Prince Avalanche
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Directed by | David Gordon Green |
Written by | David Gordon Green |
Based on | Either Way by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Tim Orr |
Edited by | Colin Patton |
Music by | |
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Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $700,000 (estimated)[2] |
Box office | $442,313[3] |
Prince Avalanche is a 2013 American
Plot
In 1988, an odd pair of sorts, meditative and stern Alvin and his girlfriend's brother, Lance, dopey and insecure, leave the city behind to spend the summer in solitude repainting traffic lines down the center of a country highway ravaged by wildfire. As they sink into their job in the remarkable landscape, they learn more than they want to about each other and their own limitations. They regularly encounter a drunk truck driver. As Lance leaves for a weekend in the city, Alvin enjoys his solitude and explores the woods by himself. He comes across a house that has been burned to the ground by the wildfire, and encounters a woman who explains that it is her house, and she is searching in the rubble for her pilot's licence.
Lance returns distraught and with a black eye, claiming to have been beat up by the boyfriend of a woman he had been courting. Lance later finds that his sister Madison, Alvin's girlfriend, has sent Alvin a Dear John letter and the couple are heard arguing on the phone about Alvin's absence and Madison's new lover.
After a brief fight the two console each other about their predicaments. Lance reveals that the real reason behind his distress is that a middle-aged woman he has been seeing is pregnant with his child, and he laments and ponders his fears of fatherhood and responsibility. Alvin encourages Lance to embrace parenthood and assures him he will be a great father, and the two form an unlikely friendship. Alvin nicknames their duo "Alvinlance."
In a final scene, they greet the truck driver, and Alvin notices the woman he had encountered earlier entering his truck, but the truck driver does not see her.
Cast
- Paul Rudd as Alvin
- Emile Hirsch as Lance
- Lance LeGault as Truck Driver
- Joyce Payne as Lady
Production
The idea of making Prince Avalanche came when the band
The film's entire production was done in secret; it was only announced to the public after completion in June 2012. This was at the request of the director, David Gordon Green, who wanted to get back to his independent roots after his last three films were completed by a
Release
Prince Avalanche
Reception
Prince Avalanche received positive reviews and has an approval rating of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 123 reviews with an average score of 6.90/10. The consensus states: "A step back in the right direction for director David Gordon Green, Prince Avalanche shambles amiably along with a pair of artfully low-key performances from Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch."[14] Metacritic gives the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[15]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was scored by Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo.[16]
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- ^ "2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Premieres and Documentary Premieres". Sundance Institute. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ "Quirky comedy film "Prince Avalanche" charms Berlin". Reuters. February 13, 2013. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Prizes of the International Jury 2013". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ^ "Prince Avalanche (2013)". Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
- ^ "Prince Avalanche". Metacritic. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ^ Dolan, Jon (August 12, 2013). "Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo: Prince Avalanche: An Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album Review". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.