Trouble without a paddle

Movie
German title	Trouble without a paddle
Original title	Without a paddle
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2004
length	99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Steven Brill
script	Jay Leggett , ; Mitch Rouse
production	Donald De Line
music	Christophe Beck
camera	Jonathan Brown
cut	Debra Neil-Fisher , ; Peck Prior
occupation
	Matthew Price : Young Tom; Andrew Hampton : Young Jerry; Jarred Rumbold : Young Dan; Carl Snell : Young Billy; Antony Starr : Billy Newwood; Dax Shepard : Tom Marshall; Matthew Lillard : Jerry Conlaine; Seth Green : Dan Mott; Nadine Bernecker : Angie; Danielle Cormack : Tony; David Stott : Dick Stark; Bonnie Somerville : Denise; Rachel Blanchard : Flower; Scott Adsit : Smeared Man; Morgan Reese Fairhead : Sandi; Liddy Holloway : Bonnie Newwood; Ray Baker : Sheriff Briggs; Ethan Suplee : Elwood; Abraham Benrubi : Dennis; Burt Reynolds : Del Knox;

Trouble Without a Paddle is an American adventure comedy released in 2004 . Directed by Steven Brill and written by Jay Leggett and Mitch Rouse .

action

Friends Billy Newwood, Tom Marshall, Jerry Conlaine and Dan Mott grow up together. After Newwood's death, the others meet at his funeral. You will find a map left by Newwood with the location of the hiding place of a treasure looted in a robbery.

The friends look for the treasure in the Oregon forests , where they are attacked by a bear on the Spirit River. Later they are disturbed by backwoodsmen Dennis and Elwood, who pursue them from now on. They already want to give up, but cannot find their way home. They listen to music and come across an illegal marijuana plantation . The friends are shot at and they flee. Del Knox finds them and gives the men shelter.

The friends find the skeleton of the bank robber in an abandoned shaft. Before his death he burned the stolen banknotes to warm himself. Dennis and Elwood appear and fight the friends. Sheriff Briggs, who arrives, turns out to be the head of a gang that includes Dennis and Elwood and operates the illegal cultivation of marijuana. After another fight, Sheriff Briggs and his helpers are overwhelmed and arrested. The three friends are celebrated like heroes.

Reviews

Michael Rechtsshaffen wrote in The Hollywood Reporter on August 16, 2004, that the film is taking an uncertain course between savagery and gentleness. Rechtshaffen criticized Steven Brill's direction and praised the camera work.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a "trivial nonsense comedy". He relies on "adolescent stupidities" and omits "no silliness".

backgrounds

The film was shot in Wellington and several other locations in New Zealand . Its production amounted to an estimated 19 million US dollars . It grossed approximately $ 58.16 million in US cinemas. In Germany there were around 232,000 cinema viewers.

In 2009, directed by Ellory Elkayem, a sequel was made with the title Trouble Without Paddles 2 - Nature calls! ( Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling ), which was produced directly for the DVD market.

Web links

Without a Paddle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Without a Paddle at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Trouble without a paddle at Metacritic (English)

Individual evidence

[1] Film review by Michael Rechtshaffen, accessed on November 14, 2007

[2] Trouble without a paddle in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on November 14, 2007

[3] Filming locations for Without a Paddle, accessed November 14, 2007

[4] Box office / business for Without a Paddle, accessed November 14, 2007