Product Details

• Actors: Walter Lane: Bob Wagg, Stu Silverstein
• Directors: Walter Lane: Bob Wagg, Richard Searls, Richard Searls, Stu Silverstein
• Format: NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Northeast Historic Film
• VHS Release Date: September 30, 2002
• Run Time: 124 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007GDK7
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,762 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Grandfather, July 16, 2006

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blondie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead River Rough Cut Director's Cut (DVD)

I was just looking around and found dead river rough cut, and was curious what people thought of the movie that my grandfather, Bob Wagg and his best friend, Walter Lane, made. I would also like to add that listening to Walter recite the cremation of Sam McGee in person when I was little was very interesting. I watch my grandfathers movie all the time and love hearing Walter recite that everytime. Even though it was much betta in person. I'm glad that before they both passed on they were able to get this movie made. I'll close now but wanted everyone to know I appreciate their good reviews.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an aquired taste, January 18, 2007

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Rodney M. Cole "Uncle Rodney" (Gulf Coast of Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead River Rough Cut Director's Cut (DVD)

This film is not everyone's cup of tea. Two Maine backwoodsmen, a bit "woods-queer" as exteme rural Mainer's have been called, allow their lives to be filmed and their opinions to be heard.

The greatest social event, involving 4 people, is the slautering of a pig. From then on we learn about working oxen in the woods, making snowshoes, trapping beaver and rural Maine in the heart of winter. The notes about the production and the interview of one of the men years later are well worth watching in the special features. So is the recitation, from memory of "The Cremation of Sam McGee."

Aside from the general warning that this is not for the squemish or oversensitive (particularly women, who take some hard hits as a species)
this is a good study of the life of these hard working recluses.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reality Cinema before it was cool, May 21, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Dead River Rough Cut Director's Cut (DVD)

The lifestyle and humor indicate what a life in the bush is really like. The Maine woods have always been the domain of unique characters, and in this dvd you get two of them. Highly recommended.