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Synopsis: 'Dave Made A Maze' re-imagines classic 80's adventure films with a modern comedic edge and a higher body count. Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave's girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. The handmade fantasy world comes to life with puppetry, stop-motion animation, and in-camera optical illusions, re-igniting the tactile sense of wonder from the movies of our childhoods.
Director(s): Bill Watterson
Production: Gravitas Ventures
  14 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
TV-14
Year:
2017
80 min
$13,178
Website
203 Views


hobo from the street.

- Can I use the shower?

- Gordon!

Look, buddy, you said

you knew mazes.

I said I know cardboard.

- Pizza's here.

- More cardboard.

Oh, you guys got some pizza.

- Annie?

- What?

Can you come back to the back

of the labyrinth, please?

I can't.

I have to get the pizza.

Please?

I'll get it.

I'll get it.

What?

I'm sorry I can't

figure my way out of here.

I feel like a fish

in a fishbowl.

Everything is so close.

I'm really sorry.

Ok.

Ok what?

You sound pissed.

This is stupid.

Not from in here.

I miss you.

I miss you, too.

Ok, that's great.

Can we try another one?

Ok, I got one.

Um, when I first heard about

Dave being trapped in a maze,

I was like, well,

at least he's not sucking

a big veiny dick

for kickstarter money.

That's not how

kickstarter works!

- Hi.

- Oh, hey.

Why didn't we start with Annie?

- I'm going into the maze.

- Really? Ok.

- Don't touch me!

- I'm sorry.

You're good. We're gonna pick

up later, where we left off.

Ok, thank you, Leonard.

Ok, Annie, you come home,

there's a giant maze

in your living room,

you're like, what the...

There's a giant maze

in my living room!

I've heard of people

rearranging the furniture,

but this is

whack-a-doodle crazy!

You give me a sense of that.

So when you're ready.

Just let me know how you felt.

Put it in your own words.

Don't say whack-a-doodle.

That's dumb.

When you're ready,

Ok, just ignore me,

do what you're doing.

We'll put some music over this, it'll

be a montage, it'll be awesome!

Um, can we go in the maze now?

Yeah, can we go in the maze now?

What? No, guys, I'm just

going to fish Dave out.

This is not...

- So we can go in the maze now?

- Yes!

Let's f***ing do this!

Whoa.

What, stop it, guys, stop it!

- It's not finished!

- I'll be right there.

- What's going on?

- We're coming in.

You're not coming in, are you?

- F*** it, let's go.

- Stop!

Go, go, go! Don't look at the

camera, don't look at the camera.

Don't look at the camera!

Go, go, go, go through.

Whoa! My god!

Let's go this way.

Dave?

Maybe this way.

It is bigger.

- It goes down.

- This doesn't make any sense.

Ow!

No problem.

We're gonna...

We'll just turn around.

As long a we're all working

together, this is gonna be fine.

- It's gonna be great.

- Which way?

- Um, wait a second. Hold on.

- What's wrong?

Nothing, hold on,

just give me a second.

No, come on.

Dave!

Hey, hey, not on me,

on the maze. The maze!

Dave?

- Acoustics are different.

- Is that a problem?

Are you bringing

problems to my set?

You're here to provide

solutions, not problems.

- It's just different.

- Dave!

Ok, look, mazes

are very complicated.

Let's just take

a second and relax.

We don't need to

go and get lost.

We just got here.

Every maze has a dead end.

It's just a shame that

we had to find one so soon.

- Look at that.

- What is happening to you?

You're freaking out.

So let's just take a second

and have a breather.

No, don't!

Oh!

This must have taken hours.

It goes all the way up.

Wait, isn't this

the keyboard that you got Dave?

Yep.

At least the box

is being used, huh?

He really used

anything he could find.

Where's the keyboard?

Annie?

- Hey!

- Hey.

Dave? Dave!

Guys, come on!

Whoa.

No, it's fine.

Annie!

More childlike wonder.

Ooh!

Ooh.

Wow.

Why are we stopping?

Where's the second one?

Whoa!

There's gotta be

another way out!

Guys!

Get in the mouth!

Go! Come on!

I got it!

When I first heard about Dave

being trapped in a maze, um...

Seriously.

Yeah, Annie,

could you sit there?

Annie, just, Ok, there we go.

Just sit there. Ok.

Yeah. All right.

This is pretty overwhelming, huh?

Let's talk about this.

Yeah, I guess.

- Probably talk about...

- Ok, let's start with Annie.

Thank you, Gordon. All right.

Hold this for a second.

And I see that she keys left.

Do you have a bounce? I'd like to get

some fill on the other side of her face...

We're here in the maze

and we're rescuing Dave.

Great, hold on,

hold that thought. Not yet.

Good instincts.

Ok, so, Annie,

start with your name and age.

My name's Annie,

and we're rescuing Dave.

From the maze.

Ok, Annie,

when did Dave become able to

bring inanimate objects to life?

What?

We were just attacked

by giant origami birds.

Your thoughts?

I don't know.

What are your thoughts?

Often in the media,

women are portrayed as

incomplete without a man,

either talking about a guy,

or in this case

physically searching for a guy.

- What do you think about that?

What? I really don't care.

You don't care? You're a woman, you

don't care about gender stereotypes?

What are you, Betty Friedan?

Let's just keep it

about the maze.

You want me

to minimize her as a person

and just allow her identity

through a gender telescope fine!

- I want us to stay focused!

- You want me to stay focused?

Annie!

Is Dave important to you?

What would you do if

something happened to him?

- I...

- Hey, you guys!

This place is huge.

Jane, did you see

anything back there?

No, I didn't see anything.

This is a blast, huh?

Hold on, hold on.

Have you seen any of the other...

No, don't move!

Ok.

Look at me, I'm like a statue!

Why am I not moving, Annie?

Uh, Jane, just listen to him,

you might have triggered

a booby trap.

Booby trap?

No... no one else

stepped on this?

It's like a f***ing

cocktail party in here,

and nobody stepped on this?

Shh!

Ok. I think we're good.

Oh.

What?

- What the hell is this?

- Is this blood?

Is this my good yarn?

Did she die, or did she just

turn into a craft project?

Her head fell off, so I'm

gonna say that, she's dead?

I don't know!

Greg!

You're getting so cold.

I'm coming to get you, Brynn!

Greg?

I can hear you.

Greg?

Why did Dave build booby traps?

Because it's a labyrinth!

If it didn't have booby traps,

it would just be a series

of articulated hallways.

I don't care what it is.

I want to know why

it's killing people!

Ok, that's great,

but could you rephrase that

to more directly address

whether

what's happening here is real?

I want to get out of here!

Brynn! Are you Ok?

No, I am not Ok!

I want to get out

of this stupid maze.

Stop.

Hey, um...

You look nice, how are you?

- What?

- More of a...

Look, uh, we don't have time

for this, Brynn!

We are trapped inside

some sort of a death maze,

and we need to find our friends

and get the f*** out of here!

Ok, why are you shaking me?

I am shaking you because

I am brimming with emotion!

Get it together, Gordon!

Ok, enough.

Brynn, what happened?

A bunch of spikes hit Greg and

his guts splashed all over me.

Ok.

Ok.

We have to know what

we're dealing with here.

- I don't know what that is.

- Hug her.

- Give her a hug.

- No, come on.

Follow them.

Go, go, go, go,

go, go, go, go, go!

He was right there.

Could he have gotten up?

Maybe he was just hurt.

He was definitely hurt.

It looks like he got up

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