Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling (2009) (V)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Ellory Elkayem

Writer (WGA):

Stephen Mazur (written by)

Release Date:

13 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Three guys. One chance. No plan.

Plot:

Zach and Ben have been best buddies since they were in grade school. They were those "two guys" that we all know...

Cast

Ellen Albertini Dow	...	Mrs. Bessler
Danny Belrose	...	Local #1
Robert Blanche	...	Massey
Madison Bontempo	...	Young Heather
Will Cuddy	...	Lyle
Oliver James	...	Ben
Mason Knight	...	Kyle
Amber McDonald	...	Thunderstorm
Jerry Rice	...	Hal Gore
Madison Riley	...	Earthchild / Heather
Todd Robinson	...	Overton
Kristopher Turner	...	Zach
Rik Young	...	Nigel

Directed by
Ellory Elkayem

Writing credits (WGA)
Stephen Mazur		(written by)

Produced by
George Engel	....	line producer
Amy Goldberg	....	producer

Original Music by
Thomas Chase

Cinematography by
Thomas L. Callaway

Film Editing by
John Gilbert

Production Design by
Mimi Gramatky

Set Decoration by
Ron Olsen

Costume Design by
Shawnelle Cherry

Makeup Department
Molly Craytor	....	assistant makeup artist
Stephanie Keiler	....	hair stylist
Amanda Needham	....	key makeup artist
Janet Price	....	assistant hair stylist
Robin Schmitt	....	additional makeup artist
Doreen Vantyne	....	hair stylist department head
Erin Walters	....	additional hair stylist

Production Management
George Engel	....	unit production manager
Michael Toji	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott Cameron	....	first assistant director
Ime Etuk	....	second assistant director
Simone Farber	....	additional second assistant director
Paul Lindsay	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Tyan Bardon	....	carpenter
Tyan Bardon	....	propmaker
Daas Bersano	....	construction gangboss
Jonathan Birchfield	....	key greens
Robert L. Bloch	....	painter
Brady J. Condit	....	on-set dresser
Paul Cowsill	....	first assistant greens
Jarred Decker	....	carpenter
Ken Erck	....	lead painter
Sean Fong	....	leadman
Stephen Frankland	....	set dresser
Jenelle Giordano	....	set dresser
Randal R. Groves	....	construction coordinator
Mark Haack	....	set designer
Jason Hildner	....	carpenter
Bree Judah	....	paint foreman
Rick Lepinski	....	rigging foreman
Beth Lipson	....	art department coordinator
Ray Lovasz	....	greensman
Anthony Maltase	....	painter
Curtis Mathewson	....	carpenter
Greg McMickle	....	set dresser
Steve Patterson	....	prop maker
John Pearson-Denning	....	assistant property master
Dave Rivers	....	carpenter
Dean Roberts	....	carpenter
Dan Schaefer	....	storyboard artist
Robert L. Scott	....	construction utility
Arthur Shippee	....	property master
Teresa Tamiyasu	....	set dresser
Johnny Trudell	....	construction foreman
Adrianna Valencia	....	buyer: construction
Harold 'Willy' Wilson	....	carpenter
Ryan Windsor	....	construction medic
Nick Worsfeld	....	on-set greens

Sound Department
Mark Appleby	....	adr mixer
Craig Clark	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Clifford	....	sound utility
Michael Farnan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric J. Goldstein	....	boom operator
Danny Kim	....	sound effects editor
Erik Magnus	....	production sound mixer
Erik Magnus	....	sound mixer
Colin Rogers	....	adr foley mixer
Colin Rogers	....	foley editor
Craig Schafer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tyler Stephens	....	sound utility
Tom Taylor	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Casey Pritchett	....	special effects assistant
Carly Sertic	....	special effects foreman
Kai Shelton	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Thomas Dadras	....	visual effects supervisor
Bonnie Kanner	....	visual effects executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels
Damian McDonnell	....	digital colourist
Jason Wilson	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Dan Brown	....	stunt double: Oliver James
Eric Chambers	....	stunt rigger
Jessica Harbeck	....	stunt double: Madison Riley
Kurt D. Lott	....	utility stunts
Carl Rice	....	stunt double
Kerry Rossall	....	stunt coordinator
Pete Turner	....	stunt double
Mark Vanselow	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Ayers	....	camera operator
Don Benson	....	first assistant camera
Chris 'Chalky' Chalk	....	lighting technician
Paul Fanning	....	lighting technician
Cale Finot	....	key first assistant camera
Brian Fleskes	....	best boy grip
Bruce 'Sarge' Fleskes	....	rigging gaffer
Desera Frentress	....	lighting technician
Andrew Gallegos	....	lamp operator
Gor Haroutunian	....	dolly grip
Bruce Henderson	....	grip
Harry Hope	....	key grip
Curt Klein	....	video assist
Shane Klum	....	grip
Ben Lipsey	....	still photographer
Matthew May	....	lighting technician
Andrew McDowall	....	first assistant camera
Ryan Middleton	....	lighting technician
Gerry O'Malley	....	camera operator
Justin O'Shaughnessy	....	second assistant camera
Eliza Plumlee	....	film loader
Christopher A. Schenck	....	camera operator
Blake Scripps	....	key second assistant camera
Bryan Seidel	....	grip
Brian Shotzbarger	....	grip
James Lawrence Spencer	....	gaffer
Savannah Teller-Brown	....	additional loader
Mark Tomlinson	....	grip
Joe Vitellaro	....	grip
Scott Walters	....	best boy electric
Bryan 'fro' Waters	....	grip

Animation Department
Dustin Adair	....	character animator
Harry Porudominsky	....	character animator

Casting Department
Veronica Gilbert	....	extras casting assistant
Diana Hammons	....	extras casting
Lana Veenker	....	casting: Oregon

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kevin Ian Ackerman	....	costumer (LA )
Cindy Bagby	....	costume production assistant
Nikki Bartnick	....	set costumer
Leslie Gilbertson	....	seamstress
Martha Hines	....	set costumer
Mark Peterson	....	costume supervisor
Chapin Simpson	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Carl L.W. Bochek III	....	post-production coordinator
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant
James White	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Benjamin L. Brown	....	music recordist-mixer

Transportation Department
Victoria Mischa Austreng	....	driver
Brandon Chandler	....	driver
James Harvey Davis	....	driver
James Davis	....	driver
Justin Durrie	....	driver
Shayna Goldstein	....	driver
Mark 'Sparky' Haleston	....	driver
Bart Heimburger	....	driver
Tyrone Hines	....	driver
Lance Hruza	....	driver
Gary Jackson	....	transportation
Philip Krysl	....	driver
Greg McVey	....	driver
Brian Joseph Moore	....	transportation captain
John Petty	....	transportation co-captain
Gary Roberts	....	driver
Joe Soleberg	....	driver
Eric Solmonson	....	transportation coordinator
John Sundby	....	driver
Sean Tichenor	....	driver
Don Williams	....	driver

Other crew
Robin Adams	....	office production assistant
Brian Amlin	....	production secretary: prep
Lark Bernini	....	production coordinator
Megan Brown	....	accounting clerk
Jason Cohoon	....	office production assistant
Nathan Dinihanian	....	photo double
Nathan Dinihanian	....	stand-in
Joseph Duerst	....	production assistant
Jay Floyd	....	clearance administrator
Shaun Gavin	....	location manager
Wade Hagen	....	production accountant
Ross Henry	....	marine safety
Kieran Henthorn	....	assistant to director
Dave Hoffman	....	marine safety
Tracy Holliday	....	second assistant location manager
Paul Kuthe	....	marine technical advisor
Devan Linforth	....	key set production assistant
Elizabeth Maxwell	....	assistant chef
Michael Maxwell	....	caterer
Mary McDonald-Lewis	....	dialect coach
Jeff Mills	....	stand-in
Dawnn Pavlonnis	....	travel coordinator
Wilson Peery	....	production secretary
Adam Perrigan	....	additional production assistant
Jenna Rae	....	set production assistant
Ron Ridenour	....	set production assistant
Sheila Roberts	....	craft service assistant
Taylor Saxon	....	key medic
Taylor Saxon	....	key set medic
Mark S. Thomas	....	script supervisor
Andrew Ticer	....	location assistant
Timothy P. Tundel	....	first assistant production accountant
Heather Wakehouse	....	stand-in: Madison Bontempo
Robert Warberg	....	assistant location manager
Gresszelle Williams	....	assistant chef
Patsy Williams	....	craft service
Randy Williams	....	sous chef
Derek Wilson	....	set production assistant
James Yasenchok	....	payroll accountant
Cameron Zickrick	....	set production assistant

Distributors

• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Amalgamated Pixels (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Rex Post  additional adr
• Roundabout Entertainment  sound post-production
• Rutabaga Background Casting  extras casting
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude sexual humor and language.

Runtime:

Netherlands:96 min | USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:6 | Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Australia:M

Movie Connections:

References Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

because CGI rodents biting people in the crotch is the height of hilarity, right?

The best part of having a girlfriend is, of course, the copious amounts of sex. On the flip-side, the worst part of having a steady girlfriend is having to sit through many MANY crappy movies, this brings me to the topic at hand "Without A Paddle 2" which has nothing at all to do with the first one (which ironically I also was conned into watching when it came out, different girl though, but I digress) This one revolves around a guy who meets a vegetarian animal-rights crusader while on the first day of high school, she gets expelled the second day before she can so his 'cool' homemade 'Meat is Murder' T-shirt (I guess the Che shirts were all sold out) Anyways years little his friend, who works in a nursing home, accepts the dying wish of an ancient old lady to find her grand-daughter, whom winds up being, yup you guessed it, little Mizz Feminist crusader. So he, his friend, and a snotty English guy with ulterior motives travel to her last known whereabouts deep in the rain-forests.

This film was atrocious, the joke aren't just easily telegraphed, they're also massively unfunny, the acting is sub-standard and I didn't give a toss about any of the characters involved in the least. Also Jerry Rice was a great football player, and as an actor he was a great football player. That was seriously painful to watch. The only good thing that came from this film is the sex I got for being forced to deal with this major eye sore of a 'movie'. It's all about reparations people.

My Grade: F

DVD Extras: A 10 minute Making-of; 'Furious Nuts' featurette which is 7 minutes about the CGI-squirrels; 'Treehouse Tales' three minutes about the treehouse sets; a gag reel; 4 very short deleted scenes; and Tralers for "Van Wilder: Freshman year", "American Teen", "Stoned Age", " 'Kenny Vs. Spenny' Volume 1, 'TV Funhouse Uncensored'