Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey | |
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Directed by | Luke Cresswell Steve McNicholas |
Produced by | Don Kempf Steve Kempf Harriet Leve James D. Stern |
Cinematography | Christophe Lanzenberg James Neihouse |
Edited by | Luke Cresswell Steve McNicholas |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Giant Screen Films La Géode |
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Running time | 40 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $10,086,514 |
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