Over the years, Marshall Stouffer (JOnathan Thomas) had become accustomed to playng victim to the imaginative and spirited bullying by his big brothers, Mark (Devon Sawa) and Marty (Scott Bairstow). However, all that changed after their father, Marty Sr. (Jamey Sheridan), and their mom, Agnes (Frances Fisher), buy the older boys a used 16mm camera. The boys discover their calling to photograph the vanishing wildlife of America.