Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic

Release Date

2016

Director

  • Matt Ross

Cast

  • Viggo Mortensen
  • George Mackay
  • Samantha Isler
  • Kathryn Hahn
  • Steve Zahn

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

    Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen), his wife Leslie and their six children live deep in the wilderness of Washington state. Isolated from society, Ben and Leslie devote their existence to raising their kids -- educating them to think critically, training them to be physically fit and athletic, guiding them in the wild without technology and demonstrating the beauty of co-existing with nature. When Leslie dies suddenly, Ben must take his sheltered offspring into the outside world for the first time.

    Photo credit: Bleecker Street Media

    Past Programs

    2022

    We all need forests to be Philosopher Kings

    Roxy Theater, Missoula, MT