Wild America

An unusual combination of comedy film and nature documentary, this family movie chronicles the true story of television show Wild America host Marty Stouffer and his two brothers, photographer Marshall and producer Mark. The boys' father (Jamey Sheridan) grooms his three sons to take over the family auto parts business, but the sons are more interested in adventure. Finally, their mother, Agnes (Frances Fisher), intercedes and convinces him to take the two oldest boys on a cross-country trip to film a nature documentary. The youngest son, Marshall (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), stows away in his brothers' van and joins them on their travels. The real-life Stouffer brothers served as advisers on this film.