Minutemen
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| Minutemen | |
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 The Minutemen DVD cover. | |
| Directed by | Lev L. Spiro |
| Produced by | Douglas Sloan |
| Written by | John Killoran David Diamond David Weissman |
| Starring | Jason Dolley Chelsea Staub J.P. Manoux Luke Benward Nicholas Braun Steven R. McQueen |
| Music by | Nathan Wang |
| Distributed by | Disney Channel |
| Release date(s) |  January 25, 2008[1]
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| Running time | 90 min. |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million |
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| IMDb profile | |
Minutemen is a 2008 adventure-comedy-sci-fi Disney Channel Original Movie. It stars Jason Dolley from Disney Channel Original Series Cory in the House.[2] The movie is written by John Killoran with a story by David Diamond & David Weissman.[3] Lev L. Spiro is set to direct this DCOM. Andrew Gunn, Ann Marie Sanderlin and Doug Sloan are the executive producers.[2] The movie was originally slated for release in March 2008,[4] however, the movie premiered on Disney in U.S. at 8:00 (ETC) on January 25, 2008. [5] The movie premiered on Toon Disney on April 21, 2008 as part of the Toon Disney/Jetix Envirolympics. Spoiler Alert|What happens
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Quick Summary
High school senior Virgil Fox (Jason Dolley) is still trying to live down his first day as a freshman, when he was hung up on a giant statue in a cheerleader's uniform. The lifelong nerd and his comrade in geekdom Charley Tuttle (Luke Benward) come up with an inspired solution to their social ostracism. With the help of fellow outcast Zeke (Nicholas Braun), they build the world’s first time machine.Calling themselves the Minutemen, the trio returns to undo past humiliations for themselves and other teenage misfits, but they don’t count on their adventures changing the fabric of the universe.
Spoiler Alert
As a cavernous black hole created by their trips widens, the Minutemen don't have a moment to spare if they are going to save the planet!
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Other
At lunch Charley tells Virgil it was stolen from NASA,and was unsuccessful
They Save the world!
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Cast
- Jason Dolley as Virgil Fox
- Luke Benward as Charlie Tuttle
- Nicholas Braun as Zeke Thompson
- Chelsea Staub as Stephanie Jameson
- J.P. Manoux as Vice Principal Tolkan
- Steven R. McQueen as Derek Beaugard
- Kara Crane as Jeanette Pachelewski
- Dexter Darden as Chester
- Kellie Cockrell as Jocelyn Lee
- Molly Jepson as Amy Fox
- Tennees as Albert felinestein
Back to the Future allusions
- The pet of the inventor of the time machine is named after Albert Einstein as was Dr. Emmett L. Brown's dog.
- Albert Felinestein (Charlie's cat) becomes the world's first time traveler, and his clock is one minute wrong when returning, alluding to how Doc Brown's dog, was in the exact same situation.
- The club Virgil, Charlie and Zeke created to get a place to build the time machine in is named the "Back to the Future Fan Club".
- The band at the school dance performs songs similar to "Johnny B. Goode" and "Earth Angel".
- Vice Principal Tolkan is named for actor James Tolkan, who was in Back to the Future Parts II and III.
Production
Disney Channel first released an official press via its press release website DisneyChannelMedianet.com on July 14, 2007 to confirm the production of Minutemen. The lead star, plot, writers, director and executive producers of this movie was also announced in this press. In addition, another 2008 DCOM named Camp Rock scheduled to begin production in August 2007 was also confirmed in the same press.[2]
Location
The High School that it took place was in Murray High School.
Why is the school so special? David Archuleta [Runner-Up of American Idol] is currently going to that school.
Goofs
- The first day of Virgil's freshman year was the opening scene of the film. It was filmed at September 3, 2005,
About
- When the Minutemens' travelled back in time to help Chester " The guy who had no clothes 'cuz the bullies took it " there was a wanted sign poster for the "Snowsuit guys" can be seen in he halls, while no one knew about them yet, Until they broke the Vice-Principal's Diogram for the school.( The one he was showing to the Janitor)
Music In The Movie
Run It Back Again - Corbin Bleu
Like Whoa - Aly & AJ
Insomniatic - Unknown Singer/s.
Showings
Premiered in the United Kingdom|UK on 25th February 2008 at 6pm on Disney Channel UK Premiered in Australia on 12th April 2008 at 6:30pm on Disney Channel Australia Premiered in Asia on 20th April 2008 at 7:30pm (Singapore Time) on Disney Channel Asia Premiered in Japan on 23rd May 2008 at 8:00pm on Disney Channel Japan Premiered in Poland on 29rd February 2008 at 7:00pm on Disney Channel Poland
Other
Paradox
If the climax is to be interpreted correctly, the Minutemen didn't time travel at all when they were supposed to. However, due to this, this means the black hole shouldn't have been created at all. If the black hole was never created, the Minutemen never went back to stop themselves from time traveling. But if they didn't stop themselves, the events would've taken place anyway. This causes an never-ending paradox that was never explained.
Facts
- The first day of Virgil's freshman year, and where the story starts was September 3, 2005, and later in the movie takes place three years later, revealing that the primary portion of the film takes place in 2008.
References
- ↑ Disney Channel MediaNet
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Disney Channel Medianet Press (2007-07-14). Production Begins on "Minutemen" and "Camp Rock", Disney Channel Original Movies for 2008. Press release. http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2007/doc/Minutemen_CampRock_Release.doc. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
- ↑ "McQueen on clock for Dis' 'Minutemen'". Hollywood Reporter. 2007-12-06. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7c5caf365ab6a9b8e7c36d8dbe2e6f6c#. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
- ↑ 'Cory in the House' Actor Leads New Disney Movie
- ↑ [1]It premiered with 6.48 million viewers.
External links
- Official site
- Minutemen at the Internet Movie Database
