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Almost Heroes
1998
· Movie
· 90 min
F
MEANRANK
46/100
Every rating
Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark.
Details
- Director
- Christopher Guest
- Writers
- Boyd Hale, Mark Nutter, Thomas R. Wolfe
- Studio
- Di Novi Pictures, Turner Pictures (I)
- Released
- 29 May 1998
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $6.1M
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