The Discoverers

5.0

May 16 2014

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2h 44m

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Comedy

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a Lewis and Clark historical reenactment trek, Lewis is forced to make a family detour. The Birch family find themselves on a journey of discovery and connection as they make their own passage west.

Cast

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Griffin Dunne

Lewis Birch

Madeleine Martin

Zoe

Cara Buono

Nell

Devon Graye

Jack

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