Product Details

• Actors: Paddle to the Sea
• Directors: Bill Mason
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Criterion Collection
• DVD Release Date: April 29, 2008
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0012Z362G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,749 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Paddle to the Sea (The Criterion Collection)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

PADDLE TO THE SEA - DVD Movie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holling Hollingsworth and Paddle to the Sea, November 22, 2001

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nanne lynn (Indio, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paddle to the Sea [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not to be missed, February 12, 2008

By 

Roland Chrisjohn "wwqlcw" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paddle to the Sea (The Criterion Collection) (DVD)

"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.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful- my five year old son and I watch it over and over, February 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Paddle to the Sea [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love this video! I borrowed it from the local library and we don't want to take it back so I decided to buy it. My son and I have watched it every day for a week. It is so beautiful. It takes you into a magical world. It is so much better than the flashy cartoons you get so often. This is the best kids video we have ever found. I wish it weren't so expensive. This video will delight you if you have any sense of the beauty of nature and the magic world of a child's imagination.