The Misadventures of the Dunderheads

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The Misadventures of the Dunderheads
The Misadventures of the Dunderheads poster.jpg
Directed byD.G. Brock
Written byP.D. Hughen
Produced byBruce Stubblefield
Starring Olympia Dukakis
Haley Joel Osment
Alison Brie
Veronica Cartwright
James MacDonald
Lew Temple
Ellen Geer
CinematographyJames Mathers
Edited byPeter Devaney Flanagan
Stephen M. Rickert Jr.
Music by Greg Edmonson
Release date
  • October 12, 2012 (2012-10-12)(LA Femme)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Misadventures of the Dunderheads, also known as Montana Amazon, is a 2012 American independent black comedy road feature film starring Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment, and Alison Brie.

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Plot

The Dunderheads are an eccentric Montana family who've been in the mountains far too long. Now one step ahead of the law, matriarch Grandma Ira careens across the American West with her two wildly dysfunctional teenage grandkids.

Cast

Reception

The finished film premiered in October 2012 at the Los Angeles Femme International Film Festival where its director, D.G. Brock, won the Best Feature Film Director award. [1] The film was shown theatrically in art houses across the South by The Southern Circuit in March and April 2013. [2] It was shown on the Starz Movie Channels from 2013 through August 2014. [3]

Awards

The film, then titled Montana Amazon, won "Best Feature Film" at the 2010 "Big Apple Film Festival". [4]

Alternate version

In 2023, the film was recut to 83 minutes and retitled Montana Amazon Redux. [5]

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References

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