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Triumph of the Wall

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A novice builder in Quebec drastically underestimates the time and effort it will take for him to construct a 1,000-foot-long stone wall on his property.

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Nicolas Rapold New York Times 05/30/2013
2/5
Neither the very relaxed pace of this builder, Chris Overing, nor Mr. Stone's sporadically amusing neuroses about his filmmaking make for a gripping documentary. Go to Full Review Miriam Bale New York Daily News 05/30/2013
1/5
"Sometimes you start things, and you don't know exactly why," muses filmmaker Bill Stone, surely expressing the feelings of everyone who buys a ticket to his aimless, and seemingly endless, documentary. Go to Full Review Zachary Wigon Village Voice 05/28/2013
Not so much a crafted film as a compendium of one guy's musings. Go to Full Review Frank Lovece Film Journal International 05/31/2013
Navel-gazing documentary that's less about the subject-the building of a stone wall-than about the filmmaker obsessing over the subject and himself. Vocally. Continuously. Numbingly. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Bill Stone

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Triumph of the Wall

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Movie Info

Synopsis A novice builder in Quebec drastically underestimates the time and effort it will take for him to construct a 1,000-foot-long stone wall on his property.
Director
Bill Stone
Screenwriter
Bill Stone
Distributor
First Run
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 31, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$430
Runtime
1h 42m