Prince Avalanche

Prince Avalanche (2013)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

6.129/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

2013-02-13

Country

United States

Production

Rough House Pictures, Muskat Filmed Properties, Dreambridge Films, Dogfish Pictures, Lankn Partners, The Bear Media, To Get to the Other Side Productions

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$725 000

Revenue

$205 139 000

Website

http://www.magpictures.com/princeavalanche/

Director

David Gordon Green

Actors

Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, Joyce Payne, Gina Grande, Lynn Shelton, Larry Kretchmar, Enoch Moon, David L. Osborne Jr., Danni Wolcott
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

David Gordon Green

Producer

James Belfer, David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng, Craig Zobel, Árni Filippusson, Jody Hill, Leo Joseph, Todd J. Labarowski, Danny McBride

Operator

Tim Orr

Composer

David Wingo

Artist

Audition

Editing

Colin Patton
All team (26)

• At the beginning of the film, Alvin (Paul Rudd) finds himself among the charred remains of a house and discovers an elderly woman in a pink hat. This woman is played by Joyce Payne, who had no prior acting experience before this film, and she is sorting through the actual remains of her old home. Having already passed the midpoint of filming, David Gordon Green met Joyce Payne, a local resident who had lost her home and all her possessions in a fire. Her story captivated the director so much that he immediately made the woman one of the four main characters of the film.
• The film was shot in just 16 days.
• The film was shot in complete secrecy and isolation, with filming taking place in a national park recovering from wildfires, with a crew of only about fifteen people.
• At the end of the film, when Alvin speaks to the old woman in German, the subtitles translate his phrase as “Would you like to join us on our adventure?” In reality, he says “Willst Du bei unserer Lawine mitmachen?”, which translates as “Do you want to join our avalanche?”
• The vehicle inspection sticker on the truck indicates the year 2011, although the events of the film take place in 1988.
• Lance lights a cigarette with a BIC lighter that has a childproof cap. This feature didn't exist in 1988.
• So much lane marking would require a lot of paint. But the characters only have one barrel, which is shown in the scene where Lance paints his shoes.