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Shorts (also known as Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock poster title or Shorts: A Not-So-Tall Tale trailer title) is a 2009 family comedy/adventure film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It was released in the United States on August 21, 2009. A Nintendo DS video game of the same name was announced on June 23, 2009, with a prospective July release date in advance of the movie.
The movie starts before the logo with a pair of twins (Cambell Westmoreland and Zoe Webb) who decide to have a staring contest. The game continues throughout the course of the movie as a running gag. Both brother and sister lose because their mom snapped her fingers in front of their faces, causing both to blink at the same time. As they wondered who won the game they began a new round, which starts the logo and begins the film.
Toby "Toe" Thompson (Jimmy Bennett) begins telling the story from his point of view and explaining The Black Box Inc, where all the adults work. It is this company that creates the "Black Box", a small cube that can fill any technological need and which every adult at Black Falls works at. Toe goes to school only to be bullied by his worst enemy Helvetica "Hel" Black (Jolie Vanier) and her brother Colbert "Cole" (Devon Gearhart). Toe speculates in front of everyone that Hel loves him, which infuriates Hel and ends with Toe head first in a trash can. As Toe walks home, Cole and his gang chase him into a construction site filled with piles of dirt and up a tree and start throwing rocks at Toe.
Actors: Ryan Shovey (producer), Ryan Shovey (writer), Ryan Shovey (director), Ryan Shovey (producer), Ryan Shovey (composer), Ryan Shovey (editor), Ryan Shovey (writer), Pedro Lucero (actor), Liam Day (actor), Courtney Lacombe (actress), Liam Day (miscellaneous crew), Tyler Euper (miscellaneous crew), Cullen Lejeune (actor), Mark Fisher (actor), Preston Schrag (actor),
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Short, Thriller,Actors: Darren Holmquist (actor), Frank Hernandez (editor), Seychelle Gabriel (actress), Frank Hernandez (producer), Frank Hernandez (producer), Katherine Park (actress), Katherine Park (composer), David Toda (actor), Johnny Brillantes (actor), Johnny Brillantes (producer), Cj Thoms (actor), Johnny Brillantes (director), Tony Lowe (composer), Douglas Despres (actor), Rich Dreyling (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Sally Kirkland (actress), Rob Schneider (actor), Dan Haggerty (actor), Scott Wilson (actor), Randy Couture (actor), M. Emmet Walsh (actor), Geoffrey Gould (actor), David Alan Graf (actor), Richard Kind (actor), Richard Riehle (actor), David Carradine (actor), Henry Gibson (actor), Erik Betts (actor), Olivia Munn (actress), Jennifer Morrison (actress),
Plot: The fraudulent real state agent Stan is married with his beloved Mindy and has a seven million dollar fortune. When he is arrested for fraud, he is sentenced to three years in prison and his assets are frozen by the justice. However, his crooked lawyer Lew Popper negotiates a six month freedom, and the weak Stan, who is afraid of being raped in prison, hires the specialist in martial arts The Master to teach him self-defense. Six months later, Big Stan is sent to the Oaksburgh State Penitentiary totally confident in his expertise in martial arts. He challenges the violent leaders of the gangs and defeats them, being respected by the inmates and bringing peace in the patio. However, the dirty Warden Gasque has the intention of transforming the penitentiary in a luxury resort, and uses Big Stan knowledge to improve his project, promising to release him sooner using the corrupt penal system.
Keywords: anti-hero, anus, arab-stereotype, architectural-model, attorney, baseball-bat, bed-of-nails, bitch, blade, broken-finger