College Road Trip
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| College Road Trip | |
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| Directed by | Roger Kumble |
| Produced by | Andrew Gunn Ann Marie Sanderlin Raven-Symoné (executive) |
| Written by | Carrie Evans Emi Mochizuki Cinco Paul Ken Daurio |
| Starring | Raven-Symoné Martin Lawrence Brenda Song Vincent Pastore Margo Harshman |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 7, 2008  |
| Running time | 84 min. |
| Country | |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $45 million |
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College Road Trip is a 2008 film comedy produced by Walt Disney Pictures. The movie stars Raven-Symoné, Martin Lawrence, Brenda Song and Donny Osmond. The movie centers college-bound teen Melanie Porter (Raven Symone), who goes on a road trip to different colleges with her father and college-bound teen Nancy Carter (Brenda Song), who surprises Melanie on her road trip along with her friend, Katie (Margo Harshman). The film was released in the United States on March 7, 2008.
The film was released or is set to be released in Singapore on April 27, 2008, in Australia & Netherlands on August 7, 2008 , in the United Kingdom and a Canadian expansion on August 22, 2008, in Egypt on 14 May,2008 in Finland on 8 August, 2008, in Brazil on April 30, 2008, in Hong Kong on August 28, 2008, and in the Philippines on April 27, 2008. The full movie will have a free TV world premiere in exclusively on Disney Channel Asia on June 28, 2008.
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[edit] Plot
The movie stars Raven-Symoné as college-bound teen Melanie Porter, who goes on a road trip to different colleges with her father, a police officer, played by Martin Lawrence, who is afraid of her moving far from home. The film also stars Brenda Song as college-bound teen Nancy, who surprises Melanie on her road trip along with her friend, Katie, played by Margo Harshman. Memorable scenes include her father breaking into a sorority house where she is staying, where he hides and oversleeps, causing them to miss their plane flight; an outdoor wedding reception being destroyed by the family's pet pig; and also a later scene where Mr. Porter and his panicked daughter must parachute from a plane.
[edit] Cast
The New York Times movies listing lists among the cast:[1]
[edit] Main
- Martin Lawrence as Chief James Porter
- Raven-Symoné as Melaine Porter
- Brenda Song as Nancy
- Eshaya Draper as Trey Porter
- Vincent Pastore as Freddy
- Margo Harshman as Katie
- Joseph R. Gannascoli as Mr. Arcarra
- Michael Landes as Donny
- Donny Osmond as Doug
[edit] Secondary
- Molly Ephraim as Wendy
- Lucas Grabeel as Scooter
- Kym E. Whitley as Michelle
- Adam LeFevre as Judge
- Eugene Jones III as Hunter
- Will Sasso as Deputy O'Mally by kaafi
- Josh Meyers as Stuart
- Lonny Ross as Student Guide
- Anneliese van der Pol as Female Agent (cameo)
- Geneva Carr as Mrs. O'Mally
- Molly Ephraim as Wendy Greenhut
[edit] Products
[edit] DVD and Blu-Ray Release
The film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 15, 2008. The DVD is set to feature
[edit] Bonus Features
Both the DVD and Blu-ray release will contain the following bonus features.
- Gag reel
- Deleted scenes including alternate opening and ending
- "Double Dutch Bus" music video
Audio commentary by director Roger Kumble, writers Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki, and stars
- Raven's Video Diary - Tag along on the set of the hot young stars from sensation Disney shows and movies
- On the Set: Double Dutch Bus - A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the film's signature song
- Bloopers
- Alternate opening & ending
[edit] Books
In May 2008, Disney Press released a series of books and paperback editions based on the movie.[2] written by Alice Alfonsi. The novels have the printed original movie poster as the cover.
[edit] Critical reception
The film received generally negative reviews from critics. As of March 12, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 28% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 40 reviews.[3] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 34 out of 100, based on 19 reviews.[4] The New York Times gathered positive reviews toward Raven and Song's performance. Martin Lawrence received positive reviews from several magazines, Rotten Tomatoes criticized his appearance yet again. The film managed to top the box office in several countries.
[edit] Box office performance
In its opening weekend, the film grossed approximately $14 million in 2,706 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #2 at the box office.[5] As of mid-May 2008, it has earned nearly $45 million domestically so far, pulling in more than other teen fare this year such as Prom Night, which cooled after an initially more successful opening weekend. The movie brought in $13,651,758 on its opening weekend, and continued on to gross $31,117,834 to finish off the month, making it the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film to be released under 2000 screens. The movie is not only the highest-grossing movie on the day of its release, its also the highest-grossing kids movie and highest opening weekend during that month. The following Monday, it pulled in $2,253,215. Among films that had fewer than 1,000 screens on opening day, the film ranked second.[6] College Road Trip opened with $8.6 million on 683 screens and Borat opened with $9.2 million on 837 screens. It averaged $45,560 per screen in its opening weekend, giving it the highest average per theater of all time for a limited release film. Because of the strong demand, Disney extended the film's run indefinitely. [7] Internationally, the film is set for further release, with the Philippines, for instance, reporting tickets selling out well in advance of its release. Its run there is extended due to popular demand.
[edit] Development
[edit] Production
Cinco Paul and partner Ken Daurio wrote the most recent draft. The movie was born out of the Disney Writers Program by Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki. The movie will be produced by Andrew Gunn/Gunn Films and directed by Roger Kumble.[8]
Brenda Song and Raven-Symoné were set to star in other Walt Disney Pictures films, but were cancelled for un known reasons. Disney decided to cast Symone as Melanie Porter since Martin Lawrence was set to play the dad. Song landed the role of Nancy since she does not resemble Lawrence.
The first trailer appeared alongside Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Enchanted.
Parts of the movie were filmed at the campuses of Choate Rosemary Hall and The Taft School. Most of the film was shot in Stamford, Connecticut USA.
[edit] Promotion
To promote the movie in the United States, Brenda Song and Raven-Symoné appeared on WWE Wrestlemania XXIV, Chelsea Lately, MTV's TRL, Live with Regis and Kelly, BET's 106 & Park and The Oprah Winfrey Show. The theme song of the movie was "Double Dutch Bus", sung by Raven-Symoné. The music video for the song appeared on Disney Channel and was included in her self-titled album.
[edit] Release Dates
The film was released in the United States on March 7, 2008, and is set to be released in worlwide cinemas in the late fall of 2008.
| Country | Date |
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| United States | March 7, 2008 |
| Canada | March 7, 2008 |
| Singapore | April 24, 2008 |
| Mexico | July 25, 2008 |
| Egypt | May 14, 2008 |
| Argentina | September 1, 2008 |
| Turkey | June 26, 2008 |
| Spain | January 16, 2007 |
| Poland | June 26, 2008 |
| Italy | July 18, 2008 |
| Australia | August 7, 2008 |
| Netherlands | August 7, 2008 |
| Finland | August 8, 2008 |
| UK | August 22, 2008 |
| Venezuela | August 29, 2008 |
[edit] Tagline
- They just can't get there fast enough.
[edit] Notes
- This is the third time Song and Raven have worked together. The other projects being an episode of That's So Raven and an episode of The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody.
- Raven (That's So Raven), Song (The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody, Wendy Wu and other Disney projects) , Grabeel (High School Musical 2), Harshman (Even Stevens) and van der Pool (That's So Raven) have all starred in other Disney projects.
- Song, Grabeel and van der Pol all starred at the 2006 Disney Channel Games.
[edit] References
- ^ New York Times Movies College Road Trip Cast. Accessed 2008-01-25.
- ^ College Road Trip - Alice (ADP) Alfonsi
- ^ College Road Trip - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ College Road Trip (2008): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ College Road Trip (2008) - Weekend Box Office Results. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
- ^ '10,000 B.C.' leads box-office hunt with $35.7 million debut
- ^ Disney Planning 'College Road Trip' for Blu-ray and XD
- ^ Martin Lawrence Will Take a 'College Road Trip'
[edit] External links
- Official site
- College Road Trip at the Internet Movie Database
- College Road Trip at Rotten Tomatoes
- College Road Trip at Metacritic
- College Road Trip at Box Office Mojo
- College Road Trip at Allmovie
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