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Without a Paddle

2004 · 95 min

A goofy, fast-paced romp through the woods with friends, mixing slapstick mishaps and light peril with easy laughs.

Directed by: Steven Brill
Genres: Comedy, Action, Adventure
Starring: Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard

Tagline: The call of the wild. The thrill of adventure. The mistake of a lifetime.
Overview: Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 that went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon encounter.

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Directed by: Steven Brill
Genres: Comedy, Action, Adventure
Starring: Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
grief
survival
addiction
nature
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	1
Humour	8
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy, action, adventure, mystery
Directed by: Steven Brill
Written by: Jay Leggett, Mitch Rouse
Starring: Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Ethan Suplee, Abraham Benrubi, Antony Starr, Burt Reynolds, Christina Moore
Music: Christophe Beck
Cinematography: Jonathan Brown
Runtime: 95 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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