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explores the life and legend of
Lasseter and documents the filmmaker's many attempts to locate the notorious Lasseter's Reef. The film also follows Lasseter's elderly son Bob on his last desert expedition to find his father's lost gold and explores the many complex strands of the Lasseter mystery.
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a recruited photographer of the CAGE II Expedition to discover the body of
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