Apple Jack

{{Infobox film

| name = Apple Jack (aka The Legend of Apple Jack)

| image = The Legend of Apple Jack.jpg

| director = Mark Whiting

| writer = Mark Whiting

| starring = {{plainlist|

}}

| music = Toby Dammit

| producer = Ran Barker (line)

| distributor = Tranquility Pictures

| country = United States

| released = {{Film date|2003}}

| runtime = 16 minutes

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Apple Jack or The Legend of Apple Jack is a 2003 American short film directed by Mark Whiting, and produced by Tranquility Pictures. The filming was performed on Sable Ranch, Canyon Country, California.

Premise

On October 30, 1938, UFO reports about sightings over the United States are heard on CBS radio, and members of a neighborhood gets ready to fight the incoming extraterrestrials. That same night, two notorious criminals run away and are never heard from again.

Cast

Randy Travis - Narrator (voice)
Sean Bridgers - Les Danyou
Ron McCoy - Sherman Pyne
Gene Dynarski - Helmut Jitters
Walton Goggins - Moe Danyou
Cole Sprouse - Jack Pyne
Dylan Sprouse - Jack Pyne
Orson Welles - (voice) (archive footage)
Mark Whiting - Prison Guard (voice)

Awards

Film Festival awards
Won, L.A. Shorts Fest, 2003, (Mark Whiting)
Won, Deep Ellum Film Festival, 2004, for Best Short Film (Mark Whiting)
Won, Deep Ellum Film Festival, 2004, for Best Comedy Short (Mark Whiting)

External links

[https://www.myspace.com/applejackfilm Official MySpace page for Apple Jack]
{{IMDb title|0298737|Apple Jack}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110520034138/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/354406/The-Legend-of-Apple-Jack/overview New York Times article on Apple Jack]

Category:2003 films

Category:2003 short films

Category:2000s English-language films

Category:Films about extraterrestrial life

Category:Films set in 1938

Category:2003 comedy films

Category:American comedy short films

Category:2000s American films

Category:English-language comedy short films