WaterWalk
comes to theaters in May!
View the trailer
here.
Based on Steven Faulkner's acclaimed true story, this local independent
film was shot in Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri in 2011. Starring
Robert Cicchini, a veteran Hollywood actor who has appeared in more
than 100 films and television programs including Dream Girls, War of the Worlds, Primary Colors and
Godfather III. WaterWalk will open in more than
100 theaters across the midwest. Director of Photography
Bruce Schermer was lead cinematographer on Michael Moore's debut
hit, Roger & Me as well as Sundance Grand Prize Winner Chameleon
Street. The film stars Chase Maser, an actor from
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Synposis:
After Blue Lake, Michigan, newspaper
editor Steve Faulkner is laid off, his 17 year-old adopted son
Justin could have easily stepped aside and watched his dad
frantically search for another job. Instead he persuades his
workaholic dad to join him on the trip of a lifetime, a 1,000 mile
canoe journey retracing the Marquette/Joliet discovery route of the
Mississippi. Together they travel along Lake Michigan's northern
shore, through Green Bay, up the Fox, down the Wisconsin and finally
the mighty Mississippi.
Braving rough water, big storms,
flood stage rivers and portaging larger sections of the heavily
dammed Fox, the Faulkners nearly run out of money, become minor
celebrities and confront the ultimate challenge presented to fathers
who leave their jobs to spend more time with their children,
boredom. Paddling hour after hour they discover that they don't read
the same books, watch the same movies and television shows or even
know the same songs. Trying to kill time they end up singing the
only music they both know, Christmas carols in July. A journey
through middle America, WaterWalk is a memorable look at an
original journey that defines our nation and informs the heart.
Continues to play at Grand Haven 9 on May 14, 15, 16 at 7:00pm.
Not officially rated, but treated as
a "PG."
Running time: 128 minutes
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