Paddle to the sea / the National Film Board of Canada ; Janus Films ; a film by Bill Mason.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Holling, Holling Clancy. Paddle-to-the-Sea, author.

Contributor:

Mason, Bill, 1929-1988, director, editor, director of photography.

Biggs, Julian, producer.

Jackson, Stanley, commentator.

Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000, composer.

National Film Board of Canada, producer.

Janus Films, distributor.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canoes and canoeing--Drama.

Canoes and canoeing.

Canoes and canoeing--Superior, Lake--Drama.

Canoes and canoeing--Great Lakes (North America)--Drama.

Atlantic Ocean--Drama.

Atlantic Ocean.

Children's films.

Genre:

Motion pictures, Canadian.

Short films.

Action and adventure films.

Film adaptations.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Canada?] : Janus Films, [2008]

Language Note:

English subtitles for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

DVD, region 1, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.

digital

optical

mono

Dolby

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

A young Native American boy carves a small wooden man into a canoe. Follows the adventures of the tiny craft as it forges its own path from Lake Superior through the Great Lakes and down to the Atlantic Ocean. A thrilling journey across the waves and rapids of North America.

Participant:

Commentary: Stanley Jackson.

Credits:

Direction, photography, editing, Bill Mason ; producer, Julian Biggs ; associate producer and commentary by Stanley Jackson ; music, Louis Applebaum.

Notes:

Based on the book by Holling C. Holling.

Originally produced as motion picture in 1966.

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.

Related Work:

Holling, Holling Clancy. Paddle-to-the-Sea, author.

ISBN:

9781604650327

160465032X

OCLC:

191569141

Publisher Number:

715515029025

CC1748D Criterion Collection