve arranged to show the movie in parks all along the banks of the Mississippi.  It’s going to be a festival-like atmosphere where, if we do our jobs right, the whole family will have the time of their lives!”

The River is Life Movie Tour began August 4 and will end in New Orleans, LA, on Halloween night, October 31.  To find out more information visit theriverislife.com.