Without a Paddle (2004)

Director:

Steven Brill

Writers (WGA):

Fred Wolf (story) and
Harris Goldberg (story) ...
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Release Date:

20 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Mystery

Tagline:

The call of the wild, the thrill of adventure. The mistake of a lifetime.

Plot:

After their friend dies, three men decide to fulfill their childhood promise by going on a camping expedition for the lost D.B. Cooper bounty, with calamitous results.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Tree House | Orchestral Music Score | Boat Accident | Campfire Story

Cast

Matthew Price	...	Young Tom
Andrew Hampton	...	Young Jerry
Jarred Rumbold	...	Young Dan
Carl Snell	...	Young Billy
Antony Starr	...	Billy Newwood (as Anthony Starr)
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
Scott Adsit	...	Greasy Man
Morgan Reese Fairhead	...	Sandi
Liddy Holloway	...	Bonnie Newwood
Mia Blake	...	Giselle
Bruce Phillips	...	Minister
Kate Harcourt	...	Old Woman
Ray Baker	...	Sheriff Briggs
Gregory Cruz	...	River Guide (as Gregory Norman Cruz)
Ethan Suplee	...	Elwood
Abraham Benrubi	...	Dennis
Rachel Blanchard	...	Flower
Christina Moore	...	Butterfly
Burt Reynolds	...	Del Knox
Susan Brady	...	Leslie
Connor Carty-Squires	...	Boy Scout
Bart the Bear	...	Bear

Directed by
Steven Brill

Writing credits (WGA)
Fred Wolf		(story) and
Harris Goldberg		(story) &
Tom Nursall		(story)
Jay Leggett		(screenplay) &
Mitch Rouse		(screenplay)

Produced by
Donald De Line	....	producer
Andrew Haas	....	executive producer
Wendy Japhet	....	executive producer
Lynsey Jones	....	associate producer (as Lynsey Shmukler Jones)
Richard Vane	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christophe Beck

Cinematography by
Jonathan Brown		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Debra Neil-Fisher
Peck Prior

Casting by
Sheila Jaffe

Production Design by
Perry Andelin Blake

Art Direction by
Denise Hudson

Set Decoration by
Meg Everist

Costume Design by
Ngila Dickson

Makeup Department
Abby Collins	....	hair stylist: second unit
Debra East	....	key hair stylist
Debra East	....	makeup artist
Tami Lane	....	hair stylist
Tami Lane	....	makeup artist
Dominie Till	....	hair stylist supervisor
Dominie Till	....	makeup artist
Karen Winefield	....	makeup artist: second unit

Production Management
Katherine Curtis	....	unit production manager: second unit
Trishia Downie	....	unit production manager
Kiki Morris	....	post-production supervisor
Nadia Paine	....	production supervisor: second unit
Trudi Steel	....	assistant unit manager
Peter Tonks	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Ambridge	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jack Gill	....	second unit director
Katie Hutchinson	....	third assistant director: second unit
Darren Mackie	....	third assistant director
Richard Matthews	....	second second assistant director
Doug Metzger	....	first assistant director
Anton Steel	....	additional second second assistant director
Katie Tate	....	second assistant director: second unit
Kate Vanderbyl	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Robert Bavin	....	on-set props
Simon Bright	....	art director: New Zealand
Andrew Burbon	....	storyboard artist
Rachael Cooper-White	....	art department coordinator (as Rachel Cooper)
Andrew Driver	....	greens (as Andy Driver)
Tane Griffin	....	scenic artist
Murray Hartley	....	greens
Michelle Haugh	....	set dresser
Mike Heffernan	....	construction coordinator
Hal Jones	....	set dresser
Simon Lowe	....	greens
Brad Mill	....	construction foreperson
Ben Milsom	....	assistant property master (as Benjamin Milsom)
Campbell Read	....	graphic designer
Amber Richards	....	set dresser
Giles Smith	....	paint foreperson
Pip Steel	....	property master (as Pip Steele)
Brent Tasker	....	on-set greens
Gary Thomas	....	storyboard artist
Leighton Viggars	....	greens: second unit
Steve Viggars	....	greens
Sarah Weinberg	....	on-set props
Gillian West-Walker	....	set dresser
Michael White	....	greens
Vanessa Cole	....	props buyer (uncredited)
Troy Hannett	....	lead hand scenic artist (uncredited)
Wade Hannett	....	set painter (uncredited)
Melissa Spicer	....	head props buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mark Allen	....	sound effects editor
Bob Baron	....	adr mixer
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	re-recording mixer (as Gary Bourgeois)
Matthew Cuirc	....	assistant sound
Scott Curtis	....	foley editor
Corrin Ellingford	....	boom operator
Russell Farmarco	....	sound effects editor (as Russel Farmarco)
Avram D. Gold	....	adr editor
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Dennis Johnson	....	sound recordist
Susan Kurtz	....	dialogue editor
Chuck Michael	....	dialogue editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Ronnie Morgan	....	assistant sound editor
Greg Orloff	....	re-recording mixer
Jeremy Pitts	....	foley editor
Vic Radulich	....	dialogue editor
Ken Saville	....	sound mixer
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer (as Randy K. Singer)
Thomas W. Small	....	supervising foley editor (as Thomas Small)
Cameron Steenhagen	....	sound effects editor
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor (as Michael Szakmeister)
Derek Vanderhorst	....	co-supervising sound editor
Clayton Weber	....	assistant sound editor
Elmo Weber	....	supervising sound editor
Christopher T. Welch	....	supervising dialogue editor
James Wright	....	consultant: Dolby sound
Orada Jusatayanond	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Susan Kurtz	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor (uncredited)
Randolph Saucedo	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Frank Smathers	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dave Booth	....	special effects
Karl Chisholm	....	special effects coordinator
Peter Cleveland	....	special effects supervisor: second unit (as Peter Cleaveland)
Geoff Curtis	....	special effects foreperson
Doug Falconer	....	special effects
Scott Harens	....	special effects
Steve Ingram	....	special effects coordinator
Darian Lumsden	....	special effects supervisor: second unit
Phil McLaren	....	special effects
Paul Verrall	....	special effects supervisor: second unit
Karl Chisholm	....	special effects director (uncredited)
Iain Hutton	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Steen Bech	....	visual effects producer
Martyn 'Moose' Culpitt	....	Inferno artist
Rhys Dippie	....	3D animator: Shake (as Rhys Dippe)
Kim Fogelberg	....	Inferno artist
Marie A. Jones	....	visual effects producer (as Marie Jones)
Jonny Kofoed	....	Inferno artist (as Jonny Kofed)
Stephen Lambert	....	3D animator: Shake
Dean Lyon	....	visual effects supervisor
Russell Masters	....	Inferno artist
Peter McCully	....	digital matte artist
Puck Murphy	....	Inferno artist
Mohan Ramachandran	....	scanning and recording technician: Weta Digital
Carmel Russell	....	visual effects coordinator
Greg Spencer	....	Inferno artist
Nick Booth	....	scanning and recording supervisor: Weta Digital (uncredited)
James Braid	....	engineer (uncredited)
Tony Cole	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Tony Cole	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Jason Duncan	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Jeanmarc Furio	....	digital compositor: Oktobor Wellington (uncredited)

Stunts
Trevor Bau	....	stunts
Augie Davis	....	stunt coordinator
Mana Hira Davis	....	stunts (as Mana Davis)
Richard Epper	....	stunts
Andy Gill	....	stunts
Winham Hammond	....	stunts
Greg Lane	....	stunts
Kate Lobb	....	stunts
Bob MacDougall	....	stunts (as Bob McDougall)
Jared Meehan	....	stunts
Ken Mutton	....	stunts
Andy Notter	....	stunts
Dayna Porter	....	stunts
Mark Prowse	....	stunts
Joshua Randall	....	stunts
Lee Scorrar	....	stunts
Doug Seus	....	bear stunt coordinator
Ben Vere-Jones	....	stunts
Raymond Wilson	....	stunts
Tim Wong	....	stunts
Fintan Costelloe	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kane Asher	....	dolly grip operator (as Kayne Asher)
Stephen Baker	....	video assist
Jon Barltrop	....	grip: second unit (as Johnny Barltrop)
T.K. Bedford	....	dolly grip operator: second unit
Darren Bradnock	....	grip
David Brown	....	chief lighting technician
Erik L. Brown	....	first assistant camera (as Erik Brown)
Simon Cardwell	....	still photographer
John Cavill	....	camera operator: second unit
Giles Coburn	....	electrician
Jamie Couper	....	electrician
Brian Crump	....	electrician (as Bryan Crump)
Inga Fillary	....	clapper loader: second unit
Huw Griffiths	....	second company grip
Grant Harvey	....	grip
Paul Hughen	....	director of photography: second unit
Tony Keddy	....	first company grip
James Kennedy	....	electrician
Stephanie Kuttner	....	film loader
Dean McCarroll	....	first assistant photographer: "b" camera
Hamish McIntyre	....	first company grip: second unit
Cameron McLean	....	camera operator
Dusty Millar	....	camera trainee
Murray Milne	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Murray Milne	....	steadicam: second unit
Greg Nalder	....	chief rigging electrician
Nigel Percy	....	rigging best boy
Simon Raby	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Melissa Ririnui	....	grip: second unit
Gus Salla	....	generator operator: second unit
Paul Sawtell	....	grip
Mark Sim	....	grip
Philip A.T. Smith	....	second assistant photographer (as Philip Smith)
Andy South	....	grip: second unit
Caleb Staines	....	video assist: second unit
Andrew Stroud	....	focus puller: second unit
Geoff Tait	....	second company grip: second unit
Gaysorn Thavatt	....	focus puller: second unit (as Gaysorn Thavat)
Carl Vennimore	....	grip: second unit (as Carl Venimore)
Hansel Verkerk	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Angus Ward	....	second assistant photographer: "b" camera
Anthony Whitehouse	....	electrician: second unit
Jason Cooper White	....	clapper loader: second unit
Daniel Wilson	....	grip
Garrett Brown	....	camera operator: SuperFlyCam (uncredited)
Dane Clarke	....	camera operator: SuperFlyCam (uncredited)
Peter Cunningham	....	first assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Dion Hartley	....	key grip: third unit (uncredited)
Rob Marsh	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Reuben Morrison	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Angela Waller	....	grip coordinator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Victoria Cole	....	extras casting coordinator
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting (as Teri Douglas)
Meg Morman	....	casting associate
Liz Mullane	....	casting: New Zealand
Vanessa Rodriguez	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sian Evans	....	costumer
Rebecca Johnston	....	costumer
Pip Lingard	....	wardrobe coordinator
Liz McGregor	....	costume supervisor
Lucy McLay	....	costumer
Amanda Neale	....	costumer: second unit
Andrea Plested	....	costumer: second unit

Editorial Department
Craig Alpert	....	assistant editor: avid
Jeremy Bradley	....	apprentice editor
David S. Clark	....	assistant film editor
John Dietrick	....	editorial production assistant
Patrick J. Don Vito	....	additional editor
Patrick Gallagher	....	assistant editor: avid
Jenny Hicks	....	assistant editor: New Zealand
Kylie Mather	....	assistant editor: New Zealand
Tamara McDonough	....	assistant editor: avid
Siobhan Prior	....	assistant editor: avid (as Siobhan Mary Prior)
Chris Regan	....	color timer
Chad Rubel	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Bob Bornstein	....	music preparation
Fernand Bos	....	music editor
Kerry Christensen	....	yodeler
Randy Crenshaw	....	yodeler
Wade Culbreath	....	musician: percussion
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Norman Dlugatch	....	music technical engineer (as Norm Dlugatch)
George Doering	....	musician: guitar and banjo
Mike Fisher	....	musician: percussion
Dominic Gonzales	....	music floor person
Andrew Kaiser	....	additional orchestrator
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Tommy Morgan	....	musician: harmonica
Michael Nowak	....	conductor: orchestra
Casey Stone	....	music mixer
Casey Stone	....	music recordist
Jojo Villanueva	....	music coordinator
Paul Wertheimer	....	music recordist
Gabe Witcher	....	musician: fiddle
Richard Ziegler	....	music editor
Julianne Jordan	....	music supervisor (uncredited)
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist (uncredited)
Brian Wilson	....	composer: one cue (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Robin Allen	....	picture car coordinator
Don Anderson	....	transportation captain: second unit
Annie Frear	....	transportation coordinator
Jessica Hogan	....	transportation captain
Isaac Lane	....	transportation captain
Arthur Matthews	....	transportation coordinator
Sonya Wickham	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Kevin Armstrong	....	production assistant
Gunner Ashford	....	armorer
Claire Ashton	....	assistant location manager
Trevor Brooks	....	production assistant: second unit
Andy Buckley	....	medic
Wes C. Caefer	....	puppeteer: bear (as Wes Caefer)
James Delaney	....	animal handler
Patrick Dorn	....	adr voice
Bronwyn Eichbaum	....	production coordinator: second unit
Richard Elworthy	....	video split assistant
Christina Ferguson	....	production assistant
Laura J. Fox	....	first assistant auditor
Kirsty Fromont	....	production assistant
Mark Gabites	....	medic: second unit
Jonathan Hawke	....	production assistant: second unit
Charlotte Hayes	....	accounts
Willie Heatley	....	water safety (as Will Heatley)
Dru Homer	....	assistant: Mr. Brill
Angela Hovey	....	assistant production coordinator: second unit
Matthew Janzen	....	production assistant
Chris Lemos	....	assistant: Mr. De Line
Kimberly Logan	....	location manager (as Kim Logan)
Steve Loughlin	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Kevin Magill	....	production assistant
James Manttan	....	assistant: Mr. De Line, New Zealand
Sue May	....	unit publicist
Fiona McDonald	....	location manager: second unit
Dianne Moffatt	....	script supervisor
Julie Pitkanen	....	script supervisor
Vanessa Redmond	....	assistant production coordinator
Karla Rodgers	....	production coordinator
Tami Rumble	....	assistant: Ms. Japhet
Lynne Seus	....	bear trainer (as Lynn Seus)
Scott J. Smith	....	bear trainer (as Scott Smith)
Jill Soper	....	assistant production coordinator
Russell Steele	....	production auditor
Paul Stieglbauer	....	production assistant
Angela Thomas	....	production secretary
Whitney Thomas	....	production assistant
Seth Weisburst	....	assistant: Mr. Haas
Robin Wilson	....	production assistant
Ngaire Woods	....	assistant: Mr. Brill, New Zealand
Warwick Yin	....	assistant armorer
Clint Youngreen	....	bear trainer
Lynnanne Zager	....	adr voice
Dominique Fromont	....	location accountant (uncredited)
Shara Hudson	....	assistant travel and accomodation coordinator (uncredited)
Karen Kong	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Phil Nixey	....	assistant to actors (uncredited)
Tim Shafe	....	operator: HotHead (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• De Line Pictures

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• Paramount Pictures
• Solar Films (2004) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Oktobor (visual effects)
• Pacific Title (opticals)

Other Companies

• Imagezone  digital video assist
• Lowdown Music Inc.  music editorial services
• Stunt Associates  Stunt Equipment

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug content, sexual material, language, crude humor and some violence.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Canada:PG | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:MG6 | Norway:11 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Huka Falls, Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Most of the outdoor camping scenes were shot inside a very large warehouse.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Safety diver visible when Jerry is on the surfboard and catches a wave.

Quotes:

Denise: Can you please be serious for 5 minutes?
Jerry Conlaine: My record is 4 but I think I can do it.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Soundtrack:

City of Silver & Gold

Better and More Clever Than I Expected

The whole rating system is kind of skewed. Some people rated this film low because it wasn't Larwrence of Arabia but then it wasn't meant to be. It's like comparing actors when they play different roles. You can only really compare them playing the same role.

Anyway I went to the film expecting a goofy stoner type of mindless entertainment. Just a laugh. But I was pleasantly surprised that not only was it funny but some deeper thought had gone into it. The plot was more substantial than I expected, there were bits of philosophy sprinkled throughout which accentuated the positive side of life, and the cast was pretty good too. I'm not sure what inspired Burt Reynolds to play his character but he did it well as did all of the players.

But mainly the movie was funnier than hell. I almost embarrassed myself I laughed so hard during the first bear sequence. The image of Mott saying 'help' as he looked back while being carried off had me laughing way too high way too long but it and some other scenes were hilarious and I couldn't help it then either.

All in all a good film for the genre. And surprisingly while I think it appeals to the stoner crowd it's cool in that it incorporates it without promoting it though it doesn't avoid it either. In fact I was struck by the fact that the bad guys were red neck smokers and the good guys were dopey beer drinkers but apparently nothing more.

Lastly the film cleverly pays homage to other films throughout. Deliverance, The Matrix, and others are covered and probably a few I missed.