Troop Zero

2019 | USA | PG | 97 min.

Showings

State Theatre Wed, Jul 31, 2019 3:00 PM
You will be instantly enchanted by this quirky and delightful tale about the power of dreaming and the triumph of the underdog. Nine-year-old Christmas Flint (played with panache by Mckenna Grace) is a girl who revels in her nerdy love for all things space and alien related. When she discovers the prize for the 1977 Birdie Jamboree is getting to be a part of a voice recording that will be sent to space as part of NASA's Golden Record initiative, she sets her sights on winning that intergalactic immortality. The problem is there’s no way the Birdie leader at her school, Miss Massey (Oscar-winner Allison Janney), would let her join the annoyingly perfect troop. With the help of her dad (Jim Gaffigan) and his assistant (Oscar-winner Viola Davis), Christmas forms her own misfit troop of outcasts who’ll stop at nothing to be the best Birdies they can be. With a screenplay by Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and direction by the dynamic duo Bert & Bertie, you’ll want to grab
The Kubrick at Central Grade School Fri, Aug 2, 2019 6:00 PM
You will be instantly enchanted by this quirky and delightful tale about the power of dreaming and the triumph of the underdog. Nine-year-old Christmas Flint (played with panache by Mckenna Grace) is a girl who revels in her nerdy love for all things space and alien related. When she discovers the prize for the 1977 Birdie Jamboree is getting to be a part of a voice recording that will be sent to space as part of NASA's Golden Record initiative, she sets her sights on winning that intergalactic immortality. The problem is there’s no way the Birdie leader at her school, Miss Massey (Oscar-winner Allison Janney), would let her join the annoyingly perfect troop. With the help of her dad (Jim Gaffigan) and his assistant (Oscar-winner Viola Davis), Christmas forms her own misfit troop of outcasts who’ll stop at nothing to be the best Birdies they can be. With a screenplay by Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and direction by the dynamic duo Bert & Bertie, you’ll want to grab
Film Info
Section:#tween
Release Year:2019
Runtime:97 min.
Premiere Status:Midwest Premiere
Rating:PG
Production Country:USA
Original Language:English
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Bert&Bertie
Produced by:Todd Black
Jason Blumenthal
Steve Tisch
Alex Siskin
Viola Davis
Screenwriter:Lucy Alibar
Cinematography:James Whitaker
Editing By:Catherine Haight
Music By:Rob Lord
Cast:Allison Janney
Mckenna Grace
Viola Davis Jim Gaffigan

Description

You will be instantly enchanted by this quirky and delightful tale about the power of dreaming and the triumph of the underdog. Nine-year-old Christmas Flint (played with panache by Mckenna Grace) is a girl who revels in her nerdy love for all things space and alien related. When she discovers the prize for the 1977 Birdie Jamboree is getting to be a part of a voice recording that will be sent to space as part of NASA's Golden Record initiative, she sets her sights on winning that intergalactic immortality. The problem is there’s no way the Birdie leader at her school, Miss Massey (Oscar-winner Allison Janney), would let her join the annoyingly perfect troop. With the help of her dad (Jim Gaffigan) and his assistant (Oscar-winner Viola Davis), Christmas forms her own misfit troop of outcasts who’ll stop at nothing to be the best Birdies they can be. With a screenplay by Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and direction by the dynamic duo Bert & Bertie, you’ll want to grab the guys and gals in your life to enjoy this hilarious girl-powered story of friendship and determination.