Doppelgänger Paul
| Doppelgänger Paul | |
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| Directed by | Dylan Akio Smith Kris Elgstrand |
| Written by | Kris Elgstrand |
| Produced by | Katherine Hazen Oliver Linsley |
| Starring | Brad Dryborough Tygh Runyan |
| Cinematography | Craig Trudeau |
| Edited by | Alex Leigh Barker Aram Coen |
Production companies | Doghouse Films The Whatever Institute |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Doppelgänger Paul, or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Dylan Akio Smith and Kris Elgstrand and released in 2011.[1]
The film stars Tygh Runyan as Karl, a lonely man who decides following a near-death experience that Paul (Brad Dryborough) is his doppelgänger, even though the two men look nothing alike. Although Paul agrees to edit Karl's unpublished manuscript A Book About How Much I Hate Myself, their burgeoning friendship is tested when he edits it in ways that Karl takes as an insult to his creativity; however, they must reunite to undertake a road trip to Portland, Oregon when the book is unexpectedly and inexplicably published several months later by a different pair of dissimilar doppelgängers whom neither man can recall having met.[2]
The film's cast also includes Arabella Bushnell, Ben Cotton and Bronwen Smith.
The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] before going into commercial release in 2012.[4]
References
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Doppelganger Paul". Now, February 23, 2012.
- ^ Robert Bell, "Doppelgänger Paul: Kris Elgstrand & Dylan Akio Smith". Exclaim!, February 23, 2012.
- ^ Liam Lacey, "Doppelganger Paul: A clever film that can strain one's patience". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2011.
- ^ Peter Howell, "Bromance hits road, goes off rails". Toronto Star, February 24, 2012.
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