Shorts [videorecording] : the adventures of the wishing rock / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Media Rights Capital ; a Troublemaker Studios Production ; a Robert Rodriguez film ; produced by Robert Rodriguez and Elizabeth Avellan ; writen and directed by Robert Rodriguez.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 1000090287 | Warner Home Video3000022243 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2009.Description: 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419879154
- 9781419879159
- Adventures of the wishing rock
- Music by Robert Rodriguez, Carl Thiel, George Oldzey; edited by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Manous.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | FAMILY Shorts | Available | 33111005834706 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A young boy living in a cookie-cutter suburb gets hit on the head with a rainbow-colored rock that grants wishes to anyone who holds it in this family-oriented fantasy comedy from Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez. All the houses in Black Falls look exactly the same, and everyone who lives in this suburban Shangri-la works for Black Box Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated. A highly profitable company thanks to their latest invention, Mr. Black's Black Box -- an all-in-one communication device that's revolutionized the technological landscape -- Black Box Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated also employs the parents of 11-year-old Toe Thompson. But Toe isn't entirely sold on the concept of this corporate conglomerate; all he wants is to make some new friends, and that wish comes true after Toe is struck in the head by a mysterious rainbow-colored rock that falls right out of the clear blue sky. A magical stone that puts Mr. Black's Black Box to shame, Toe's rock possesses the power to grant wishes. Now, as the rock begins to change hands, Black Falls is overrun by miniature spaceships, crocodile armies, boogers the size of boulders, and whatever other oddities the imaginative local kids happen to dream up. Who would have thought that the real trouble would start once the grown-ups in town get their hands on the mysterious rock? With the situation quickly spiraling out of control, it's up to Toe and his friends to save the townspeople from themselves by proving to them that the things you wish for may not actually be the best things for you. Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, and James Spader co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture.
Special features include ten minute film school short shorts; Ten minute cooking school segment on baking cookies.
Music by Robert Rodriguez, Carl Thiel, George Oldzey; edited by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Manous.
Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings.
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.
MPAA rating: PG; for mild action and some rude humor.
DVD, Dolby Digital Surround 5.1, region 1, standard & widescreen versions.
English, French, or Spanish dialogue; English, French, or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.