Product Details

• Actors: Steve Smith, Patrick McKenna, Bob Bainborough, Wayne Robson, Jeff Lumby
• Directors: Eric Till
• Writers: Steve Smith
• Producers: Dan Lyon, David C. Smith, Sari Friedland
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: April 29, 2003
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008R9KR
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,597 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Red Green - Duct Tape Forever" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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The cult PBS comedy The Red Green Show stretches into a feature film with Duct Tape Forever, still very much about a batch of underachieving Canadian men and their high church of low expectations, the Possum Lodge. The longtime TV series, starring Steve Smith as flannel-shirted handyman Red Green, makes a comic virtue of Canuck self-parody and universal male ineptness.

"Whenever a man does a dumb thing," says Red, "it's better if he doesn't have an audience." Well, a lot of eyes are on Red, his geeky nephew Harold (Patrick McKenna), and the other boys after a rich man (Richard Fitzpatrick) drives his car into a Possum Lodge sinkhole and sues for damages. The solution: Build a giant, duct tape goose and enter it in a Minnesota contest for cash prizes. Of course. Co-creator Smith re-tools the show's self-deprecating essence and run-on joke about male incompetence into a winning movie. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

RED AND THE BOYS EMBARK ON A ROAD TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EN ROUTE TO A DUCT TAPE FESTIVAL IN THE USA, WHERE THEY INTEND TOWIN FIRST PRIZE BY CREATING A SCULPTURE MADE OF AT LEAST 50%DUCT TAPE.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Duct Taped Comedy, January 7, 2004

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Roger Kennedy (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Green - Duct Tape Forever (DVD)

Anyone who likes the Red Green Show should take to this movie like duck to water. I admit, I found it a little odd seeing the gang in a movie for the first time. Those who are use to the show's format will have to adjust in order to appreciate the movie. I know with me the first time I viewed it I was not thrilled. But a subsequnt viewing made me enjoy it a lot more. I think Red Green is kinda like that. When you first view it you kind of dismiss it, but something draws you back none the less, and then it gradually grows on you like a fungus! Give this movie a chance to do the same thing. True, its a little silly and sentimantal, perhaps more so than the Show for sure, but that's the why movies are these days. Red and his characters actually have to sustain some longer scenes, and the production value is deffinitely better than what we are accustomed to on the show. Harold seems to be the main character who gets to evolve, just a little bit, and he gets his first kiss with the female cop which was a bit hooky, but thats the movies! I wonder if they have sheriffs in Canada? Thought it might be Constables more on the English model. Was not sure on that point, but one really should not ask these kinds of questions with Red Green! An added feature are the behind the scenes notes on the making of the movie where many amusing interviews of the charaters are shown. This could be a real plus for the viewer even more than the movie perhaps. Overall, Red Green fans should enjoy it. This is the kind of film with a built in audience. I would recommend first time viewers to see some of the shows before checking out the movie. That way they can understand the strange way that Red Green works. Otherwise, sit back, lower your standards and enjoy!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for any Red Green fan!, March 7, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Green - Duct Tape Forever (DVD)

Suddenly, Red Green (played by Steve Smith) finds himself in a real bind, and this one not of his making. When an unscrupulous businessman sues Possum Lodge for $10,000, Red has ten days to come up with the money. Taking his nephew Harold's advice (yes, believe it or not), Red sets out for Minnesota, hoping to win the $10,000 third-place prize in the Duct Tape Contest. But, there's a lot in Red & Harold's way: a crooked cop, the businessman and his army, and...well...each other. Can they save Possum Lodge? No problem, eh?

This 91-minute movie, released in 2001, is based on the hit Canadian comedy show The New Red Green Show. Changing the format from the show, this movie puts Red and Harold on the road, facing numerous adventures in the real world. (If you can call that the real world!) This is a fun adventure, stretching the already wonderful characters - a must-have for any Red Green fan!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't meet my standards, September 4, 2006

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Illusionaire (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Red Green - Duct Tape Forever (DVD)

I'm a huge fan of the TV show, and almost any episode leaves my sides hurting from laughing so hard. The movie, while funny, at best elicited chuckles from me. Some of the writing was clever, but the story just didn't reach the high standards set by years of the show. The magnetism between Deputy Dawn and Harold should have been developed better, and why bother with the flashback sequence? I would have loved to see them make more of regular minor characters like Winston Rothschild III instead of wasting time on less-developed characters like the Sheriff. Red could have challenged the Rich City Guy to a winner-take-all word challenge, or set up an "out-innovate your opponent" contest. The duct-tape sculpture contest device was a bit weak. Maybe there's just a point you reach where it's just too late to make a movie spin-off of a project. I'd actually rate the DVD extras as much more valuable than the movie itself. They give a lot of insight into the show, the creative forces behind it, and the amazingly talented guys who make up the cast. I'm just disappointed that the movie had great material to work with and didn't live up to its potential. Buy it for the extras, not the movie.