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Land Ho!

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Land Ho!
Land Ho! poster.jpg
Directed by
Written by
  • Martha Stephens
  • Aaron Katz
Produced by
Starring
  • Paul Eenhoorn
  • Earl Lynn Nelson
  • Karrie Crouse
  • Elizabeth McKee
  • Alice Olivia Clarke
  • Emmsjé Gauti
CinematographyAndrew Reed
Edited byAaron Katz
Music byKeegan DeWitt
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19) (Sundance)
  • July 11, 2014 (2014-07-11) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Iceland
LanguageEnglish
Box office$727,594[1]

Land Ho! is a 2014 adventure comedy film, co-written and co-directed by Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz.[2][3] The film made its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014.[4] It also screened at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Locarno International Film Festival, and BFI London Film Festival.[5]

Sony Pictures Classics acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.[6][7]

The film released on July 11, 2014, in New York City and Los Angeles before expanding wide in the United States.[8] It won the John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature under $500,000 at the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards.

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Martha Stephens

Martha Stephens

Martha Stephens is an American film writer and director.

Aaron Katz (filmmaker)

Aaron Katz (filmmaker)

Aaron Katz is an American independent filmmaker from Portland, Oregon.

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BFI London Film Festival

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Sony Pictures Classics

Sony Pictures Classics

Sony Pictures Classics Inc. is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom. It distributes, produces and acquires specialty films such as documentaries, independent and arthouse films in the United States and internationally. As of 2015, Barker and Bernard are co-presidents of the division.

Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort, and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres.

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Plot

A pair of ex-brothers-in-law set off to Iceland in an attempt to reclaim their youth through Reykjavík nightclubs, trendy spas, and rugged camp-sites.

Cast

  • Paul Eenhoorn as Colin
  • Earl Lynn Nelson as Mitch
  • Karrie Crouse as Ellen
  • Elizabeth McKee as Janet
  • Alice Olivia Clarke as Nadine
  • Emmsjé Gauti as Glow Stick Guy

Production

Principal photography took place over 16 days in Iceland in September and October 2013, with 2 days in Kentucky over Memorial Day weekend in 2013. Locations shot in Iceland included Reykjavík, Skógar, Jökulsárlón, Landmannalaugar, Gullfoss, Strokkur, and Blue Lagoon. The film was shot on two Red One cameras to better capture the actors' natural mannerisms and reactions, and was edited in just six weeks. A mere one year and three days elapsed between the film's conception and its Sundance premiere.[9]

The film was executive produced by David Gordon Green, as well as Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous, and Wendy Ettinger of Gamechanger Films. It is the first feature to be financed by Gamechanger Films, an equity fund dedicated to financing features directed and co-directed by women.[10]

Earl Lynn Nelson, who plays Mitch, is a real life doctor and cousin of director Martha Stephens.[11]

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Principal photography

Principal photography

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Reykjavík

Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. Reykjavík has a population of around 137,618 as of 2023. Reykjavík had a population of 121,822 in 2015, meaning the population grows 1.62% annually. It is the centre of Iceland's cultural, economic, and governmental activity, and is a popular tourist destination among foreigners.

Skógar

Skógar

Skógar, literally "forests", is a small Icelandic village with a population of roughly 25 located at the south of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier, in the municipality of Rangárþing eystra.

Jökulsárlón

Jökulsárlón

Jökulsárlón is a large glacial lake in southern part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has grown since then at varying rates because of melting of the glaciers. It is now about 8 km (5.0 mi) away from the ocean's edge and covers an area of about 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi). In 2009 it was reported to be the deepest lake in Iceland, at over 284 m (932 ft), as glacial retreat extended its boundaries. The size of the lake has increased fourfold since the 1970s.

Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar is a location in Iceland's Fjallabak [ˈfjatlaˌpaːk] Nature Reserve in the Highlands. It is at the edge of the Laugahraun [ˈlœiːɣaˌr̥œiːn] lava field, formed in an eruption in approximately 1477. It is known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.

Gullfoss

Gullfoss

Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.

Strokkur

Strokkur

Strokkur is a fountain-type geyser located in a geothermal area beside the Hvítá River in Iceland in the southwest part of the country, east of Reykjavík. It typically erupts every 6–10 minutes. Its usual height is 15–20 metres (49–66 ft), although it can sometimes erupt up to 40 metres (130 ft) high.

Blue Lagoon (geothermal spa)

Blue Lagoon (geothermal spa)

The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa in southwestern Iceland. The spa is located in a lava field near Grindavík and in front of Mount Þorbjörn on Reykjanes Peninsula, in a location favourable for geothermal power, and is supplied by water used in the nearby Svartsengi geothermal power station. The Blue Lagoon is approximately 20 km (12 mi) from Keflavík International Airport, and is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland.

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Gamechanger Films

Gamechanger Films

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Promotion

The first trailer of the film was released on May 16, 2014.[12]

Reception

Land Ho! won the John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature under $500,000 at the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards and has received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 82% of 90 film critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.6 out of 10. The site's consensus reads "Gently amusing and agreeably modest in scale, Land Ho! uses its stars' warm chemistry to impart its poignant, quietly effective message."[13] On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 reviews from film critics, it has an average score of 68 from 30 reviews.[14]

In her Sundance round-up, Manohla Dargis of The New York Times called the film "Delightfully funny...By turns playful and wistful, the movie is anchored by its irresistible lead performances....The filmmakers adroitly skirt both the cute and the condescending — the default registers of too many movies about geezers — to offer a dual portrait of gloriously alive men who just happen to be old."[15]

Amy Taubin of Film Comment said, "The scenery is spectacular, the women they encounter are all marvelously independent, and Eenhoorn and Nelson make a hilarious, endearingly ribald odd couple. A serious film about loneliness, loss, and aging, it is also filled with joie de vivre from beginning to end (and a very cheeky ending it is)."[16]

Justin Chang of Variety said that "Paul Eenhoorn and Earl Lynn Nelson give pitch-perfect performances in this gently elegiac road comedy from helmers Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz."[17]

Todd McCarthy in his review for The Hollywood Reporter praised the film by saying that "A gently amusing odyssey with two old gents on the road in Iceland."[18]

Chris Cabin of Slant Magazine, praised the direction by saying that "the filmmakers consistently catch the nuances of character that bind the two men to each other, rather than simply tracing the pros and cons of their dispositions, is what gives the film its melancholic yet vibrant resonance."[19]

Dan Fienberg of HitFix said, "It's a funny and moving film about aging, but it's also a wacky journey across Iceland with two characters who are instantly likable and ultimately quite lovable."[20]

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Source: "Land Ho!", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 23rd), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Ho!.

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