Thunder House Pictures is pleased to announce the development of RIVER OF DOUBT - Theodore Roosevelt's Greatest Adventure. Based on the original script by EMMY award-winning natural history filmmaker Kevin McCarey, RIVER OF DOUBT - Theodore Roosevelt's Greatest Adventure will be distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films of Laguna Beach, California. In addition to the development assistance of MacGillivray Freeman Films, our team also includes executive producer Tweed Roosevelt, the great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt.

For addition information about the development of this film,please director of development Tom Hecht (Tom@DuncanEntertainment.com, or producer/director Chip Duncan (Chip@DuncanEntertainment.com).

SYNOPSIS

RIVER OF DOUBT
Theodore Roosevelt's Greatest Adventure
A Large Format Film & Classroom Educational Series

In February 1914, Theodore Roosevelt, his son Kermit, and a small contingent of naturalists and explorers set out on a journey into the vast unknown heart of Brazil. Sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, their mission was to collect wildlife specimens and to track the course of the last great uncharted river in South America: the River of Doubt. TR had just lost a bitterly fought election and sought solace in "the hidden spirit of the wilderness."
The co-leader of the expedition was Colonel Candido Rondon who had first set eyes on the River of Doubt. He was Brazil's greatest explorer who for years had crisscrossed the Amazon surveying its unknown terrain, sometimes surviving on nothing more than piranha - which endeared him to the adventure loving Roosevelt.
But this expedition proved far more strenuous - and perilous - than Roosevelt and Rondon ever imagined. A month long journey up crocodile infested rivers was followed by a two month mule trek across the stark Brazilian plateau. Pack animals died, precious supplies were lost - biting ants, wasps and mosquitoes plagued the men. Disease took its toll as well.
For Kermit Roosevelt - at 24 - there was an agony far worse than the malaria he contracted: he was lovesick. Recently engaged to the winsome Belle Ward, all he wanted was to see his father safely and expeditiously home. But the Old Lion - with his insatiable sense of wonder - relished the adventure. Until they reached the River of Doubt.

There the expedition took a decidedly dark and deadly turn. Moving down the rushing river in heavy log canoes - there was no turning back. No one knew where the river would lead them or when they would see civilization again. If ever. What lay ahead was starvation, fatal accidents, madness - and even murder.
RIVER OF DOUBT - Theodore Roosevelt's Greatest Adventure may well be the ultimate giant screen adventure. In the best of company - TR himself - we'll view the stunning vistas of the world's largest wetlands - Brazil's Pantanal - home to anacondas, caimans, and jaguars. We'll cross the stark and eerie high plateau, then experience the dangerous descent of the River of Doubt. Today it is called the Rio Teodoro, after the fearless Rough Rider who helped place it on the map.