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Foundation date 1 january 1995
PorchLight Entertainment, Inc. is an American production company founded in 1995 by Bruce D. Johnson and William T. Baumann. It dedicates in television production and animation. It produced projects like Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Adventures from the Book of Virtues, Tutenstein, JetCat, LeapFrog, The Secret Saturdays, Angelina Ballerina, Animalia, Pope Dreams, Gofrette, Night of the Twisters, A Martian Christmas, Kid Paddle, Cedric and Rain.
Based in Los Angeles, PorchLight specializes in high quality animation for television, Direct-to-DVD, and feature films. Known for successfully collaborating with outside partners, the studio provides creative and production services beginning with concept, script writing and voice-recording, through all levels of animation pre-production, production and post-production.
Most recently, PorchLight completed a series of best-selling Direct-to-DVD animated specials for LeapFrog, which have sold over 5 million units and have been widely praised by parents and educators.
In 2007, PorchLight launched KidMango, which was an online-only television network. Aside from showing PorchLight television series, it also showed television series from third parties such as Nelvana and Cookie Jar Group. The main website was abandoned in early 2013 and the domain name eventually expired in February 2014.
PorchLight produced independent films as well, and a majority of Feature Films for Families' movies were given the permission by PorchLight to release them to DVD.
Filmography of PorchLight Entertainment (21 films)
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Broken Hill (2009)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Alexa Vega, Timothy Hutton, Luke Arnold, Rhys Wakefield, George Kapiniaris
Tommy (Arnold), a gifted teenage composer, dreams of being accepted into the famous Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Unfortunately, a good band is hard to find in the middle of the Australian Outback—until an incident involving flying watermelons leads him to a group of talented prison inmates.
A Martian Christmas (2009)
, 45minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Christmas films
Actors Cindy Robinson, Dino Andrade, David Lodge, R. Martin Klein, Katie Leigh, Dave Mallow
A Martian boy, Kip, was caught up in an intergalactic race to save both Christmas and Earth.
Imaginum (2005)
, 1h22Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Actors Eugenio Derbez
Yxxxxx, an intergalactic parasite with delusions of grandeur and highly dangerous, who is confined in a mental space, has decided to force three other inmates, who are not exactly an example of prudence, to escape the mental asylum with him to involve them in their evil plans.
, 1h37Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Joe Lando, Bruce Boxleitner, Michele Greene
A dam outside a town is filling up with water due to heavy rains. The disgraced architect of the dam building project comes back to town to reunite with his estranged family, however he is rejected, with his wife claiming that he came back purely to see the dam. The architect then visits the dam and reveals that the project manager cut corners in order to take money himself and framed the architect to hide his own corruption. The dam's resident engineer, Frank, the architect's son, Garth and the man himself set out to relieve the growing pressure on the dam wall, however the pressure release does not work, as corner cutting had led to this portion not being completed. Through flooding the warehouse district, Frank allows the townspeople enough time to escape, sacrificing himself in the process.
Shoot or Be Shot! (2002)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors William Shatner, Harry Hamlin, Tim Thomerson, Roland Kickinger, John Paul Pitoc
Night of the Twisters (1996)
, 1h32Directed by Timothy Bond
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Devon Sawa, John Schneider, David Ferry, Laura Bertram, Dan Petronijevic, Lori Hallier
The prologue of the movie is set in rural farmland in Dannebrog, Nebraska. Bob Irisen is driving down the road and manages to rescue a family's life from an oncoming tornado that destroys their farm.
Wish Upon a Star (1996)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Children's films
Actors Katherine Heigl, Danielle Harris, Don Jeffcoat, Lois Chiles, Karin Nicole Raphaëlle Petersen
The two Wheaton sisters share a household and a high school, but both feel that they have little else in common. 18-year-old Alexia's (Katherine Heigl) days revolve around being popular, dressing stylishly, and spending time with her jock boyfriend, while exerting minimal effort academically. While 15-year-old Hayley (Danielle Harris) is socially reserved, admiring her older sister's popularity from a distance while excelling in her studies, particularly science and mathematics. Hayley and Alexia don't get along well at all, with Hayley resenting her reliance on her frequently late sister for a ride to school and Alexia preferring not to be seen with her less-than-cool younger sister.
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A Martian Christmas (2009)
, 45minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Christmas films
Actors Cindy Robinson, Dino Andrade, David Lodge, R. Martin Klein, Katie Leigh, Dave Mallow
A Martian boy, Kip, was caught up in an intergalactic race to save both Christmas and Earth.
The Ultimate Gift (2007)
, 1h54Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Drew Fuller, James Garner, Abigail Breslin, Bill Cobbs, Ali Hillis, Brian Dennehy
When his rich grandfather, Howard "Red" Stevens (James Garner), died, Jason (Drew Fuller) thought he probably wasn't going to inherit a piece of the old man's multi-billion-dollar estate. He strongly resents his grandfather because his father had died while working for him. There was an inheritance, in fact, but it came with a condition: Jason must complete 12 separate assignments within a year in order to get it. Each assignment is centered around a "gift". Gifts of work, money, friends and learning are among the dozen that Jason must perform before he is eligible for the mysterious "Ultimate Gift" his grandfather's will has for him. Throughout his trials and tribulations, the family attorney, Mr. Hamilton (Bill Cobbs), and his secretary Miss Hastings (Lee Meriwether) attempt to guide Jason along the path his grandfather wishes him to travel. But this is a hard task for the guides, because Jason is a spoiled under-achiever who never had to genuinely work.
Pope Dreams (2006)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Julie Hagerty, Stephen Tobolowsky, Marnette Patterson, Jordan Belfi, Noel Roeim Fisher, Sarah Foret
An aspiring drummer wants his dying mother to get an audience with the pope while he also tries to impress a girl out of his league.
Rain (2006)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Brooklyn Sudano, Faye Dunaway, Robert Loggia, Khandi Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito, Jerrika Hinton
A talented young pianist named Rain (Brooklyn Sudano) is attacked by a vicious street gang which kills her sister. The gang sets out to find Rain while she hides in the care of a woman who is her natural grandmother. Rain was put up for adoption because the father of the baby was black and the mother was from a rich white family. Her adoptive mother (Khandi Alexander) sends her back because she is in danger for having witnessed her adoptive sister's murder.
Imaginum (2005)
, 1h22Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Actors Eugenio Derbez
Yxxxxx, an intergalactic parasite with delusions of grandeur and highly dangerous, who is confined in a mental space, has decided to force three other inmates, who are not exactly an example of prudence, to escape the mental asylum with him to involve them in their evil plans.
The Kid & I (2005)
, 1h33Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Eric Gores, Linda Hamilton, Henry Winkler, Richard Edson, Brenda Strong, Arielle Kebbel
Former actor Bill Williams (Tom Arnold) is about to commit suicide over his ruined career. He throws out all his stuff and gives his clothes to a poor alcoholic. The man drinks Bill's vodka and takes half of his pills messing up his suicide plan and takes off. Bill drinks his alcohol and then takes the pills not knowing he won't die. He then lies down in the bathtub and closes his eyes. Three days later a demented film agent named Johnny Bernstein (Henry Winkler) shows up at the apartment with a business offer for him. He says a billionaire, Davis Roman (Joe Mantegna) will hire Bill to write and co-star in a movie exactly like True Lies so that his son, Aaron Roman (Eric Gores), whose favorite film is True Lies, can live out his dream of being an actor and star of an action movie. Not knowing much about the boy or the billionaire, Bill agrees to do the project since he would make thousands by the end of the movie.
, 1h37Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Joe Lando, Bruce Boxleitner, Michele Greene
A dam outside a town is filling up with water due to heavy rains. The disgraced architect of the dam building project comes back to town to reunite with his estranged family, however he is rejected, with his wife claiming that he came back purely to see the dam. The architect then visits the dam and reveals that the project manager cut corners in order to take money himself and framed the architect to hide his own corruption. The dam's resident engineer, Frank, the architect's son, Garth and the man himself set out to relieve the growing pressure on the dam wall, however the pressure release does not work, as corner cutting had led to this portion not being completed. Through flooding the warehouse district, Frank allows the townspeople enough time to escape, sacrificing himself in the process.
Farewell to Harry (2002)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Joe Flanigan, William Hall, Jr., Lysette Anthony, Brent David Fraser, Carl Ballantine
Nick Sennet (Joe Flanigan) is a writer who returns to his Pacific Northwest hometown to write a novel. While in town, he meets Harry (William Hall, Jr.),who, according to legend, is dead. As their friendship grows, Nick learns that Harry owns a run-down hat factory, where he spends his days drinking whiskey. When Nick becomes a projectionist at a local theatre, he decides that he is going to help Harry save himself before it is too late.