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Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story

1994 · 120 min

A cold, anxious survival ordeal that keeps you tense and rooting for a young family against the snow.

Directed by: Christian Duguay
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Kelli Williams, Richard Ian Cox

Tagline: Freezing. Starving. Attacked.
Overview: A San Francisco couple and their infant son are stranded in the snow-covered Nevada wilderness.

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Directed by: Christian Duguay
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Kelli Williams, Richard Ian Cox

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
parenthood
isolation
fate
Places: wilderness
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	5
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Written by: Jonathan Rintels
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Kelli Williams, Richard Ian Cox, Duncan Fraser, Susan Clark, Michael Gross, Andrew Airlie, Shannon Beaty
Music: Lou Natale
Cinematography: Peter F. Woeste
Runtime: 120 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English, Spanish

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