Paddle to the Sea
Movie | |
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Original title | Paddle to the Sea |
Country of production | Canada |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1966 |
length | 28 minutes |
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Director | Bill Mason |
script | Holling C. Holling (template) |
production | Julian Biggs |
music | Louis Applebaum |
camera | Bill Mason |
cut | Bill Mason |
Paddle to the Sea is a 1966 Canadian short film directed by Bill Mason .
action
On Lake Nipigon in winter, the boy Kyle carves an Indian figure sitting in a canoe. He paints the figure, weights the underside of the canoe with lead and carves “Paddle to the Sea” as the name of the work and “Please put me back in the water” on the canoe's underside. He hopes that “Paddle to the Sea” will be able to swim to the Atlantic in the long term thanks to the gradient of the water - a journey he could never undertake himself.
Kyle suspends "Paddle to the Sea" in spring when the snow melts and the figure makes it to Lake Superior by summer , where the Indian experiences wild animals and forest fires and remains until winter comes. The next spring he is accidentally caught by a boy but put back in the water. He makes it to Detroit , experiences the fireworks on Independence Day and the filth of the sewage. He survives Niagara Falls and autumn on a reservation. It finally reaches the sea via a sluice, where it is caught months later by fishermen in a net, but returned to the sea. So he ends up with a lighthouse keeper who repaints him and then throws him back into the sea.
production
Paddle to the Sea is based on a children's book by Holling C. Holling from 1941. The film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada and first screened on May 3, 1966 in Canada. The narrator is Stanley Jackson .
Awards
Paddle to the Sea was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 1968 .