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Prince Avalanche

Prince Avalanche

20136.11h 34m

Overview

Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

Directed by David Gordon Green
Written by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, David Gordon Green
Produced by James Belfer, David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat
Box OfficeBudget: $725K0

Top Cast

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Alvin

Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch

Lance

Lance LeGault

Lance LeGault

Truck Driver

Joyce Payne

Joyce Payne

Lady

G

Gina Grande

Madison

Lynn Shelton

Lynn Shelton

Madison (voice)

L

Larry Kretchmar

Lumberjack

E

Enoch Moon

Lumberjack

D

David L. Osborne Jr.

Lumberjack

D

Danni Wolcott

Lumberjack

Themes & Keywords

texascampingtenthighwaytruckrural areaco-workers relationshiptruck driverboom box1980shammockroad workeryellow paintcountry road

About Prince Avalanche

Prince Avalanche is a comedy, drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of texas, camping, tent, highway, truck, rural area. Directed by David Gordon Green, it stars Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault. Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

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