Shorts
“NOT SO TALL tales from the director of Spy Kids.”
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.
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Cast
37 people
Jimmy Bennett
Toby Thompson
Known for
Orphan
No Ordinary Family
Jake Short
Nose Noseworthy
Known for
A.N.T. Farm
Lab Rats: Elite Force
Kat Dennings
Stacy Thompson
Known for
WandaVision
2 Broke Girls
Trevor Gagnon
Loogie Short
Known for
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Fly Me to the Moon
Devon Gearhart
Cole Black
Known for
Funny Games
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Jolie Vanier
Helvetica Black
Also in
Ghild
Chasing Grace
Rebel Rodriguez
Lug Short
Known for
Planet Terror
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Leo Howard
Laser Short
Known for
Legacies
Why Women Kill
Leslie Mann
Mom Thompson
Known for
17 Again
Rio
Jon Cryer
Dad Thompson
Known for
Two and a Half Men
Supergirl
William H. Macy
Dr. Noseworthy
Known for
Shameless
Fargo
James Spader
Carbon Black
Known for
The Blacklist
Stargate
Robert Rodriguez Director · Álvaro Rodríguez Writer Carl Thiel Composer
Worldwide gross $29M · Budget $40M · United States release August 21, 2009
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$29,000,000
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
Troublemaker Studios
Production
Image Nation Studios
Production
MRC
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ
Production
United Arab Emirates · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Ireland · August 21, 2009
Digital
United States · August 21, 2009
Theatrical
Czechia
September 24, 2009 · Digital
France
August 31, 2013 · Digital · VOD
Germany
October 1, 2009 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 3, 2010 · Digital
Italy
August 21, 2009 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
October 29, 2009 · Theatrical
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