Shorts (2009 film)
| Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Robert Rodriguez |
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| Written by | Robert Rodriguez |
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| Narrated by | Jimmy Bennett |
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| Cinematography | Robert Rodriguez |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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August 21, 2009 |
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Running time
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89 minutes |
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United States United Arab Emirates |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $29 million |
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| Soundtrack album / Film score by George Oldziey, Robert Rodriguez and Carl Thiel | ||
| Released | 2009 | |
| Recorded | 2009 | |
| Genre | Movie Soundtrack, Film Score | |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |
| Producer | Robert Rodriguez | |
| Singles from Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
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Shorts (also known as Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock, Shorts: A Not So Tall Tale only on the trailer and released internationally as The Wishing Rock) is a 2009 Emirati-American comic fantasy family film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film stars Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett and Kat Dennings.
Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock was theatrically released in the United States on August 21, 2009 by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film earned $29 million on a $20 million budget. It received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film. Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 24, 2009 by Warner Home Video. An Xbox video game of the same name was announced on June 23, 2009 with a prospective July release date in advance of the film's release, but was canceled.
Toby "Toe" Thompson (Jimmy Bennett) a 12-year old is bullied by Helvetica "Hel" Black (Jolie Vanier) and her 14-year old brother Cole (Devon Gearhart) on the way to school. Toe speculates that Hel loves him, infuriating Hel and leading Cole and his gang to start throwing rocks at Toe. One of the rocks they throw is a rainbow colored wishing rock, which Toes uses to wish for friends, which come in the form of small aliens. Toe takes the aliens to school, but their presence causes Toe and Hel to fall from the school's roof. The aliens leave, but Toe keeps the rock.
Previously, the Wishing Rock appeared at the home of Loogie (Trevor Gagnon), Laser (Leo Howard), and Lug (Rebel Rodriguez) Short, and they eventually wished that one of them was very smart. However, the power was given to their infant sister (portrayed by Bianca Rodriguez and voiced by Elizabeth Avellan). She convinced the boys to hide the rock and Cole found it to it the next day to throw at Toe.
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