Paddle to the Sea (Released by Janus Films, in association with the Criterion Collection) | 
| Director: Bill Mason
Actor: Paddle To The Sea
Studio: Criterion Collection
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 5278
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 30 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: CC1748DDVD
UPC: 715515029025
EAN: 0715515029025
ASIN: B0012Z362G
Theatrical Release Date: 1966
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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Based on Holling C. Holling's beloved Caldecott-awarded children's book William Mason's stunning film follows the adventures of a tiny wood-carved canoe as it forges its own path from Lake Superior through the Great Lakes and down to the Atlantic Ocean. Buoyed by beautiful photography and a sense of true wonder about the sun Earth and water the Academy Award-nominated Paddle to the Sea is an unforgettable tribute to the forces of the natural world as well as a thrilling journey across the waves and rapids of North America.System Requirements:LENGTH: 28 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 715515029025 Manufacturer No: CC1748DDVD
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Paddle to the Sea, the short film named after the carved wooden toy boat it tracks through various waterways from Canada to the Atlantic Ocean, is Canadian director William Mason's sweet homage to the 1940s children's book. Like The Red Balloon, Paddle To The Sea folklorically portrays a toy's journey, with a bit of added personification since the whittled boat contains a stoic Native American man carved into its seat. The film begins in a Nipogon log cabin, where a boy laments releasing his newly crafted artwork but soon realizes that setting his toy free is the only way to enliven it. After pouring molten lead into the boat's base to encourage its floating upright, and writing "I am Paddle to the Sea: Please Put Me Back in the Water" on the boat's underside, he drops the boat into a snowy stream and hopes someday it will reach the ocean. Beyond the film's wise message of non-attachment, wonderment is sustained throughout while trying to guess how Mason managed to track this swift-sailing canoe down river rapids, through industrially polluted waterways, and even over Niagara Falls. Fortuitous shots of animals investigating the boat as if to eat it seem almost pre-planned. Cameras strapped onto rafts, lowered down cliffs by rope, and more enabled the director to follow the toy in close-up, as if he were filming a wildlife documentary. Narrated from an omniscient point of view by a man with a soothing storyteller's voice, Paddle to the Sea is a lullaby to tranquility that entertains with simple charm and clever wit. --Trinie Dalton
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 PADDLE TO THE SEA December 4, 1999
vinceandlee@earthlink.net (LOS ANGELES, CA)
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
I LOVED THE MOVIE PADDLE TO THE SEA AS A CHILD IN THE 1960'S. I AM LOOKING FOR THE OLD MOVIE VERSION FOR MY OWN CHILDREN AND CANNOT FIND IT. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE 1996 ANIMATED VERSION.
Holling Hollingsworth and Paddle to the Sea November 22, 2001
nanne lynn (Indio, ca United States)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
As an English teacher, I am so sorry to read the negative reviews of the two young people. I am in awe of Hollingsworth's ability to tell a good story for students. I own his books, albeit worn and well-read, and I am buying this film for my grandson, so I hope it is the one I saw when I was doing my PHD in children's literature in the early 1970. I have never forgotten the story. Perhaps our young people today are used to blood and guts, and fail to understand there is sweetness in life, too. I love Paddle to the Sea.
Not to be missed February 12, 2008
Roland Chrisjohn (Canada)
11 out of 14 found this review helpful
"Paddle to the Sea" is the story of a carving of an Indian in a canoe that is placed in the snows of upper Lake Superior, and which has as its goal reaching the Atlantic ocean. A legend written on the carving asks that anyone who finds him please put him back in the water. His passage through lakes, locks, and rivers is depicted in scenes of great beauty alternating with scenes of industrialization and pollution. Whether or not Paddle to the Sea will make it keeps arising as an issue, and the original beauty of the carving degrades as it traverses seemingly insurmountable barriers. This is a movie that MOVES you... an emotional experience as gripping as any, done with simplicity and without dialogue. It should not be missed.
A beautifully-restored children's classic. March 1, 2008
G. Merritt (Boulder, CO)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Janus films is releasing three newly-restored classic children's films: The Red Balloon, White Mane, and Paddle to the Sea. Based on Holling Clancy Holling's wildly-popular 1941 children's book, Paddle-to-the-Sea, William Mason's Oscar-nominated film follows the adventures of a boy who carves a wooden model of an Indian canoe and sets it free at Lake Nipigon, Canada, to travel the five Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean. As the canoe makes its journey from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean, Mason's film captures the wonder and beauty of nature along the the way. This film rivals The Red Balloon and White Mane in its universal appeal to children of all ages. Highly recommended.
G. Merritt
Epic November 17, 1998
flood32@juno.com (Manchester, CT)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was first inspired by Paddle to the Sea as a young lad in kindergarden. To this day paddle fosters warm memories and reinforces philosophical images of life. Think about it, paddle to the sea. . .
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