Without a Paddle
Short description
Three childhood friends from Philadelphia who have grown apart reunite for the funeral of Billy Newwood, the fourth member of their group, who has died unexpectedly. Going through what he left behind, they find evidence that Billy had been chasing the $200,000 that disappeared in 1971 with the airplane hijacker known as D.B. Cooper. The three decide to finish what he started, following his trail into the Oregon wilderness with a canoe as their only means of travel. Their trip goes wrong almost from the start: the river turns dangerous, and a series of hostile or unpredictable locals stand in their way.
Without a Paddle was directed by Steven Brill, its screenplay written by Jay Leggett and Mitch Rouse and produced by Donald De Line. It is the fourth feature Brill directed, arriving between Mr. Deeds and Drillbit Taylor. Seth Green, Matthew Lillard and Dax Shepard play Dan Mott, Jerry Conlaine and Tom Marshall, with Ethan Suplee, Abraham Benrubi and Antony Starr among the credited cast of 25.
Released in August 2004, the film cost about $19 million to make and took roughly $70 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 5.9/10 from around 54,000 votes and on TMDB 5.7/10 from 742 votes, while film critics rated it 4.2/10 across 123 reviews, a lower figure than either audience score.
What's left behind the scenes
- The bear shown in the film is a Kodiak bear. This is a subspecies of brown bears that inhabit Kodiak Island and other islands of the Kodiak Archipelago off the southern coast of Alaska, but not Oregon. Only black bears, or baribals, live in Oregon.
- Almost all the stunts in the film were performed by Dax Shepard, Seth Green, and Matthew Lillard themselves.
- Practically all the camp scenes were filmed inside a huge warehouse.
- The last rapids before the canoe with the heroes passed through the waterfall were Class 5. Navigating such rapids in a canoe is fraught with serious danger, so the scene was filmed with stunt doubles.
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