Jackrabbit Sky

Apr 1, 2009

1h 27m

★ 2.0

Overview

Max Boden, an ingenuitive desert naturalist, is trying to stop the construction of a copper mine on the outskirts of 1939 Tucson, Arizona. Through a series of arduously comical trials, Max learns to use a small motion picture camera to capture images of the unique local flora and fauna that would be destroyed by the mine.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Purple Crayon

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Cast

Max Boden

Andrew Bergmann

Otto Boden

Christopher Lukas

Evelyn Boden

Blanche Baker

Margie Williams

Joanna Foster Wilson

Ellie McFarland

Robin Reiser

Tom Fitzgerald / Radio / Newsreel Voices

Jason Brenizer

Sam Cotrone

David C. Hayes

Richard Thurman

William Hubbard

Stranger

William Killian

Victor Randolph

Gregory Sweet

Anthony Pearce

Eric Sherman

Jose de Jesus Fernandez

Mario Angelo

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