Shorts
Category: Family
All Genres: Family
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Runtime: 89
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Sound: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
Taglines:
Writing by: Robert Rodriguez – written by
Produced by: Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei – executive producer (as Mohammed Khalaf)
Elizabeth Avellan – producer
Ed Borgerding – executive producer
Stacy Cohen – executive producer
Dan Lin – executive producer
Hunt Lowry – executive producer
Tom Proper – associate producer
Robert Rodriguez – producer
Asif Satchu – executive producer
Modi Wiczyk – executive producer
Cast: Jimmy Bennett – Toe Thompson
Jake Short – Nose Noseworthy
Kat Dennings – Stacey Thompson
Trevor Gagnon – Loogie
Devon Gearhart – Cole Black
Jolie Vanier – Helvetica Black
Rebel Rodriguez – Lug
Leo Howard – Laser
Leslie Mann – Mom Thompson
Jon Cryer – Dad Thompson
William H. Macy – Dr. Noseworthy
Music: George Oldziey Robert Rodriguez Carl Thiel
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Plot Outline: The movie also follows Julia and Paul Child through Julia Child's memoir, MY LIFE IN FRANCE, which she wrote with her grand nephew Alex Prud'homme.
Plot: A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list – like these:
- The role of Stacey Thompson was to be originally played by Alexa Vega, but a scheduling conflict with her film, Broken Hill (2009), which was filmed in Australia lead to her having to be recast, Kat Dennings was cast instead.
- Released theatrically in the US on the same day as Inglourious Basterds (2009) by Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez' last film was their collaboration Grindhouse (2007).

