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| Surviving Eden | |
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| Directed by | Greg Pritikin |
| Written by | Greg Pritikin |
| Story by | Joanne Giovannini Storkan |
| Produced by | Lisa Larrivee |
| Starring | Michael Panes Cheri Oteri Jane Lynch Peter Dinklage |
| Cinematography | Frederic Goodich |
| Edited by | Michael Palmerio |
| Music by | Greg Pritikin |
Production companies | Picture Entertainment Corp. Honest Engine Films |
| Distributed by | Good Films Releasing Cineville |
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Running time | 83 minutes [1] 89 minutes [2] [3] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Surviving Eden is a 2004 [2] American comedy film written by Joanne Giovannini Storkan and Greg Pritikin, directed by Pritikin and starring Michael Panes, Cheri Oteri, Jane Lynch and Peter Dinklage. [1]
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The film was released in Manhattan on August 25, 2006. [3]
The film has a 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews. [4] Nick Schager of Slant Magazine awarded the film 1 and a half stars out four. [2]
Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Although the early scenes hold out some promise that Greg Pritikin’s Surviving Eden, a parody of Survivor in which contestants compete for a million-dollar payday by playing Adam and Eve in a jungle setting, could amount to something, the movie quickly runs out of ideas." [3]
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