Wild America

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Based on the true saga of the Stouffer brothers, this movie is an unusual combination of comedy film and nature documentary. In the 1960s in rural Arkansas, Marty Stouffer (Jamey Sheridan) grooms his three sons to take over the family auto parts business. But the sons are more interested in animals, photography, racing cars and trucks, and impressing girls. Marty, Jr. (Scott Bairstow) and Mark (Devon Sawa) fight frequently with their stern father over his work demands and their yen for adventure. Finally, their mother Agnes (Frances Fisher) intercedes, and the patriarch agrees to let the two boys take a cross-country trip to film a nature documentary. The youngest son, Marshall (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), stows away in his brothers' van and joins them on their travels. They head west, encountering a variety of animals and surviving many dangerous scrapes. The brothers' wacky exploits contribute to a new kind of participatory nature cinematography. In real life, the Stouffer film was shown on national television in 1977, and all three brothers became documentarians and served as advisers on this film biography. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 2
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • Production notes
  • Theatrical trailer
  • cc

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Jonathan Taylor Thomas - Marshall Stouffer
       Devon Sawa - Mark Stouffer
       Scott Bairstow - Marty Stouffer
       Frances Fisher - Agnes Stouffer
       Jamey Sheridan
       Tracey Walter - Leon
       Don Stroud - Stango
       Zack Ward - D.C.
       Claudia Stedelin - Carrie
       Anastasia Spivey - Donna Jo
       Leighanne Wallace - Tanna
       Amy Lee Douglas - Julie Anne
       Danny Glover - Mountain Man

• Director:

  William Dear

• Producer:

  James G. Robinson, Irby Smith, Mark Stouffer

• Screenwriter:

  David Michael Wieger

• Cinematographer:

  David Burr

• Composer (Music Score):

  Joel McNeely

• Editor:

  O. Nicholas Brown, Stuart H. Pappe

• Production Designer:

  Steven Jordan

• Art Director:

  Jack Ballance

• Co-producer:

  Kearie Peak

• Executive Producer:

  Gary Barber, Steve Tisch, Bill Todman, Jr.

• Costume Designer:

  Mary E. McLeod

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Mary H. Ellis

• First Assistant Director:

  Benjamin Rosenberg, Tom Zapata

• Casting:

  Pam Dixon