Durango Kids

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Durango Kids
Durangokidsposter.jpg
An original 1999 poster for the film
Directed byAshton Root
Written byWilliam Martin Brennan
Ashton Root
Produced byWilliam Martin Brennan
Heidi Falls
Mitchell Gossett
Timothy Gray
Lauren Letherer
Ashton Root
Jack B. Root
CinematographyDavid M. Rakoczy
Edited byTim Silano
Music byErik Lundmark
Production
company
Distributed by PorchLight Entertainment
Release date
  • October 10, 1999 (1999-10-10)
Country United States
Language English

Durango Kids is a 1999 American live-action comedy-drama adventure film produced by Good Friends Productions that was released on October 10, 1999 by PorchLight Entertainment. The film won the 2001 Santa Clarita International Film Festival (now the International Family Film Festival) award for Best Cinematographer and the 2002 Moondance International Film Festival Seahorse award for film score.

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The film was released to DVD by Lionsgate Home Entertainment on January 15, 2004.

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