Prince Avalanche

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Prince Avalanche
File:Prince Avalanche Official Poster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by David Gordon Green
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Screenplay by David Gordon Green
Based on Either Way
by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
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Cinematography Tim Orr
Edited by Colin Patton
Production
company
Distributed by Magnolia Pictures
Release dates
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  • January 20, 2013 (2013-01-20) (Sundance)
  • August 9, 2013 (2013-08-09) (United States)
Running time
 94 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $725,000
Box office $442,313[1]

Prince Avalanche is a 2013 comedy-drama film starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. It was directed by David Gordon Green, who also wrote the screenplay based on the 2011 Icelandic film Either Way (Á annan veg). The film was shot in Bastrop, Texas, after the Bastrop County Complex fire.

Plot

In 1988, an odd pair of sorts, meditative and stern Alvin (Paul Rudd) and his girlfriend's brother, Lance (Emile Hirsch), 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. An unlikely friendship develops through humor and nasty exchanges, leading to surprising affection.

Cast

Production

The idea of making Prince Avalanche came when the band Explosions in the Sky proposed the idea of making a movie with director David Gordon Green at Bastrop State Park, which was being restored following the 2011 Bastrop County Complex fire.[2] Adapted from Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson's 2011 film Either Way, the script for Prince Avalanche consisted of roughly 65 pages – about 30 pages short of an average feature-length screenplay.[3] From development onward, the film was fast tracked to completion. "We really didn’t have time for proper or traditional development," said Gordon Green. "We had the idea in February of 2012, we were filming in May, and sound mixing in July. It was an unusually tight production schedule."[4] Paul Rudd joked to an Entertainment Weekly interviewer, "I found the biggest challenge of working on this was trying to stifle my alpha-male [masculinity]."[5]

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 major film studio.[6] Principal photography for Prince Avalanche began in May 2012 and lasted for 16 days in Bastrop State Park. Because of its scale, the film was shot with a small 15-person film crew.[7] While already mid-shoot, the film crew came across Joyce Payne, a resident of the area whose home was destroyed in the fire.[8] Fascinated by her story, Gordon Green included her in the film. "It wasn’t scripted at all; it was something very real for her that we documented," said Gordon Green. "It ended up being pivotal. I couldn’t imagine the movie without it now."[4]

Release

Prince Avalanche premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on 20 January.[9] Then it had its international premiere in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on 13 February 2013[10] where David Gordon Green won the Silver Bear for Best Director.[11] It subsequently screened within such U.S. festivals as South by Southwest and Maryland Film Festival.

Reception

Prince Avalanche received positive reviews and has an approval rating of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 108 reviews with an average score of 7 out of 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."[12] Metacritic gives the film a score of 73 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 29 critics.[13]

Soundtrack

Prince Avalanche
Soundtrack album by Explosions in the Sky & David Wingo
Released August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)
Genre Soundtrack
Length 37:35
Label Temporary Residence
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 72/100[14]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[15]
Alternative Press 3.5/5 stars[16]
Clash 7/10[17]
Consequence of Sound C+[18]
Drowned in Sound 8/10[19]
Exclaim! 6/10[20]
NME 6/10[21]
Pitchfork Media 6.5/10[22]
Popmatters 7/10[23]
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars[24]

The soundtrack was scored by Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo.[25]

No. Title Length
1. "Fires"   1:29
2. "Theme from Prince Avalanche"   2:22
3. "Dear Madison"   1:47
4. "Passing Time"   1:51
5. "Rain"   1:08
6. "Alone Time"   4:59
7. "Hello, Is This Your House?"   4:10
8. "Can't We Just Listen to the Silence"   1:35
9. "Wading"   1:38
10. "Dear Alvin"   1:21
11. "The Lines on the Road that Lead You Back Home"   2:00
12. "An Old Peasant Like Me"   3:47
13. "Join Me on My Avalanche"   3:29
14. "The Adventures of Alvin and Lance"   1:50
15. "Send Off"   4:09

References

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