''Go Further'' is a 2003

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Ron Mann Ronald Mann (born June 13, 1958), credited professionally as Ron Mann, is a Canadian documentary film director. His work includes the films ''Imagine the Sound'' (1981); ''Comic Book Confidential'' (1988); ''Grass'' (1999) and ''Go Further'' ( ...

starring

Woody Harrelson Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Award ...

and a group of other environmental activists riding around in a large, bio-fueled bus. The tour was called the Simple Organic Living Tour and it was produced by cause-related marketers the Spitfire Agency. The film debuted at the

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Film Festival in March 2003, and at the

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in September 2003, where it was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award. It was also nominated for a

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for Best Documentary. The film features cameos by Dave Matthews,

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(of the

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(of Spearhead),

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(of

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, and

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Description

Ron Mann's ''Go Further'' is a documentary observing the escapades of Woody Harrelson and his comrades as they travel from Seattle, Washington, to Los Angeles, California. In an attempt to spread a message of change in order to better the planet, Woody and his companions—"a yoga-teacher, a raw food chef, a hemp-activist, a junk-food addict, and a college student who suspends her life to impulsively hop aboard"—speak at numerous universities and visit various environmentally important sites, as their journey weaves on and around Route 101.Go Further Website
It is an example of

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Book

The film also triggered the writing of a book, titled ''Go Further'', published by Warwick Publishing in Toronto, Ontario. The book's ideologies and themes parallel the movie.

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